Rating
4.3/5
4/5
Summary
Pros
  • Comes with great heatmaps
  • Includes session recordings
  • Good polling function
  • Hotjar features exit surveys
  • It is free and easy to use
  • Great heatmaps
  • Unlimited session recordings
  • No data sampling
Cons
  • Hotjar is not available for mobile
  • Steep pricing for large organisations
  • Hard to exclude URLs from reports
  • Limited reporting features
  • Limited integrations

Pricing information

Starting Price
BasicFree
Plus€39 p/m
Business€99 p/m
ScaleOn req.
ClarityFree
Free trial period
Free plan
Free plan

Account Management

Trackable Items
User Seats

Data Processing

Data Center Locations
Software Hosting
Data Ownership
Hotjar
Microsoft Clarity
Data Freshness
Data Retention
Unsampled Data
Data Import
Send user data to Hotjar to enhance analysis
Data Export
Export recording meta data
Compliance
Cookieless
Hotjar relies on first-party cookies.
Clarity uses first-party cookies

Alerts & Automation

Uptime Monitoring
Custom Alerts
in the interface, via e-mail or Slack
Email Reports
e.g. daily survey responses reports

Reporting

Trend Reporting
Device Reporting
See on which device the user was
Device type, browser & OS widgets
Funnel Reporting
Discover why users drop off
User Flow Reporting
Segmentation
Create custom filters for recordings
Cohort Reports
Retention Reporting
Attribution Reporting
Simple referral metrics
Ecommerce Reporting

User Experience Features

Heatmaps
Unlimited
Click, scroll & area heatmaps
Session Recordings
Record all interaction with your site
Filter by actions, duration, pages & device
A/B Testing
No A/B testing tool only integrations
User Feedback
Place NPS ratings or a survey pop-up on every page

Customizability

Custom Dimensions
Custom Metrics
Custom Reports
Custom Events
Track and filter sessions & heatmaps
Annotations
Hotjar does not have annotations

Support

Support description
Hotjar offers extensive documentation and a ticketing support system. Most requests are answered within 1-2 business days, but often faster.
Support is available via chat, email and the support center.
Support Options

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