Amplitude vs. Pendo
Don't just manage your digital experiences—understand them, act on them, and see the impact with Amplitude, the best Pendo alternative.
Why top teams choose Amplitude
You deserve better than overwhelming popups and surface-level metrics—and so do your users. See why customers on G2 prefer Amplitude versus Pendo for both and :
Amplitude
Smarter in-app engagement powered by user behavior
Deep, real-time analytics across every touchpoint
Autocapture and custom tracking for what truly matters
Robust data governance for metrics you can trust
Built-in warehouse syncing and dozens of integrations
Pendo
Generic popups that disrupt user experience
High-latency analytics for guides only
Autocapture-only for inflexible, inconsistent data
Basic governance that their support team has to run
Few integrations, extra charges for warehouse export
“Amplitude Guides and Surveys help us make experiments fast and effective. They’re more engaging and personalized, improving feature adoption by 54% in one of our campaigns.”
The power of the platform
Amplitude's comprehensive platform is better for analytics, engagement, and as a whole. Do more with your data across the entire user journey—and consolidate your tech stack.
AI enriches insights across the Amplitude platform, from AI summaries of session replays, to AI-enhanced data assistance, to our newest AI Agents beta.
See exactly how users act across your website, mobile app, and product—so you can understand and optimize the impact of every action.
Manage user behavior and collect feedback instantly with in-product engagement that targets by behavior—and can deploy without any code.
Playback, heatmaps, and AI summaries let you understand the “why” behind user actions at any point in their experience—even on mobile.
Experiment and optimize across your product and experiences with no-code setup, advanced testing schemas, and feature flagging.
Import data from your warehouse, enrich it with behavioral insights, and activate it across your whole stack.
Bring the whole org along
As a unified digital analytics platform, Amplitude is built for every team, not just non-technical users. Break down silos, share insights, and drive growth together.
Get the self-serve answers you need about what drives product adoption and how to do more of it.
Up the ROI of your guides, surveys, and all your marketing—across the entire funnel.
Say goodbye to SQL service tickets. Advanced governance and self-serve access let you make trusted data available to everyone.
Build easier, ship faster, and drive more impact with visibility and control for every feature.
Trusted by industry-leading companies around the world
(including former Pendo customers)
Want to read more?
Explore these resources for more insights into the top choice for your adoption efforts.
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Frequently asked questions
While Pendo has analytics capabilities, their software primarily focuses on user experience management through product tours and surveys. Amplitude, on the other hand, is a comprehensive digital analytics platform, offering best-in-class analytics, in-app engagement powered by behavioral insights, as well as a host of other tools to help teams grow and optimize products and experiences.
Amplitude is a strong Pendo alternative for teams looking to go beyond basic product tours for adoption efforts that work with the full customer journey, but you don't have to take our word for it. Amplitude's powerful analytics and smart in-app engagement are routinely rated higher than Pendo's in and .
Many product and growth teams choose Amplitude over Pendo for its advanced analytics capabilities, smarter in-app engagement, and ability to scale with product-led organizations. Customers also appreciate that Amplitude's digital analytics platform integrates better with their other software, or can even replace point solutions like Pendo for a more consolidated tech stack.