What is the difference between Amplitude and Pirsch?

Amplitude is best for Growth teams needing advanced product analytics, while Pirsch is best for Privacy-focused teams wanting simple web analytics. Amplitude starts at Free and Pirsch starts at $4/mo.

Is Amplitude or Pirsch cheaper?

Amplitude starts at Free with a free tier. Pirsch starts at $4/mo with a free tier.

Is there a free alternative to Pirsch?

Both Amplitude and Pirsch offer free tiers.

Amplitude vs Pirsch

Amplitude is digital analytics platform for understanding user behavior across the full product journey, while Pirsch is privacy-friendly web analytics with no cookies, made and hosted in Germany. The biggest difference up front: Amplitude is free, while Pirsch starts at $4/mo. Amplitude is built for growth teams needing advanced product analytics, whereas Pirsch targets privacy-focused teams wanting simple web analytics.

At a glance

	Amplitude	Pirsch
Best for	Growth teams needing advanced product analytics	Privacy-focused teams wanting simple web analytics
Starting price	Free	$4/mo
Free tier	✓	✓
Open source	—	—
Free tier available	✓	✓
Open source	—	—
Behavioral Analytics	✓	—
CDP	✓	—
Cohorts	✓	—
Cookie-Free	—	✓
Events	—	✓
Experiments	✓	—
GDPR-Ready	—	✓
Server-Side	—	✓

Amplitude

Strengths

Includes Behavioral Analytics as a core feature, purpose-built for analytics workflows
Includes Cohorts as a core feature, purpose-built for analytics workflows
Free up to 10M events/mo — generous enough for most small teams to get real work done
Established product with 14+ years on the market and a mature ecosystem

Weaknesses

Free plan exists but key features are locked behind the paid upgrade
Fewer built-in features means you may need additional tools to cover gaps
Data accuracy depends on tracking setup — misconfigured events give misleading results
Mobile experience lags behind the desktop version in features and polish

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Pirsch

Strengths

Includes Cookie-Free as a core feature, purpose-built for analytics workflows
Includes GDPR-Ready as a core feature, purpose-built for analytics workflows
Free for 2.5K pageviews — generous enough for most small teams to get real work done
Includes server-side alongside the core feature set — fewer separate tools needed

Weaknesses

Free plan exists but key features are locked behind the paid upgrade
Fewer built-in features means you may need additional tools to cover gaps
Data accuracy depends on tracking setup — misconfigured events give misleading results
Limited team/admin features if your organization eventually scales up

Try Pirsch → Full review

The bottom line

Pricing: Amplitude is completely free (Free up to 10M events/mo), which makes it the obvious pick if budget is the top concern. Pirsch starts at $4/mo, but Free for 2.5K pageviews. That cost buys you a more polished or feature-rich experience, so it comes down to whether the extras justify the spend.

Feature gaps: Amplitude offers Behavioral Analytics, CDP and Cohorts that Pirsch lacks. Pirsch brings Cookie-Free, Events and GDPR-Ready that Amplitude does not have.

Team fit: Amplitude is geared toward mid-size teams teams, while Pirsch is aimed at small teams teams. Pick the one that matches where your team is today and where it is headed — migrating tools later is always painful.

Where each tool shines: Amplitude's biggest strengths are: includes behavioral analytics as a core feature, purpose-built for analytics workflows. includes cohorts as a core feature, purpose-built for analytics workflows. Pirsch's biggest strengths are: includes cookie-free as a core feature, purpose-built for analytics workflows. includes gdpr-ready as a core feature, purpose-built for analytics workflows.

Watch out for: With Amplitude, users commonly note that free plan exists but key features are locked behind the paid upgrade. With Pirsch, the main complaint is that free plan exists but key features are locked behind the paid upgrade.

Choose Amplitude if...

You need a tool built for growth teams needing advanced product analytics
Budget is a hard constraint — Amplitude is free, Pirsch is not
You specifically need Behavioral Analytics and CDP
You care about includes cohorts as a core feature, purpose-built for analytics workflows
Your team size fits the mid-size teams profile Amplitude is designed for

Choose Pirsch if...

You need a tool built for privacy-focused teams wanting simple web analytics
You specifically need Cookie-Free and Events
You care about includes gdpr-ready as a core feature, purpose-built for analytics workflows
Your team size fits the small teams profile Pirsch is designed for
The free tier works for you: free for 2.5k pageviews