| Overview |
Commercial self-hosted web analytics software for PHP and MySQL that combines cookieless traffic reports, goals, visitor profiles, session replay, heatmaps, teams, and optional white-label SaaS controls. | A behavior analytics and user feedback product, now positioned within Contentsquare, focused on session replay, heatmaps, surveys, interviews, and journey optimization for UX and growth teams. |
| Pricing |
One-time licenses: Regular $49 for personal use and Extended $319 for operating a SaaS; source code, future updates, and six months of support are included | Contentsquare Free is available; Digital Experience Analytics Growth starts at $49/month, with 20% off annual billing; higher tiers are custom |
| Deployment |
Self-hosted | Vendor-hosted cloud |
| Best for |
Site owners, developers, and agencies that want inexpensive self-hosted analytics or a white-label analytics service | Marketers, product teams, and UX researchers who need qualitative behavior data and feedback workflows |
| Operator |
66analytics Independent project | Hotjar Limited Subsidiary of Content Square SAS |
| Company base |
Distributed organization | St Julian's, Malta · European Union |
| Organization scale |
1 team members · operator, as of 13 Aug 2026 | at least 190 team members · operator, as of 1 Sep 2021 |
| Recent direction |
self-hosted expansion Recent official evidence shows a focus on self-hosted expansion. | suite consolidation Recent official evidence shows a focus on suite consolidation. |
| Key features |
- Self-hosted PHP and MySQL
- Cookieless lightweight tracking
- Real-time analytics
- Goals and custom events
- Visitor profiles and sessions
- Session replay
- Click and scroll heatmaps
- Teams and shared reports
- CSV, JSON, and PDF export
- White-label SaaS controls
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- Session replay
- Zone-based heatmaps
- Journey analysis
- Funnels
- Surveys and feedback
- Interviews
- AI-assisted insights
- Integrations and exports
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| Important considerations |
This is commercial source-available software, not an OSI open-source project. You operate PHP, MySQL, security, storage, backups, and privacy settings; SaaS resale requires the Extended license. | Hotjar is now sold through Contentsquare packaging; session allowances, retention, and feature access vary by product and tier. |
| Integrations |
REST API, Webhooks, WordPress, Stripe, PayPal | Shopify, WordPress |
| Fact check |
We checked this information against official vendor sources on 2026-08-08. |
We checked this information against official vendor sources on 2026-08-08. |