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Create a new account

Amplitude's onboarding helps you to get data into your new organization as quickly as possible.

Create your org

Get started with Amplitude for free. To create a new account:

  1. Go to amplitude.com/get-started.
  2. Sign in with Google or enter your work email address.
  3. Verify your email address. You'll receive an email from Amplitude asking you to verify your email. Click the link in the email to set a password and finish creating your account.
  4. Choose your data storage location (see below).

Data storage location

When you sign up, you can choose the region which hosts your data, either United States or European Union. Amplitude is compliant with the EU-US Data Privacy Framework.

This setting impacts the way in which your organization sends data to Amplitude, and where Amplitude stores that data. You can't change this setting after you create your org.

The Amplitude snippet

After you sign up and activate your account, Amplitude prompts you to connect your first application with a single snippet. Enable Session Replay and Autocapture to enable those features automatically.

Data region
HTML
<script src="https://cdn.amplitude.com/script/AMPLITUDE_API_KEY.js"></script>
<script>
window.amplitude.add(window.sessionReplay.plugin({sampleRate: 1}));
window.amplitude.init('AMPLITUDE_API_KEY', {"fetchRemoteConfig":true,"autocapture":{"attribution":true,"fileDownloads":true,"formInteractions":true,"pageViews":true,"sessions":true,"elementInteractions":true,"networkTracking":true,"webVitals":true,"frustrationInteractions":true}});
</script>

Session Replay sample rate

When you add Session Replay to the snippet, Amplitude sets the Sample Rate to 1. This ensures you can verify the implementation during testing. In production, Amplitude recommends you set this value lower to account for your monthly quota. For more information, review Session Replay Plugin | Sampling rate

Amplitude inserts your API key in the snippet as necessary. Paste the snippet in the head tag of each page you want to track user behavior, create a feature flag, or build a cohort.

This snippet installs and initializes the Browser SDK and any extra features you enable.

After you install the snippet, browser your site to allow Amplitude to verify that data flows to your project.

When Amplitude verifies that it can receive events, click Next to create your first chart, and optionally save it as a dashboard.

Other ways to install

Amplitude supports other integrations, SDKs, and API to help you start sending data.

For these methods, view the associated documentation for help getting started.

Send sample data

Amplitude supports sending test data to get you started. Use any of the following methods:

  • CSV Upload
  • Chrome extension
  • Web bookmarklet

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