Comparison
Hotjar bundles replay, heatmaps, surveys, and feedback widgets. We focus on the replay-to-insight part.
| Replayful | Hotjar | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free 5K, $5+ above | Free ~1K/mo, ~$32+ above |
| Sessions on free tier | 5,000 / month | ~1,050 / month |
| Product maturity | Weeks old | 10+ years |
| Session replay | Full DOM via rrweb | Full DOM, proprietary |
| Heatmaps | Per-page click + scroll | Click, move, scroll, attention |
| Surveys / feedback widgets | Not offered | Mature offering |
| Funnels | Not yet | Yes |
| Journey replay (across pages) | Yes, stitched | Per-session only |
| Ad attribution | Top Ads table | UTM filters |
| Bundle size (gzipped) | 23 KB | ~80 KB |
Pick Hotjar if you need user surveys, feedback widgets, and in-app polls alongside recordings, all from one mature vendor. They've been at this for over a decade — their feedback tools, attention heatmaps, and survey logic are battle-tested in ways we can't claim yet.
Visit HotjarPick Replayful if surveys aren't your bottleneck and you'd rather have a tighter dashboard built around 'find the right session to watch'. Free tier is more generous, drill-from-chart-to-replay is more direct, and the tool is small enough to learn in 10 minutes. Trade-off: we're new, you'll find rough edges.
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