# Heap vs Pendo (slim)

> Heap scores 53 (D) on agent readiness against Pendo's 48.2 (D), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Pendo leads on security & auth, maintenance & community and transparency & trust. Both do analytics events. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Heap scores 53 (D) on agent readiness against Pendo's 48.2 (D), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Pendo leads on security & auth, maintenance & community and transparency & trust. Both do analytics events.

- Heap: D 53, rank #488 of 629 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/heap.min.md
- Pendo: D 48.2, rank #541 of 629 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pendo.min.md
- Heap, good for An agent that records backend events or enriches user and account properties in a company's existing Heap project, or that files privacy deletions. Ahead on Reliability, 72 against 45; Agent ergonomics, 49 against 41; Payments & pricing, 25 against 5.
- Pendo, good for Teams already paying for Pendo who want an agent to answer questions on usage, funnels, retention, guides and feedback, or to draft segments and journeys. Ahead on Security & auth, 58 against 41; Maintenance & community, 70 against 63; Transparency & trust, 69 against 64.

| Category | Heap | Pendo |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 72 | 45 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 57 | 59 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 49 | 41 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 41 | 58 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 25 | 5 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 63 | 70 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 64 | 69 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Heap | Pendo |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Contentsquare (Content Square, Inc.) | Pendo.io, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://heapanalytics.com` | `https://app.pendo.io/mcp/v0/shttp` |
| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, SSE (legacy) |
| Pricing | Freemium | Paid |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Contentsquare's master services agreement. The React Native bridge and the Node client on npm are MIT | Proprietary service under the Pendo Software Services Agreement. The Claude Code plugin repository on GitHub is MIT |
| Tools exposed | none | 93 |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-06 | 2026-09-30 |
| Terms last updated | no date given | 2022-08-01 |
| Privacy policy last updated | couldn't be read | 2024-11-04 |
| Customer content may train models | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 213 npm/wk | 1 stars |