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How long does it take to implement Mixpanel? A 3-step evaluation

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Aaron Krivitzky
Principal Solution Engineer @ Mixpanel
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Feb 25, 2025
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Jul 21, 2020

First principles

Why would you want to implement Mixpanel in the first place?

Before you can begin implementation, you need to know which metrics, behaviors, and KPIs you’d like to measure.

The short, TL;DR answer

The total ‘dev hours’ required to implement Mixpanel ranges between 10 and 30 hours.

The longer, better answer

1. Do we already have the data, or do we need Mixpanel to collect it?

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2. Do we want Mixpanel to track behaviors on the client side, or server side?

3. Do we want to use a Mixpanel SDK? Or do we want to build our own classes?

Post-implementation

Post-implementation, Mixpanel’s Data Management features make it easy to ensure the integrity of your data.
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Aaron Krivitzky
Aaron Krivitzky
Principal Solution Engineer @ Mixpanel