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Amplitude vs mParticle comparison

Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Amplitude
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
5.3
Number of Reviews
11
Ranking in other categories
Customer Data Analysis (1st), Web Analytics (1st), Mobile Marketing and Advertising (1st), User Activity Monitoring (4th), AI Data Analysis (6th), AI Customer Experience Personalization (4th)
mParticle
Average Rating
7.6
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
Customer Data Platforms (CDP) (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

Amplitude and mParticle aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Amplitude is designed for Customer Data Analysis and holds a mindshare of 9.6%, down 17.0% compared to last year.
mParticle, on the other hand, focuses on Customer Data Platforms (CDP), holds 3.8% mindshare, up 2.9% since last year.
Customer Data Analysis Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Amplitude9.6%
IBM Watson Customer Experience Analytics9.3%
Glassbox7.5%
Other73.6%
Customer Data Analysis
Customer Data Platforms (CDP) Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
mParticle3.8%
Segment12.5%
Hightouch6.4%
Other77.3%
Customer Data Platforms (CDP)
 

Featured Reviews

Saurav Bhattacharjee - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Business Analyst at Arcteryx
Empowers teams to build visualization-rich reports and make faster decisions using historical user behavior data
I think areas for Amplitude's improvement include data retention. The maximum data I have worked with, the clickstream data on Amplitude, is two years, whereas we rely on Tableau for historical data of at least two years. I am not sure whether it was my organization paying for lower retention or not, but having historical data would take away the reliance on Tableau. Secondly, reconciling clickstream data with Databricks or other AWS systems could help analysts spend less time verifying the accuracy of both sources, which would be really helpful. Lastly, a more focused approach on error logs is necessary. I have found that, at least with Intuit, we used Splunk more for error logs than Amplitude. Although Amplitude had the capability, developers seemed to prefer Splunk, so if that could be improved, it would be good.
Mayank Gambhir - PeerSpot reviewer
Customer Success Manager at a real estate/law firm with 501-1,000 employees
Unified user data has powered accurate journeys and reduces data firefighting for complex campaigns
Identity resolution plus the data governance together make the biggest difference for my clients. If I have to pick one, identity resolution, and immediately tie to it governance, then it makes the most sense. Why this matters the most in fintech is that fintech majorly deals with the log out, logged in journeys, phone number, email ID, customer ID, device ID, KYC, compliance, risk flags, cross-device usage for web and application. Without strong identity resolution, the same user would appear multiple times, and users would get wrong messages. Compliance risk increases, and life cycle journeys would break. This is a daily pain for them. Before mParticle, there wasn't much of a real impact. But after mParticle, we have one unified user profile with the correct life cycle stage for pre-KYC, KYC done, funded, and they are in the transacting mode right now. Reliable segmentation in MoEngage would be the third benefit. For us, there would be fewer daily escalations regarding the data. There is a steep learning curve for non-technical teams. The pain point here is that mParticle is very powerful but not a very marketer-friendly tool right now. Marketing teams would still rely heavily on the data teams and engineers for changing or explanations. Since clients sometimes feel that mParticle requires strong technical support, especially for marketing teams trying to understand data behavior, I'm not saying it's bad. I'm just saying that it's technical by design. Another point would be limited self-serve visibility for marketers again. The marketers would want easier previews of what data will reach MoEngage. I'm specifically talking in terms of integration with MoEngage because that is where I have put all my work for the past few years. Clients often want more self-serve visibility into the downstream data impact without needing to involve data teams. Documentation is actually very strong, and it's not very technical, which is what clients liked. It's very detailed and accurate documentation. It majorly has clear coverage of SDKs, event structures, and identity concepts. It's very reliable when the engineering teams use it. It's very thorough and technically solid. Where it could improve is that it's very dense, again technical, and it's hard for marketers and operations teams to consume. The biggest point would be that there are very few business context examples. Clients sometimes struggle because the documentation is very technical and could benefit from more business-oriented examples and use case-driven guides.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
10%
Insurance Company
7%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Financial Services Firm
6%
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Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Large Enterprise9
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business1
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise3
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Amplitude?
I loved using Amplitude because it allowed me to dive deep into product usage and analyze different customer segments.
What needs improvement with Amplitude?
Amplitude can be improved by allowing more than a two-year look back window for most analyses. Usually, all they offer is that two-year look back window, and longer form time series analysis seems ...
What is your primary use case for Amplitude?
Amplitude is our main product insights system, and it allows us to view the activity on our website and quantify certain KPIs about how users interact with the site. We measure things such as month...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for mParticle?
I was not part of the team that dealt with pricing, setup cost, and licensing. Another team handled that, and I was not part of that team. I only used mParticle for audience triggering.
What needs improvement with mParticle?
mParticle can be improved as it is somewhat complicated for non-technical users, though it is totally easy to use for technical users. Data plans, identity rules, and routing logic can be complex f...
What is your primary use case for mParticle?
I use mParticle for centralized data collection and governance to collect events and send this to analytics and marketing platforms, creating a single place that significantly reduces data inconsis...
 

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