Mixpanel
mixpanel.com
What it is
Mixpanel is an analytics platform for event tracking across products and ecommerce experiences. It provides conversion funnels, session recordings, ecommerce tracking, API access, and unlimited data retention. The free plan is available forever with unlimited seats, 1 million events per month, 10,000 session replays per month, 1,000 monthly active users, and 10 active feature flags. Growth costs $120 per month when billed annually, allowing up to 20 million events, 500,000 session replays, 5,000 monthly active users, and 50 active feature flags, with unlimited seats. Mixpanel is listed for API use. The maker was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
Spec sheet
- What it does
- Mixpanel is an event-based product and digital analytics platform for understanding user behavior, conversion, retention and growth.Read 15 Oct 2026 · mixpanel.com
- Free plan
- YesRead 20 Sep 2026 · mixpanel.com
- Paid from
- 120Read 20 Sep 2026 · mixpanel.com
- Integrations
- The integration directory covers data warehouses, CDPs, BI, CRM, experimentation, feature flags, marketing automation, surveys, privacy and AI categories.Read 15 Oct 2026 · mixpanel.com
- Compliance
- Its Trust Center lists SOC 2 materials, ISO 27001:2022, ISO 27701:2019, HIPAA mapping and penetration-test reports.Read 15 Oct 2026 · trust.mixpanel.com
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, California, United StatesRead 23 Sep 2026 · mixpanel.com
- Founded
- 2009Read 23 Sep 2026 · mixpanel.com
- AI and MCP
- Mixpanel offers Mixpanel Agent and an MCP server for natural-language analysis through compatible AI tools.Read 15 Oct 2026 · mixpanel.com
- API access
- YesRead 20 Sep 2026 · mixpanel.com
- API ingestion
- Mixpanel accepts events through APIs and can also use existing data from BigQuery, Snowflake, Redshift and Segment without installing its SDKs.Read 15 Oct 2026 · mixpanel.com
- Company identity
- LinkedIn lists Mixpanel as a privately held software-development company founded in 2009 with headquarters in San Francisco and 201–500 employees.Read 15 Oct 2026 · linkedin.com
- Conversion funnels
- YesRead 20 Sep 2026 · mixpanel.com
- Customer footprint
- Mixpanel says it is trusted by more than 29,000 companies, including Workday, Pinterest, LG and Rakuten Viber.Read 15 Oct 2026 · linkedin.com
- Data retention
- unlimitedRead 20 Sep 2026 · mixpanel.com
- Ecommerce tracking
- YesRead 20 Sep 2026 · mixpanel.com
- Event tracking
- YesRead 20 Sep 2026 · mixpanel.com
- Experimentation
- Experiments and feature flags are available on Free and Growth plans with limited included quantities and Enterprise-level feature parity.Read 15 Oct 2026 · mixpanel.com
- Heatmaps
- Heatmaps visualize hotspots, dead zones and missed opportunities on web pages.Read 15 Oct 2026 · mixpanel.com
- Identity resolution
- ID Merge unifies user journeys across devices and login states through identify and reset calls.Read 15 Oct 2026 · mixpanel.com
- iOS requirements
- Mixpanel Swift SDK 7.0.0 requires iOS 15, tvOS 15, macOS 12 and watchOS 9.Read 15 Oct 2026 · mixpanel.github.io
- Limit: data setup quality
- Reviewers say incorrect event naming or poor event and property organization can make reports unreliable.Read 15 Oct 2026 · getapp.com
- Limit: learning curve
- Reviewers repeatedly mention that the interface, queries and dashboard construction take time to learn, especially for inexperienced analytics users.Read 15 Oct 2026 · trustradius.com
- Limit: outages
- A Trustpilot reviewer reported a full-day outage that prevented access to critical customer-reporting data.Read 15 Oct 2026 · trustpilot.com
- Limit: pricing
- GetApp reviewers report sharp price increases, restrictive free-plan limits and lower value for advanced features.Read 15 Oct 2026 · getapp.com
- Lookup tables
- Lookup Tables let teams join event data with user, account, product or content context without coding those fields into tracking.Read 15 Oct 2026 · mixpanel.com
- Metric Trees
- Metric Trees link product inputs to business metrics to show how product activity relates to growth outcomes.Read 15 Oct 2026 · mixpanel.com
- Mobile analytics
- Mobile analytics covers app installs, sessions, feature usage and longer-term retention.Read 15 Oct 2026 · mixpanel.com
- Praise: analytics usefulness
- Reviewers praise event tracking, user engagement analysis, funnels, cohorts, segmentation and validating tracked events in real time.Read 15 Oct 2026 · getapp.com
- Praise: collaboration and reach
- TrustRadius reviewers describe Mixpanel as versatile across teams and useful for understanding behavior in mobile and online applications.Read 15 Oct 2026 · trustradius.com
- Product analytics
- Its product analytics includes real-time self-service insights, funnels, retention analysis, segmentation and cohort analysis.Read 15 Oct 2026 · mixpanel.com
- Rating on Capterra
- 4.5 out of 5 from 146 reviewsRead 15 Oct 2026 · capterra.com
- Rating on Chrome Web Store
- 4.4 out of 5 from 12 ratingsRead 15 Oct 2026 · chromewebstore.google.com
- Rating on G2
- 4.5 out of 5 from 1,372 reviewsRead 15 Oct 2026 · g2.com
- Rating on Gartner Peer Insights
- 4.5 out of 5 from 115 ratingsRead 15 Oct 2026 · gartner.com
- Rating on GetApp
- 4.5 out of 5 from 146 reviewsRead 15 Oct 2026 · getapp.com
- Rating on Trustpilot
- 2.5 out of 5 from 9 reviewsRead 15 Oct 2026 · trustpilot.com
- Rating on TrustRadius
- 8.3 out of 10 from 256 reviews and ratingsRead 15 Oct 2026 · trustradius.com
- SDK coverage
- Official SDKs cover browser JavaScript, iOS, Android, React Native, Flutter, Python, Node.js, Java, Go and Ruby.Read 15 Oct 2026 · deepwiki.com
- SDK documentation
- The JavaScript client generates typed API-reference documentation from JSDoc and TypeScript definitions and publishes it with builds.Read 15 Oct 2026 · github.com
- SDK license
- The official Mixpanel JavaScript client repository is licensed Apache-2.0.Read 15 Oct 2026 · github.com
- Security controls
- Mixpanel says data is protected with TLS in transit, encryption at rest, logical tenant separation and strong authentication and authorization.Read 15 Oct 2026 · mixpanel.com
- Security incident
- Mixpanel said a November 2025 smishing campaign led to unauthorized access affecting a limited number of customers and triggered credential resets and forensic review.Read 15 Oct 2026 · mixpanel.com
- Session recordings
- YesRead 20 Sep 2026 · mixpanel.com
- Session replay
- Session Replay connects quantitative analytics with replayed user experiences and supports native iOS and Android app replays.Read 15 Oct 2026 · mixpanel.com
- Web analytics
- The platform provides website performance and acquisition analytics for how visitors arrive, navigate and convert.Read 15 Oct 2026 · mixpanel.com
Plans and prices
Strong points and limits
Strong points
- Free plan includes unlimited seats
- Tracks events, funnels, and ecommerce activity
- Session recordings included
- Unlimited data retention
- API access available
Limits
- Free plan capped at 1M events monthly
- Growth requires annual billing
- Feature flags limited by plan
Who it suits
Mixpanel suits teams analyzing product and ecommerce events, funnels, recordings, and feature-flag activity through an API-oriented platform.
Verdict
Mixpanel offers event and product analytics with recordings, funnels, ecommerce tracking, and API access. Its free tier has explicit usage limits, while Growth starts at $120/mo billed annually.
Where Specifiction places it
- Web analytics tools#7 of 1429.1
- Data Analytics Software#9 of 348.6
- Product Analytics Tools#13 of 458.6
- Customer Analytics Software#8 of 258.5
- Funnel Analytics#9 of 278.5
- Mobile App Analytics Software#14 of 378.5
- Web And Mobile Analytics Software#11 of 288.6
- Behavior Analytics#10 of 258.6
- Website Analytics#13 of 328.5