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Amplitude Implementation

Amplitude Implementation
See Where They Actually Drop Off

We implement Amplitude with a clean, deliberate event taxonomy — so funnel, retention, and cohort analysis actually reflect what your product does, not a guess.

Event Taxonomy Design Funnel & Retention Braze Handoff
100%Signed Up
62%Activated
38%Engaged
21%Retained
Live Event Stream Consistent Event Taxonomy
Product
Analytics, Not Marketing
Event-Based
Data Model
Cohort
Behavioral Segmentation
Warehouse
Sync Available
What We Find Most Often

Common Gaps in Existing Amplitude Setups

Inconsistent Event Naming

Different teams log the same action under different event names, fragmenting funnel and retention analysis that should be one clear signal.

Tracked Everything, Analyzed Nothing

Hundreds of granular events instrumented with no clear analysis plan, producing noise instead of actionable insight.

No Ownership of the Tracking Plan

Event definitions drift as the product changes without a designated owner, leaving old events stale and new features untracked.

Insight Never Reaches Activation

Behavioral cohorts (power users, at-risk churners) identified in Amplitude but never connected to Braze or another tool to actually act on them.

User Properties and Event Properties Confused

Attributes that describe the user (plan tier, signup date) logged as event properties instead, making cohort analysis unreliable and duplicative across every event.

No Distinction Between Test and Production Data

Development and QA testing events flowing into the same project as real user data, silently skewing funnel and retention numbers.

Our Amplitude Services

What We Deliver

Taxonomy

Event Tracking Design

We design a consistent, documented event taxonomy — the single most important factor in whether your Amplitude analysis is trustworthy.

Event taxonomy designUser vs. event property mappingTracking plan documentation
Analysis

Funnel & Retention Setup

We build the funnel, cohort, and retention analyses that actually answer your team's real product questions.

Funnel analysis setupCohort segmentationRetention curve tracking
Warehouse

Warehouse Sync

We connect Amplitude to Snowflake or Databricks — exporting behavioral data for broader analysis, importing warehouse data to enrich profiles.

Bidirectional warehouse syncProfile enrichmentCross-platform data joins
Activation

Braze Handoff

We connect Amplitude-defined behavioral cohorts to Braze so insight actually triggers campaigns, not just populates a dashboard.

Cohort-to-campaign syncBehavioral trigger mappingReal-time cohort updates
Support

Ongoing Governance

We audit tracking plan drift and event quality over time — product changes constantly, and tracking needs to keep up.

Tracking plan auditsEvent quality monitoringDrift detection & cleanup
What Good Taxonomy Looks Like

User Properties vs. Event Properties, Concretely

The distinction that determines whether cohort analysis actually works.

User Prop

Set once per user, persists

plan_tier: "pro" | signup_date: "2026-03-14" | company_size: "50-200"

Event Prop

Attached to a single event only

event: "Report Exported" -- format: "pdf" | report_type: "quarterly"

Getting this split right up front is what makes "show me retention by plan tier" a five-second query instead of a data cleanup project.

Where Amplitude Fits

Insight In, Action Out

Product Events Web & mobile AMPLITUDE Funnel & Retention Warehouse Broader analysis Braze Behavioral cohorts

Amplitude defines who and why; Braze handles what and how — insight that actually reaches the customer.

Want product analytics connected to real activation?

We implement Amplitude alongside Braze, Snowflake, and Databricks — so behavioral insight actually drives engagement, not just dashboards.

Trusted for overall simplicity

Rated 4.9★ across Clutch, Google, and Trustpilot
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FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Is this page different from your Amplitude Analytics guide?

    Our Amplitude Analytics guide explains what the platform does and how it compares to alternatives. This page covers the actual implementation service — event taxonomy design, funnel setup, and connecting Amplitude to your broader data stack.

  • What's the most important part of an Amplitude implementation?

    Event taxonomy design, without question — deliberate, consistent event naming and definition across your product determines whether every subsequent funnel, retention, and cohort analysis is trustworthy. This is the work most commonly under-invested in.

  • Can you connect Amplitude to our data warehouse?

    Yes — we set up bidirectional sync where relevant: exporting Amplitude event data to Snowflake or Databricks for broader analysis, and importing warehouse data (like CRM fields) into Amplitude to enrich user profiles beyond what product events alone capture.

  • How does Amplitude connect to Braze specifically?

    Amplitude-defined behavioral cohorts — power users, at-risk churners, feature adopters — can be synced to Braze so that insight actually triggers real engagement campaigns rather than sitting in a dashboard nobody acts on.

  • Do you audit existing Amplitude implementations?

    Yes — an audit often finds inconsistent event naming, unused tracked events, and tracking plan drift as the product has evolved. We produce a prioritized list of fixes rather than a full rebuild when the underlying instrumentation is salvageable.

  • How long does implementation take?

    A focused event taxonomy design and core funnel setup can take a few weeks. More comprehensive implementations across a larger product surface with warehouse and Braze integration take longer.

  • Who should own the tracking plan after implementation?

    Ideally a single designated owner internally — often a product analyst or PM with analytics responsibility — rather than leaving event definitions to whichever engineer builds a given feature. We can help establish this ownership structure as part of the engagement.

  • Is Amplitude only useful for mobile apps?

    No, it has equally mature support for web product tracking, and most implementations track behavior across both web and mobile together for a complete cross-platform picture.

  • Do you provide ongoing support after implementation?

    Yes — tracking plans need periodic review as your product evolves, and we offer ongoing governance to catch drift before it undermines trust in the data.

  • How do I get started?

    Reach out for a free assessment — we'll look at your current tracking setup (or lack of one) and give you an honest scope and recommendation.

  • What is the difference between a user property and an event property?

    A user property describes something true about the person regardless of what they're doing right now -- their plan tier, signup date, company size -- and persists across every event they trigger. An event property describes something specific to a single action -- which report format they exported, which button they clicked -- and only applies to that one event. Confusing the two is one of the most common taxonomy mistakes and makes cohort analysis unreliable.

  • Should test and QA events be tracked in the same Amplitude project as production?

    No -- we set up separate projects or environment tagging so development and QA testing never contaminates real user funnel and retention numbers. This seems obvious in principle but is a surprisingly common gap in existing implementations we audit.