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Attribute Ratings
- Crazy Egg is rated higher in 3 areas: Likelihood to Recommend, Likelihood to Renew, Usability
- Hotjar is rated higher in 1 area: Support Rating
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
Crazy Egg
100%
27 Ratings
8.9
Hotjar
89%
82 Ratings
Likelihood to Renew
8.5
Crazy Egg
85%
14 Ratings
5.1
Hotjar
51%
2 Ratings
Usability
10.0
Crazy Egg
100%
7 Ratings
9.6
Hotjar
96%
6 Ratings
Availability
7.1
Crazy Egg
71%
8 Ratings
Hotjar
N/A
0 Ratings
Performance
2.0
Crazy Egg
20%
4 Ratings
Hotjar
N/A
0 Ratings
Support Rating
5.0
Crazy Egg
50%
14 Ratings
9.6
Hotjar
96%
4 Ratings
Online Training
10.0
Crazy Egg
100%
1 Rating
Hotjar
N/A
0 Ratings
Implementation Rating
9.2
Crazy Egg
92%
6 Ratings
Hotjar
N/A
0 Ratings
Product Scalability
9.8
Crazy Egg
98%
2 Ratings
Hotjar
N/A
0 Ratings
Likelihood to Recommend
Crazy Egg
+ I strongly believe that this tool helps when a firm has good user count (depends on business model) as most of these tools are data friends. More data - more valuable insights+ Best fit if someone who is looking for deeper insights of individual page- Not suggested for very fewer visits of a website. Suggested to improve better visit count

Verified User
Analyst in Marketing
Internet Company, 1001-5000 employeesHotjar
Hotjar is well suite for organizations that want to get a good glimpse into user behavior on their websites. The tool is easily installed through Google Tag Manager, and then users simply select which pages or paths they want the tool to analyze. After a few days, users can start seeing patterns develop, helping them understand what areas of the user journey flow they need to test out and improve. Hotjar is primarily for web-based experiences, not for mobile applications and other non-web digital applications.
Director, Digital Innovation
Kin + CartaMarketing and Advertising, 1001-5000 employees
Pros
Crazy Egg
- Provides heatmaps that shows you the elements on your site that are and aren't performing well.
- Provides scrollmaps so you can see how far down a page users are scrolling and which content never gets seen.
- Screenshots show you how your website looks across a variety of different devices.
- Provides a type of clickmap called confetti that enables you visualise clicks by segments - device, new/returning visitors, campaigns and other metrics.

Verified User
Professional in Marketing
Events Services Company, 1001-5000 employeesHotjar
- Heat mapping is great on Hotjar. It is a good place to start when you are looking at the UX & CRO on your website. You can see the % of people clicking on elements on a page, how far they scroll, and mouse movements.
- Hotjar is great for session recordings. These record the mouse movements, clicks, pages and scrolls of a user in video format. You can watch these to investigate what works well on a site and identify potential roadblocks and bugs.
- Hotjar is great as it ensures that users details are anonymous; for instance, if you are watching a session recording, you cannot see what a user types in a form field, as Hotjar blanks this out.
- Hotjar has a poll function, so you can have polls on your website.
UX & CRO Executive
Epiphany SearchMarketing and Advertising, 51-200 employees
Cons
Crazy Egg
- The largest thing we've struggled with is the Optimizely integration. I've contacted customer service a few times to get it properly setup. Customer Service is always friendly and helpful; they provide clear steps to get it setup. Unfortunately despite clear instructions, they are tedious, and if not completed in the correct order, the integration with Optimizely does not work. My success rate with the integration is less than 55%.

Verified User
Employee in Other
Retail Company, 11-50 employeesHotjar
- Customization of in-page user surveys - Although it is a great tool to be able to publish and update user surveys that appear on our web page, the customization options (mostly UI) are somewhat limited, making the survey either stick out like a sore thumb, or look like an advertisement or error on our site. It would be great to get a little bit more control over how the survey appears on our site.
- Honestly, I have not run into any other major examples I can detail where HotJar has not been able to do what I have needed it to do!

Verified User
Employee in Other
Computer Software Company, 201-500 employeesPricing Details
Crazy Egg
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
$24 per month
Crazy Egg Editions & Modules
Edition
Crazy Egg | $24.001 |
---|
- per month
Additional Pricing Details
—Hotjar
General
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
$0 2k pageviews/per day
Hotjar Editions & Modules
Edition
Basic | $01 |
---|---|
Plus | 39.002 |
Business | $993 |
- 2k pageviews/per day
- 10k pageviews per day/per month
- 20k pageviews per day/per month
Additional Pricing Details
—Likelihood to Renew
Crazy Egg
Crazy Egg 8.5
Based on 14 answers
It's a great tool considering how inexpensive it is. If used correctly and you have a plan for tracking your websites, this tool can make a world of a difference. If you are not going to sit down and take the time to make a plan for how to use this tool, I would say it is not worth your time. Yes, you can look at items on your website that need to be changed, but without a consistent plan, other important items that need changing can be lost in the mix. Make sure you have enough time and energy to invest in this and it will be well worth it
Internet Marketing Intern
3MRetail, 51-200 employees
Hotjar
Hotjar 5.1
Based on 2 answers
Even though the heat maps and user recordings were useful, our website was significantly slowed down after we installed Hotjar, so much so, that it took over a minute for our blog to load. The data that we gathered was not worth the length that it took our website to load.
Marketing Technologist
Direct Development, Inc.Marketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees
Usability
Crazy Egg
Crazy Egg 10.0
Based on 7 answers
I gave Crazy Egg an overall rating of 9 because of its easy to use dashboard, integration and useful tools. If I need to quickly setup a page test, I can add the URL to make a snapshot, start the test and sometimes walk away (until its complete). Crazy Egg allows you set when the test should conclude, which can be helpful if you need to manage monthly visitor usage. You can test on all devices or be specific (i.e. Mobile). I also gave it a 9 because I feel as though the software [Crazy Egg] could improve on its steps to integrate with the A/B testing tool, Optimizely.

Verified User
Employee in Other
Retail Company, 11-50 employeesHotjar
Hotjar 9.6
Based on 6 answers
So easy and simple to use! Straightforward anyone in the team is able to easily go in and set up anything in Hotjar. The UI is really simple. Whenever you give feedback to Hotjar they continously take on board the feedback and improve the tool.
Digital Optimisation Lead
Pets at HomeRetail, 10,001+ employees
Reliability and Availability
Crazy Egg
Crazy Egg 7.1
Based on 8 answers
It's slow to post data, and slow to get a snapshot to finally be active (i.e. not pending). Not intolerable, but would be nice to see data within a couple hours. Often have to wait to the next day.
Director of Analytics
EnlightenInternet, 51-200 employees
Hotjar
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Crazy Egg
Crazy Egg 5.0
Based on 14 answers
I think support is an area where Crazy Egg is lacking. I would love to have a quarterly check-in with a Crazy Egg rep to understand what kinds of changes have been made to the platform and what is on the horizon. I also think a quick consulting sessions with a rep could be extremely beneficial, as I'm sure there are ways to use the tool that we haven't even thought about yet that would be extremely insightful for our team.
Web Analyst
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.Information Technology and Services, 10,001+ employees
Hotjar
Hotjar 9.6
Based on 4 answers
Hotjar is a SaaS-based company, and as such has a good support service. Users can quickly submit support tickets through Hotjar's online portal. Enterprise customers get access to additional support members and have SLAs to support their larger, more complex needs. Overall, Hotjar is extremely reliable and I've never had to reach out to customer support.
Director, Digital Innovation
Kin + CartaMarketing and Advertising, 1001-5000 employees
Online Training
Crazy Egg
Crazy Egg 10.0
Based on 1 answer
Crazy Egg is the best CRO and LPO tool for performance marketers who have a limited budget!

Verified User
Project Manager in Marketing
Internet Company, 11-50 employeesHotjar
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
Crazy Egg
Crazy Egg 9.2
Based on 6 answers
It is simple. JavaScript code needs to be added to any pages where you want to run tests. That's it.
Web Marketing Manager
MendixComputer Software, 51-200 employees
Hotjar
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Crazy Egg
It is very simple to use, everything from setting up to seeing the results. You can easily export everything into a JPG or PDF and share it with clients. CrazyEgg is also more value oriented with a lower price point.
Digital Marketing Strategist, Founder
California SEO ProfessionalsMarketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees
Hotjar
To be honest, we have only tried Hotjar session recording. I know there are some alternatives but we haven't tried any of them. I think there are none as complete as Hotjar for what you pay (some do heatmaps, other video recording, other polls). And the thing is that all of that is done pretty decent on Hotjar, so I'm not looking for any alternative right now.
Cofounder / Marketing, Growth, Technology, Experience
VestuáRetail, 11-50 employees
Scalability
Crazy Egg
Crazy Egg 9.8
Based on 2 answers
Its reliability (not scaleability, as the question asks for, sorry) is pretty good but through our testing we know that some clicks do not get recorded. It doesn't bother us a lot because we look at the aggregate of thousands of visits, but we do know it misses things.As for scaleability, it's about right. You really don't want zillions of clicks per snapshot - the screen just turns to 100% dots and you lose the ability to differentiate different screen areas. We find that 25,000 clicks for a page gives us a really good view.
Director of Analytics
EnlightenInternet, 51-200 employees
Hotjar
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
Crazy Egg
- Helped us increase blog ad clicks by a huge % (I wish I remember the exact percentage, but I believe it was 300%+ or something close to there).
- Helped us make data-driven decisions on how to update and design our website.
- Allows us to easily A/B test changes on website and measure data-driven results.
Organic Reach Lead
WebPTComputer Software, 201-500 employees
Hotjar
- User Testing Alternative - Instead of hiring UX testers, we can leverage our actual customers to determine how they use our website. This has helped frame website redesign discussions on several occasions.
- Landing Page Design - We've designed our landing pages based on user feedback from heatmaps we've gathered from Hotjar. Understanding where to place CTAs and other pieces based on user interaction has helped us streamline our landing page design.
- Device Usage - Part of the data provided by Hotjar includes which device a user is visiting from. This helps us understand how mobile users work differently than desktop users.
Digital Marketing Specialist
Essense of AustraliaMarketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees