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Alternatives to Mixpanel
9 saas tools sit alongside Mixpanel in this directory. Below is what separates each from Mixpanel on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 9
- With a free tier
- 7
- Cheaper to start
- 2
- Mixpanel starts at
- Free, then $20/month
Why people look past Mixpanel
Nothing on the record flags a reason to move. Mixpanel has a free tier, and starts at $20/month against a category median of $174/month. People still switch over fit and workflow, and those are not things a catalogue entry can measure, which is what the comparisons below are for.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
The digital analytics platform to understand your users
- Starts $29 a month dearer, at $49/month.
Product analytics for the modern product team
Priced and rated the same as Mixpanel on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
The single platform to analyze, test, observe, and deploy new features
- Starts $20 a month cheaper, at Free.
Capture, organize, and analyze product feedback
- Starts $380 a month dearer, at $400/month.
The only AI customer service solution you need
- Starts $9 a month dearer, at $29/month.
Product analytics and digital adoption platform
Priced and rated the same as Mixpanel on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Every Mixpanel alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mixpanel (this page) | Free, then $20/month | - | - | |
| AmplitudeProduct analytics platform with similar event tracking and cohort analysis, focused on product teams. | Free, then $49/month | - | 4 | vs Mixpanel |
| HeapDigital analytics platform with automatic event capture and session replay capabilities. | Free | - | 4 | vs Mixpanel |
| PostHogOpen source product analytics with built-in feature flags and experimentation, alternative to Mixpanel. | Free | Usage-based | 3 | vs Mixpanel |
| Canny | Free, then $400/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Mixpanel |
| Intercom | Free, then $29/month | - | 3 | vs Mixpanel |
| Pendo | Free | - | 1 | vs Mixpanel |
| Userpilot | Free, then $299/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Mixpanel |
| Close | $9/month | - | 4 | vs Mixpanel |
| Drift | $2500/month | - | - | vs Mixpanel |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Mixpanel badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
What you would be giving up
Mixpanel is most often brought in for user behavior analysis, product optimization, conversion tracking, retention improvement, feature adoption. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Mixpanel is broadly right and the question is cost, the Mixpanel pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the SaaS category lists everything the directory holds, and best saas tools ranks them.
Mixpanel runs on web, mobile, apis. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Mixpanel alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Mixpanel?
- 9 other saas tools are listed in this directory, led by Amplitude, Heap, PostHog, Canny. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Mixpanel?
- 7 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Amplitude, Heap, PostHog, Canny, Intercom.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to Mixpanel?
- Yes. 2 of the alternatives below start under Mixpanel's $20/month: PostHog at Free, Close at $9/month.
- Is there a reason to switch away from Mixpanel?
- Nothing in the data flags one. Mixpanel has a free tier, and starts at $20/month against a category median of $174/month. Fit and workflow are the usual reasons to move, and those are not things this record can measure.
- What would I give up by switching from Mixpanel?
- Mixpanel is most often brought in for user behavior analysis, product optimization, conversion tracking, retention improvement, feature adoption. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Mixpanel?
- None of the saas tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Mixpanel alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, SaaS, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored slot runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Mixpanel against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Mixpanel covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every saas tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the SaaS category, 9 tools beside Mixpanel. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.