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Mixpanel vs TimeFly Dev
Short answer: Pick Mixpanel if you want AI-enhanced product intelligence; pick TimeFly Dev if you want coding activity tracking. Mixpanel has a free plan, paid from $120/month; TimeFly Dev starts at €3/month.
MixpanelProduct analytics for events, funnels and retention
TimeFly DevClean metrics for messy coding habitsWhich to pick
Pick Mixpanel if you want…
- AI-enhanced product intelligence
- User funnel analysis
- A free plan to start with
- Integrations with Segment, mParticle or Data warehouse connectors (on Mixpanel's list, not TimeFly Dev's)
Pick TimeFly Dev if you want…
- Coding activity tracking
- Integrations with VS Code, Cursor or Windsurf (on TimeFly Dev's list, not Mixpanel's)
Side by side
- What it is
- Mixpanel:Mixpanel is a product analytics platform offering event tracking, funnels, retention, session replay, experiments, feature flags and AI insights.
- TimeFly Dev:TimeFly tracks coding activity across IDEs and devices to give developers clear productivity metrics.
- Best for
- Mixpanel:AI-enhanced product intelligence
- TimeFly Dev:Coding activity tracking
- Who it’s for
- Mixpanel:Product, growth and data teams that need deep user behavior analytics.
- TimeFly Dev:Individual developers who want insight into their coding habits.
- Pricing
- Mixpanel:Freemium
- TimeFly Dev:Paid
- Starting price
- Mixpanel:$120/month (Growth)
- TimeFly Dev:€3/month (Supporter)
- Free plan or trial
- Mixpanel:Free plan (Free) · Free trial
- TimeFly Dev:Free trial
- Plans
- Mixpanel:Free $0 · Growth $120 per month
- TimeFly Dev:Supporter €3.00 per month
- Works with
- Mixpanel:Segment, mParticle, Data warehouse connectors, API access
- TimeFly Dev:VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf, OpenCode plugin, Claude Code hooks, @timefly/ai-sdk
Mixpanel features
- Event Tracking. Collect up to 1 M events per month on the free plan and scale to trillions on enterprise.
- Session Replay. Record and replay up to 10 K sessions/month (free) to see exactly how users interact.
- Experiments & Feature Flags. Run up to 1 k MEU/month experiments and manage up to 10 active feature flags (free).
- Mixpanel AI. AI detects anomalies, suggests root causes and answers natural-language queries about data.
- Metric Trees & Cohorts. Create hierarchical metrics and unlimited saved cohorts for advanced segmentation.
TimeFly Dev features
- Unlimited tracking. Records all coding hours and projects without caps.
- Dashboard & heatmaps. Shows daily, weekly, monthly averages and activity heatmaps.
- Multi-device sync. Aggregates data from VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf and other IDEs.
- Data export & API. Export your metrics and access them via a public API.
- Email reports. Receive periodic summaries, alerts and notifications by email.
- Custom AI SDK. Build integrations using the @timefly/ai-sdk.
Mixpanel vs TimeFly Dev FAQ
What is the difference between Mixpanel and TimeFly Dev?+
Mixpanel: Event-based product analytics, unrelated to IDE time tracking.
Should I use Mixpanel or TimeFly Dev?+
Pick Mixpanel if you want AI-enhanced product intelligence, user funnel analysis or a free plan to start with. Pick TimeFly Dev if you want coding activity tracking or integrations with VS Code, Cursor or Windsurf (on TimeFly Dev's list, not Mixpanel's).
Is Mixpanel or TimeFly Dev free?+
Mixpanel has a free plan; paid plans start at $120/month (Growth). TimeFly Dev is paid, from €3/month (Supporter), with a free trial.
Which is cheaper, Mixpanel or TimeFly Dev?+
Mixpanel starts at $120/month (Growth) and TimeFly Dev starts at €3/month (Supporter); the plans are billed differently, so compare what's included.
Do Mixpanel and TimeFly Dev integrate with the same tools?+
Their integration lists don't overlap: Mixpanel lists Segment, mParticle, Data warehouse connectors and API access; TimeFly Dev lists VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf, OpenCode plugin and 2 more.
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