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Amplitude vs Eppo

Amplitude logo

Amplitude

Technology

The digital analytics platform to understand your users

From
Free
Rated
-
Eppo logo

Eppo

Testing

Warehouse-native experimentation and feature flagging, now sold as Datadog Experiments

From
On request
Rated
-

The short version

  • Only Amplitude has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
  • Each has a real cost: Amplitude metered on event volume, so instrumenting more of a product raises the bill even if the audience does not grow; Eppo datadog acquired Eppo in May 2025 and is folding it into Datadog Experiments, so you are now buying a component of an observability suite rather than an independent product, and roadmap priorities will follow Datadog’s bundle strategy.
  • They diverge on capability: Amplitude covers Event tracking, Eppo covers Warehouse-native analysis.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Amplitude and Eppo actually diverge.

Attributes where Amplitude and Eppo differ
AttributeAmplitudeEppo
Starting priceFreeOn request
Pricing modelUnknownquote
Free tierYesNo
PlatformsWeb, Ios, Android, ApiWeb, Cloud
CategoryTechnologyTesting
Founded2012Unknown

Identical on both: user rating (Not yet rated).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Amplitude

  • Event tracking
  • User segmentation
  • Funnel analysis
  • Retention analysis
  • Cohort analysis
  • A/B testing
  • Revenue analytics
  • Predictive analytics

Only in Eppo

  • Warehouse-native analysis
  • Sequential testing
  • CUPED variance reduction
  • Feature flagging
  • Metric governance
  • Contextual bandits
  • Experiment scorecards
  • Heterogeneous effect analysis

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Amplitude

  • User behavior analysisnot Eppo
  • Feature adoption trackingnot Eppo
  • Conversion rate optimizationnot Eppo
  • Customer journey mappingnot Eppo
  • Retention improvementnot Eppo

Eppo

  • A company whose experiment results have repeatedly disagreed with the analytics team’s own numbers because the two systems define revenue differentlynot Amplitude
  • A product organisation with low traffic on a key surface that needs variance reduction to reach a decision in weeks instead of monthsnot Amplitude
  • A team that must keep user-level event data inside its own warehouse for regulatory reasons and cannot ship it to a third-party analytics vendornot Amplitude
  • An existing Datadog customer consolidating product analytics, feature flags and experimentation onto one vendor agreementnot Amplitude

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Amplitude

  • Metered on event volume, so instrumenting more of a product raises the bill even if the audience does not grow
  • The free plan covers 2M events a month
  • The Plus plan scales to 70M events, above which pricing is custom
  • Growth and Enterprise pricing is not published

Eppo

  • Datadog acquired Eppo in May 2025 and is folding it into Datadog Experiments, so you are now buying a component of an observability suite rather than an independent product, and roadmap priorities will follow Datadog’s bundle strategy.
  • No pricing is published anywhere, before or after the acquisition; the site offers only a demo request, so cost cannot be estimated without a sales process and is likely to be quoted alongside a wider Datadog contract.
  • Because analysis runs in your warehouse, Eppo shifts compute cost onto your Snowflake or BigQuery bill; a large experiment programme with frequent recomputation raises a line item that does not appear in the Eppo quote at all.
  • Results are only as fresh as the pipeline feeding the warehouse, so teams used to near-real-time dashboards from an event-based tool will wait hours for updated numbers, which slows down the fast iteration loops some product teams rely on.
  • It assumes a mature data stack with a warehouse, defined metrics and analysts who can maintain them; an organisation without that has to build the data foundation first, which makes the real adoption cost far larger than the licence.

Pricing, plan by plan

Amplitude

Free
  • StarterFree
    • 2 million events per month
  • Plus$49/month
    • $0.049 per MTU
    • Up to 300k MTUs
    • Advanced analytics
  • GrowthFree
    • Causal insights
    • Feature experimentation
    • Real-time streaming
  • EnterpriseFree
    • Cross-product analysis
    • Advanced permissions
    • Dedicated account manager

Eppo

On request
  • Eppo, now Datadog Experiments$undefined/year
    • Warehouse-native experiment analysis
    • Feature flagging and assignment
    • Sequential testing and CUPED variance reduction

Which should you pick?

Choose Amplitude if

  • You need event tracking.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You work on Web, Ios, Android, Api.
  • You also want user segmentation.

Choose Eppo if

  • You need warehouse-native analysis.
  • You work on Web, Cloud.
  • You also want sequential testing.

Questions people ask

Is Amplitude or Eppo better?
Neither clearly leads. Amplitude starts at Free and Eppo at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Amplitude or Eppo?
Amplitude has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for Amplitude and On request for Eppo.
Does Amplitude or Eppo run on more platforms?
Amplitude runs on Web, Ios, Android, Api. Eppo runs on Web, Cloud.
Can I use Amplitude for free?
Yes. Amplitude has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Eppo starts at On request.
What is Amplitude best used for?
Amplitude is most often used for user behavior analysis, feature adoption tracking, conversion rate optimization, customer journey mapping. Of those, user behavior analysis and feature adoption tracking are not what Eppo is typically brought in for.
What can Amplitude do that Eppo cannot?
Amplitude covers Event tracking, User segmentation, Funnel analysis, Retention analysis. Eppo covers Warehouse-native analysis, Sequential testing, CUPED variance reduction, Feature flagging.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Amplitude: Does Amplitude have a free plan?

Yes, Amplitude offers a free Starter plan with 2 million events per month and access to the entire platform including analytics, session replay, and experimentation features.

Source
Eppo: Is Eppo still a separate product?

It is still sold and supported, but Datadog acquired it in May 2025 and it is branded as Datadog Experiments. Buy it expecting a Datadog product roadmap.

Amplitude: What is Amplitude's pricing based on?

Amplitude's pricing is based on the number of monthly tracked users (MTUs), data volume, and advanced features selected. The Plus plan starts at $49 per month with a rate of $0.049 per MTU.

Source
Eppo: What does it cost?

Nothing is published. There is no pricing page, only a demo request, and pricing is now likely bundled into a Datadog agreement.

Amplitude: What analytics features does every Amplitude plan include?

Every plan includes access to the full platform: analytics, session replay, feature experimentation, web experimentation, guides and surveys, activation, and AI tools like AI Feedback and AI Assistant.

Source
Eppo: Does it need a data warehouse?

Yes. Warehouse-native analysis is the whole architecture. Without Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift or Databricks there is no product.

Eppo: Does it include feature flags?

Yes. Assignment and measurement come from the same system, which is the main reason teams pick it over pairing a flag tool with a separate analysis tool.

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