Flagship.io vs. Hotjar

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Flagship.io
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Flagship.io is a solution for feature flagging & feature management, boasting users among world tier 1 companies like Eurosport, Decathlon, and Ashley HomeStore. Feature Flagging is a technique in software development that attempts to provide an alternative to maintaining multiple branches in source code. Flagship.io is a feature flagging platform that eliminates the risk of new feature releases and enables developer teams deploy continuously and monitor the impact of features on technical…
$175
per month
Hotjar
Score 8.1 out of 10
N/A
Hotjar is a conversion rate optimization tool for digital marketers. Features include heatmapping, visual session recording, conversion funnel analytics, form analytics, feedback polls and surveys, and usability testing. The tool is used by digital analysts, UX designers, web developers and product marketers. Hotjar was acquired by Contentsquare September 2021, and is now a Contentsquare brand.
$39
per month 100 daily sessions
Pricing
Flagship.ioHotjar
Editions & Modules
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Hotjar Observe - Plus
$39
per month 100 daily sessions
Hotjar Ask - Plus
$59
per month 250 monthly responses
Hotjar Ask - Business
$79
per month Starting from 500 monthly responses
Hotjar Observe - Business
$99
per month Starting from 500 daily sessions
Hotjar Scale - Business
$213
per month Starting from 500 daily sessions
Hotjar Ask - Scale
Contact Sales
per month unlimited volume
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Flagship.ioHotjar
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsDiscount available for annual pricing.
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(1 ratings)
10.0
(103 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
5.1
(2 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.7
(6 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.6
(4 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Flagship.ioHotjar
Likelihood to Recommend
AB Tasty
The Flagship technical teams are always available and reactive to help us with our problems. The onboarding provided by the teams was very smooth. The interface is easy to use and very user-friendly. The feature flag management and progressive roll-out are features that are very useful/helpful, but it is still something that requires some more onboarding in our teams for it to become an important part of our processes.
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Contentsquare
Hotjar is good for a first pass at understanding user sentiment or locating potential usability issues. There are features such as "rage clicked" which shows recordings or instances when a user rage clicked or had an issue with your site. Hotjar has also been helpful to launch intercept surveys on mobile, desktop, and app, which not all competitor software allow. Hotjar recordings are fun to watch. "Watching Hotjar like Netflix" is a favorite pastime at work.
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Pros
AB Tasty
  • Interface is very user friendly
  • Technical support always available and helpful
  • Feature flag management and Progressive roll-out
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Contentsquare
  • 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.
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Cons
AB Tasty
  • Collectively improve Flutter compatibility and integration
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Contentsquare
  • Hotjar is primarily used for web-based experiences. Not that easy to use on mobile apps.
  • I'd love to see Hotjar integrated with Google Analytics for an even deeper view.
  • Hotjar is primarily used by smaller organizations...pricing can get steep quickly for larger organizations.
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Likelihood to Renew
AB Tasty
No answers on this topic
Contentsquare
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.
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Usability
AB Tasty
No answers on this topic
Contentsquare
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.
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Support Rating
AB Tasty
No answers on this topic
Contentsquare
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.
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Alternatives Considered
AB Tasty
No answers on this topic
Contentsquare
HotJar was selected for a few reasons:
  • Video Capture - HotJars video capture of user sessions is nothing short of amazing. It is so useful (not to mention cool) to see, in real time, how users interact with our software. It makes our jobs so much easier and more enjoyable to get this type of d
  • User Surveys - The ease and flexibility of surveys we can make available on our website are an awesome tool to get additional data.
  • Simple implementation - Adding a very small amount of code to our website gives us the ability to use all of HotJars features without having to touch our code again.
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Return on Investment
AB Tasty
  • We have not yet implemented enough use cases to be able to mention the return on investment but we are working towards constructing more use cases to be able to work on this aspect.
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Contentsquare
  • We have fixed many issues, for example, checkout usability problems with the video recording feature. You can catch bugs and get an overall idea of how a particular page is working.
  • Polls have helped us pair intent with the video sessions, so we can understand better why certain users answered different things. You get greedy and try to ask everything but that won't work. Keep it simple and it will give you small but important insights.
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ScreenShots

Flagship.io Screenshots

Screenshot of Feature Flag ManagementScreenshot of Feature Testing and ExperimentationScreenshot of Gradual RolloutScreenshot of User Targeting and Ring Deployment