leadmaps vs Amplitude
How we stack up against Amplitude. Honest, sourced, no trash talk. Amplitude is a powerful enterprise analytics platform. We pick a different fight: residency, privacy, and simplicity.
Quick verdict
Pick leadmaps when
- EU residency by default, not an enterprise tier.
- You want consent and PII enforced at the collector.
- You want simple, predictable, affordable pricing.
- You want product analytics without enterprise overhead.
Pick Amplitude when
- You are a large product org with a dedicated data team.
- You need the deepest behavioral cohorts and experimentation.
- You want mature data governance and CDP / audiences.
- Enterprise procurement and warehouse-native scale are the norm.
Feature comparison
A glyph means yes. A dash means no. A tilde means partial, with a line explaining the partial. Footnoted rows link to a source at the bottom of the page.
Core analytics
Amplitude is built for deep behavioral analysis by data teams. leadmaps ships the surfaces most product teams use day to day, with cleaner defaults.
| Feature | leadmaps | Amplitude |
|---|---|---|
| Custom events and properties | leadmaps: Yes | Amplitude: Yes |
| Funnels | leadmaps: Yes | Amplitude: Yes |
| Retention (week and month grain) | leadmaps: Yes | Amplitude: Yes |
| Sankey user journeys[1] | leadmaps: Yes | Amplitude: Yes |
| Behavioral cohorts | leadmaps: PartialCohort filters cover the common cases, not Amplitude depth. | Amplitude: Yes |
| A/B experiments with stats engine | leadmaps: Yes | Amplitude: Yes |
| Real-page click and scroll heatmaps | leadmaps: Yes | Amplitude: No |
Privacy and residency
leadmaps treats residency and consent as defaults. In Amplitude they are enterprise configuration.
| Feature | leadmaps | Amplitude |
|---|---|---|
| EU residency by default[2] | leadmaps: Yes | Amplitude: PartialEU data center is available, not the default. |
| Consent enforced server-side at the collector | leadmaps: Yes | Amplitude: No |
| Coverage transparency (observed, blocked, consent, bots) | leadmaps: Yes | Amplitude: No |
| GDPR Art. 17 vault with collector erasure | leadmaps: Yes | Amplitude: Partial |
| First-party proxy templates | leadmaps: Yes | Amplitude: Partial |
| Lightweight SDK (~5 kB core) | leadmaps: Yes | Amplitude: NoThe Amplitude browser SDK is materially heavier. |
Governance and scale
Where Amplitude is strongest: governance, CDP, and warehouse-native scale.
| Feature | leadmaps | Amplitude |
|---|---|---|
| Data governance and taxonomy | leadmaps: PartialTracking plan with enforcement, not a full governance suite. | Amplitude: Yes |
| CDP / audience syncing | leadmaps: No | Amplitude: Yes |
| Warehouse-native option | leadmaps: Partial | Amplitude: Yes |
| Raw event export (CSV, JSON, Parquet) | leadmaps: Yes | Amplitude: Yes |
Enterprise and ops
SSO, audit, residency, and allowlisting without an enterprise-only paywall.
| Feature | leadmaps | Amplitude |
|---|---|---|
| SAML and OIDC SSO | leadmaps: Yes | Amplitude: Yes |
| SCIM provisioning | leadmaps: Yes | Amplitude: Yes |
| Audit-log streaming to Datadog, Splunk, webhook | leadmaps: Yes | Amplitude: Partial |
| Workspace IP allowlist | leadmaps: Yes | Amplitude: Partial |
| EU data residency | leadmaps: Yes | Amplitude: Partial |
| Predictable flat pricing | leadmaps: Yes | Amplitude: NoAmplitude meters on events / tracked users and scales into enterprise contracts. |
Pricing at a glance
Both start free. Amplitude scales into metered and enterprise contracts; leadmaps stays flat.
leadmaps
Flat tiers. Free up to 100k events, Pro at $19 monthly, Business at $399 monthly.
Amplitude
Free Starter, then Plus, Growth, and Enterprise plans that meter on events and tracked users.
| Volume | leadmaps | Amplitude |
|---|---|---|
| 100 thousand events / monthAmplitude has a free Starter plan with event and tracked-user caps. | Free | Free (Starter) |
| 1 million events / monthPast Starter, Amplitude moves to Plus / Growth pricing. | $19 / mo (Pro) | Plus (metered) |
| 10 million events / monthAt this scale Amplitude is typically an annual enterprise contract. | $399 / mo (Business) | Growth / Enterprise |
Coming from Amplitude? Run both first.
Install the SDK alongside Amplitude
Add @syntarie/tracking next to the Amplitude SDK and send to both. You keep Amplitude untouched and start building EU-resident history immediately.
Reconcile the surfaces you actually run on
Compare the funnels and retention your team checks weekly. Decide which depth you truly use versus what you are paying for.
Cut over when ready
Flip the primary tool to leadmaps and keep Amplitude as long as your contract runs. No big-bang switch, no lost history.
Sources
Footnote markers in the table above link here. Last reviewed 2026-05-25. Got a fact wrong? Email hello@leatmap.com and we will fix it.