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Amplitude alternative for session replay and form analytics that explains why users drop off
Amplitude is an event analytics platform that charts what users do and bills by monthly event volume, with session replay capped at 10,000 to 50,000 sessions a month and kept for one month. UserExplorer is an Amplitude alternative for product, growth and UX teams that need to see why visitors leave: session replay, heatmaps, funnels and field level form analytics on every plan, plus an AI researcher that reads the recordings and links the proof, from $49 a month billed yearly. If your analysts depend on behavioral cohorts, experiments and data governance, keep Amplitude and run UserExplorer beside it.
- Flat plan price, no event volume math
- Replay kept 3 to 24 months, not 1 month
- Heatmaps and form analytics on every plan
- AI researcher reads sessions and links the proof
- 1 Phone verification fails on mobile signup 31% of mobile signups 42 replays
- 2 Yearly toggle below the fold on /pricing 58% of paid search visitors 27 replays
- 3 Coupon field takes focus before Pay 18% of checkouts 19 replays
- 4 Export used in 24 h predicts retention 2.4x better week 4 33 replays
Sample data
Amplitude pricing
What Amplitude costs and where teams look for another tool
Amplitude prices by tracked events. Replay comes with each plan in a fixed monthly quota, and longer history or AI summaries are paid extras.
| Amplitude plan | Price | Session replays a month | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 10,000 | 2M events a month, no heatmaps, unlimited seats |
| Plus | From $49 a month billed yearly, $61 billed monthly | 10,000 | First 2M events free, scales to 70M events, heatmaps, 20 behavioral cohorts, 2 year data retention |
| Growth | Custom, event based | 20,000 | More replays as an add on, AI summaries and Targeted Replay Capture sold separately |
| Enterprise | Custom, event based | 50,000 | Role based access controls, data access controls, more replays as an add on |
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Free
- Price
- $0
- Session replays a month
- 10,000
- Notes
- 2M events a month, no heatmaps, unlimited seats
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Plus
- Price
- From $49 a month billed yearly, $61 billed monthly
- Session replays a month
- 10,000
- Notes
- First 2M events free, scales to 70M events, heatmaps, 20 behavioral cohorts, 2 year data retention
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Growth
- Price
- Custom, event based
- Session replays a month
- 20,000
- Notes
- More replays as an add on, AI summaries and Targeted Replay Capture sold separately
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Enterprise
- Price
- Custom, event based
- Session replays a month
- 50,000
- Notes
- Role based access controls, data access controls, more replays as an add on
Amplitude figures from amplitude.com/pricing, read in November 2026. Your bill above the free events depends on volume, so confirm with Amplitude before you buy. UserExplorer limits are on the pricing page.
The missing why
A funnel shows the drop, it does not show the broken button
Amplitude is excellent at telling you that signup conversion fell six points on mobile. The next question is what those visitors actually saw. Replay exists, but with a monthly quota that tops out at 50,000 sessions and one month of history, most teams watch a few recordings and move on.
UserExplorer starts from the question. Ask why signup conversion fell on mobile and the AI researcher scans the sessions, groups what it finds, ranks the causes by how many visitors each one hit and links the session replays that show it, such as a plan selector that does nothing or a phone field that rejects valid numbers.
Field level form analytics are on every plan, and funnel analysis opens the recordings of the visitors who left at each step, so the chart and the evidence sit in one place.
Side by side
UserExplorer and Amplitude compared feature by feature
An honest view, including the many places where Amplitude is the stronger tool.
| Capability | UserExplorer | Amplitude |
|---|---|---|
| Entry price | $99 a month, or $49 billed yearly, for 10,000 sessions | Free to 2M events, Plus from $49 a month billed yearly |
| How you pay | One plan price with a session limit | By monthly events, with replay extras as add ons |
| Session replay | Included, filters for page, device, source, event and frustration signals | 10K a month on Free and Plus, 20K on Growth, 50K on Enterprise |
| Replay history | 3, 6, 12 or 24 months by plan | 1 month, longer as an add on |
| Heatmaps | Click and scroll, split by device, source and behavior | From the Plus plan |
| Form analytics | Field level hesitation, refills and abandonment on every plan | Build from tracked form events |
| Event analytics, cohorts and retention | Funnels and journeys, no custom query builder | Core strength, behavioral cohorts, forecasting and predictions |
| Experiments and feature flags | Not offered | Included, active experiments limited by plan |
| AI analysis of sessions | AI researcher answers questions with evidence replays | AI summaries of replays are a paid add on on Growth and Enterprise |
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Entry price
- UserExplorer
- $99 a month, or $49 billed yearly, for 10,000 sessions
- Amplitude
- Free to 2M events, Plus from $49 a month billed yearly
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How you pay
- UserExplorer
- One plan price with a session limit
- Amplitude
- By monthly events, with replay extras as add ons
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Session replay
- UserExplorer
- Included, filters for page, device, source, event and frustration signals
- Amplitude
- 10K a month on Free and Plus, 20K on Growth, 50K on Enterprise
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Replay history
- UserExplorer
- 3, 6, 12 or 24 months by plan
- Amplitude
- 1 month, longer as an add on
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Heatmaps
- UserExplorer
- Click and scroll, split by device, source and behavior
- Amplitude
- From the Plus plan
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Form analytics
- UserExplorer
- Field level hesitation, refills and abandonment on every plan
- Amplitude
- Build from tracked form events
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Event analytics, cohorts and retention
- UserExplorer
- Funnels and journeys, no custom query builder
- Amplitude
- Core strength, behavioral cohorts, forecasting and predictions
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Experiments and feature flags
- UserExplorer
- Not offered
- Amplitude
- Included, active experiments limited by plan
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AI analysis of sessions
- UserExplorer
- AI researcher answers questions with evidence replays
- Amplitude
- AI summaries of replays are a paid add on on Growth and Enterprise
Amplitude capabilities from amplitude.com/pricing in November 2026. UserExplorer plans and limits are on the pricing page.
What you get
What a conversion team gets on day one without a tracking plan
An analyst that reads the replays
Ask a plain question about a drop. The AI researcher ranks causes by sessions affected and links the replays that prove each one.
Form analytics from the first plan
See which field makes buyers hesitate, refill or quit. Details on the form analytics page.
Funnels that open the evidence
Each step opens the recordings of the visitors who left there.
Segmented heatmaps
Split a website heatmap by device, traffic source or visitors who reached checkout and left.
Frustration signals on the timeline
Rage clicks, dead clicks and JavaScript errors are marked in every recording.
A price you can approve today
One plan price with a session limit and listed features, bought by card online.
Honest fit
When you should stay on Amplitude
Stay if your analysts build behavioral cohorts, run experiments and feature flags, or rely on governance and warehouse activation. UserExplorer is not an event analytics platform and does not replace that work. Stay too if the free 2 million events and 10,000 replays cover your traffic.
Switch, or add UserExplorer next to Amplitude, when the question is why people leave rather than how many, when one month of replay is too short to review last quarter before a redesign, or when replay extras start to push the contract up. Many teams keep Amplitude for charts and use UserExplorer for behavior research. For the wider market, see the Mixpanel alternative and Heap alternative pages.
Migration
How to add UserExplorer next to Amplitude in one afternoon
Nothing to export. Run both for a few weeks and decide what to keep.
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Step 1
List the questions you cannot answer
Note the funnel drops and pages your team can chart in Amplitude but cannot explain.
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Step 2
Install the UserExplorer snippet
Create an account, check out online and add one script to your site or tag manager. Inputs are masked in the browser by default.
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Step 3
Rebuild funnels, forms and heatmaps
Recreate signup and checkout funnels, turn on form analytics for key forms and open heatmaps for the top landing pages.
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Step 4
Decide what to cancel
If you were about to buy more Amplitude replay volume or AI summaries, skip it. Keep Amplitude only for the event analysis your analysts still use.
FAQ
Questions teams ask before replacing Amplitude
What is the best alternative to Amplitude?
It depends on the job. For session replay, heatmaps, funnels and form analytics run by product and growth teams, UserExplorer is a strong Amplitude alternative with an AI researcher and plans from $49 a month billed yearly. For pure event analytics, compare Mixpanel and PostHog.
How much does Amplitude cost?
Amplitude is free up to 2 million events a month. The Plus plan lists $49 a month billed yearly or $61 billed monthly and scales to 70 million events, while Growth and Enterprise are custom event based quotes. Your bill depends on event volume and add ons.
Does Amplitude have session replay?
Yes. Free and Plus include 10,000 replays a month, Growth 20,000 and Enterprise 50,000, with more as an add on. History is one month unless you buy longer retention. UserExplorer keeps replays 3, 6, 12 or 24 months by plan.
Does Amplitude have heatmaps or form analytics?
Heatmaps arrive on the Plus plan and above. Form analytics are not a core report, so you build them from tracked form events. UserExplorer includes click and scroll heatmaps and field level form analytics on every plan.
Can I use UserExplorer and Amplitude together?
Yes. Both are a script on the page, so many teams keep Amplitude for event charts and use UserExplorer for recordings, heatmaps and forms. You can skip extra Amplitude replay volume and avoid paying for replay twice.
Does UserExplorer replace Amplitude funnels and cohorts?
Partly. UserExplorer builds funnels and journeys from what visitors did on the page, and each step opens the recordings. It has no behavioral cohorts, experiments or forecasting, so analysts who rely on those should keep Amplitude.
See why users leave, not just where
Install one snippet next to Amplitude today, rebuild your key funnels and forms, and let the AI researcher show you what visitors saw.