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Sorry I'm just seeing this now -- but we actually do have a full interactive demo of the product with pre-populated data, just like you suggested! There are CTAs to try the demo all over the website if you're using it on a desktop/laptop. Were you looking at the site on mobile? (https://amplitude.com/)
Hey, just send an email to amaddox@amplitude.com - he can chat about SQL access!
We are: https://amplitude.com/privacy
You should definitely check out Amplitude.
disclosure: I work there, but there's no reason you shouldn't try us out if you're looking for an alternative.
Our free plan is for 1 million monthly events: https://amplitude.com/pricing
all the basics you're used to, like Funnels and Retention, plus some other cool stuff like unlimited user timelines (this is extra as part of Mixpanel's People plan)and Event Flows.
We're also looking for a full-time, onsite Content Writer to join the Amplitude team. We strive to create high-quality, interesting content, that often times appeals to the Hacker News audience. We're going to start writing more data-driven posts that discuss interesting trends around mobile app usage, so if you love digging into data to find and tell interesting stories, definitely get in touch! See https://amplitude.com/careers for more info.
Product looks great -- definitely agree that the ability to integrate w/ other tools like salesforce would be really useful. How do you guys differentiate vs intercom?
Yep, there are plenty of useful (and actionable) insights to be gained just by the data you can get in a standard analytics dashboard. If you know how many people did what, and who came back, you can already learn so much about how people are using your app and what you should focus on.