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Hotjar vs Smartlook
Summary
Pros
- Heatmaps
- Advanced filtering capabilities
- Behaviour flow reports
- Session recordings
- Comes with great heatmaps
- Includes session recordings
- Good polling function
- Hotjar features exit surveys
Cons
- Limited reporting features
- Limited data retention
- Limited free version
- Hotjar is not available for mobile
- Steep pricing for large organisations
- Hard to exclude URLs from reports
Pricing information
Starting Price
Free | Free |
Startup | €31 p/m |
Business | €93 p/m |
Enterprise | On req. |
Basic | Free |
Plus | €39 p/m |
Business | €99 p/m |
Scale | On req. |
Free trial period
14 days
Free plan
Account Management
Trackable Items
User Seats
Account Security
Data Processing
Data Center Locations
Software Hosting
Data Ownership
Smartlook
Hotjar
Data Freshness
Data Retention
Unsampled Data
Data Import
Send user data to Hotjar to enhance analysis
Data Export
Export recording meta data
Compliance
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
Device type & browser widgets
See on which device the user was
Funnel Reporting
Event-based & retroactive funnels plus anomalies
Discover why users drop off
User Flow Reporting
Segmentation
Create custom filters for recordings
Cohort Reports
Retention Reporting
Simple new vs. returing widget
Attribution Reporting
Ecommerce Reporting
User Experience Features
Heatmaps
Click, movement & scroll heatmaps
Unlimited
Session Recordings
Tech, location, event & recording-related filters
Record all interaction with your site
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
Click, page view, text input, click on element
Track and filter sessions & heatmaps
Annotations
Hotjar does not have annotations
Support
Support description
Smartlook offers extensive documentation and is accessible by email. They have offices in the EU and USA.
Hotjar offers extensive documentation and a ticketing support system. Most requests are answered within 1-2 business days, but often faster.
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