Heap, the Mixpanel alternative, providing full, reliable, democratized analytics

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Product analytics should be reliable and complete

Good products are built on a foundation of trustworthy data. Product teams choose Heap over Mixpanel because Heap gives teams complete, flexible product data that’s instantly accessible to everyone in the org.

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Traditional data capture is too brittle

In a traditional data model like Mixpanel’s, collecting data means multiple steps and many stakeholders: you have to decide what events to track, get engineers to add tracking code, set up a tracking spreadsheet, wait for data to roll in, re-instrument tracking when your site changes, and hope that nothing breaks. Even then, there’s no guarantee you’ll get the data you need.

With Heap, there are no holes in your data. You can capture everything and be endlessly flexible in how you examine the data. You get a verifiable, trustworthy data set out of the box, with minimal ongoing maintenance and no need for engineers.

Screenshot to show how to configure events with custom segmentation to fit your reporting needs.

Democratize your data

Because tools like Mixpanel require manual tracking, using them requires individual PMs to go back and forth with engineers to make sure they’re capturing information on the events that matter to them. Heap offers a different model.

With Heap, a single PM (or analyst, or a different role) can set up events in Heap and give everyone in the org immediate access. Our Data Trust Center means that teams can easily control their data, distribute access, and keep everything reliable, with zero loss of flexibility for end users.

With Heap, teams get control, reliability, and democratization. Despite Mixpanel’s bells and whistles, it provides none of these.

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Implementation and Setup

Easy to implement

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Access to complete historical data

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Add new behaviors without engineering (Web, iOS, Android)

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Track users across devices, platforms, channels

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Enrich data with 3rd-party sources (A/B testing, CRM, Email)

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Audit, verify, and modify behaviors/events

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Automatically surface event anomalies

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Automatically merge anonymous and identified behavior

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Meets modern security standards

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Analysis and Activation

Access to data/reports in real time

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Instantly answer new questions

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Analyze drivers of retention

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Granular insight into user friction

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Account-based analysis

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Automated ETL

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Report on user and event properties

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I simultaneously installed the Mixpanel, Amplitude, and Heap scripts. Ten minutes later, we’re getting all of this data in Heap, and nothing in the others. Heap just worked.

Alan D'Souza, Director of Product Analytics

Alan D’Souza

Director of Product Analytics