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Mixpanel and Amplitude, read side by side.

Two product-analytics tools that overlap by design. If you run both, Patricia reads either, reconciles what they say, and answers in one place instead of two dashboards that never quite agree.

She reads freely, never spends without your yesEvery client account walled offNo zaps, no webhooks

Running both tools, and not sure they agree:

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Thibaut HennauJust now

@Pati we're mid-migration from Mixpanel to Amplitude. Does the activation funnel match across both, or did we break something in the events?

PatriciaAppJust now

Read the signup-to-activation funnel in both for last week. Close, but not clean, and the gap is one step:

  • Sign up to first project: Mixpanel 61%, Amplitude 60%, within noise
  • First project to invite teammate: Mixpanel 38%, Amplitude 29%, that is a real 9-point gap
  • "invite_sent" fires ~1,900 times a week in Mixpanel and ~1,450 in Amplitude, so the new event is under-firing, not the funnel changing
  • Everything before that step lines up, so the migration is sound except that one event
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Thibaut HennauJust now

Good catch. Once we fix the event, is retention telling the same story in both?

PatriciaAppJust now

Pulled the week-4 retention curve for last month's cohort from each. Mixpanel reads 41%, Amplitude 40%, so the two agree on the trend even while the counts differ, and both show the campaign cohort holding above baseline. I put both curves side by side in the report so the client sees the numbers reconcile.

PDFFernbrook-Analytics-Reconciliation.pdfFunnels + retention, both tools
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What Mixpanel and Amplitude do together.

Each is useful alone. Joined, they answer the question neither can on its own.

Cross-check a funnel in Mixpanel against Amplitude to catch tracking drift

She reads the same conversion funnel in both tools and lines up each step, so a gap between them points straight at a mis-firing or renamed event rather than a real change in behavior, the check that keeps a dual-tracked setup honest.

Reconcile the numbers mid-migration so you trust the move

When a client is moving from one tool to the other, she compares event counts, funnels, and retention across both and names where they diverge, so you know the new instrumentation matches the old before you turn the first one off.

Compare retention curves across both tools for the same cohort

She pulls the retention curve for a cohort from each tool and reads them together, so you can tell whether a difference in the number is a definition gap between the two or a signal you should act on.

Answer from whichever tool holds the event, without switching tabs

Product events may live in one tool and marketing or lifecycle events in the other. She reads whichever has the data the question needs and answers in Slack, so you stop guessing which dashboard to open.

Report funnels and retention with both tools reconciled in one summary

She writes the funnel and retention findings into the client report with the two tools shown side by side and any gap explained, so a stakeholder sees one reconciled story instead of two conflicting screenshots.

How it works

Mixpanel and Amplitude, connected in minutes.

1

Add Patricia to Slack

She joins your workspace like any teammate. Two minutes, no engineering.

2

Connect Mixpanel and Amplitude

One approval each reaches the projects you manage. She gets only the access you approve, and you can disconnect anytime.

3

Ask

Mention @Pati with the question. Both tools are read-only for her, so she reads and reports freely and never changes anything in either.

Things to ask her.

@Pati

Does the activation funnel match across Mixpanel and Amplitude?

@Pati

We're migrating tools, where do the event counts diverge?

@Pati

Compare week-4 retention for last month's cohort in both tools

@Pati

Which tool has the events for our checkout flow?

@Pati

Build a reconciled product report showing both tools side by side

FAQ

Mixpanel + Amplitude, answered.

Why would we connect both Mixpanel and Amplitude, they do the same thing?

They overlap heavily, and this pair is honest about that. It is for teams already running both: mid-migration from one to the other, dual-tracking to compare, or with product events in one and marketing events in the other. She cross-checks that the two agree, reconciles them when they don't, and answers from whichever holds the data, so you are not switching between two dashboards that never quite match.

Does she change anything in either tool?

No. Both Mixpanel and Amplitude are read-only for her. She reads events, funnels, retention, and cohorts from each and reports back, and never alters your data, events, or configuration in either. There is nothing to approve because nothing is written.

Do I need both connected?

This page is specifically about running both. If you only use one, the single-tool integration covers you; the cross-check and reconciliation here need both connected.

Does this stay separate across our clients?

Yes. Connect each client's Mixpanel and Amplitude projects, and every client's events and users stay walled off from the rest.

What does it cost?

Nothing extra. Every integration is included, on every plan.

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