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Mid-to-large product teams and UX researchers
Capabilities only listed for FullStory
Important considerations: Free excludes advanced dashboards, StoryAI, mobile capture, and configurable privacy; paid pricing is quote-based.
Compare pricing, deployment, product fit, integrations, and capabilities side by side.
Mid-to-large product teams and UX researchers
Important considerations: Free excludes advanced dashboards, StoryAI, mobile capture, and configurable privacy; paid pricing is quote-based.
Website owners, marketers, and product teams that need free session replay and heatmaps
Important considerations: Clarity is vendor-hosted and uses cookies. Teams must review consent and data policies; it emphasizes qualitative behavior analysis rather than replacing a complete first-party analytics stack.
| Attribute | FullStory | Microsoft Clarity |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | A digital experience analytics platform combining session replay, heatmaps, funnels, event analytics, and AI insights for both web and mobile. | Microsoft's free behavior analytics service for websites and mobile apps, with always-on session recordings, click and scroll heatmaps, smart events, frustration signals, and Copilot-powered summaries. |
| Pricing | Fullstory Free includes 30,000 monthly sessions and 12 months of analytics retention; Business, Advanced, and Enterprise pricing is quote-based | Free forever with no traffic limits; unlimited heatmaps, websites, and team members are included |
| Deployment | Vendor-hosted cloud | Vendor-hosted cloud |
| Best for | Mid-to-large product teams and UX researchers | Website owners, marketers, and product teams that need free session replay and heatmaps |
| Operator | Fullstory, Inc. Independent private company | Microsoft Corporation Independent public company |
| Company base | Atlanta, United States · United States | Redmond, United States · United States |
| Organization scale | at least 200 employees · operator, as of 5 May 2020 | 228,000 employees · operator, as of 30 Jun 2025 |
| Recent direction | AI-assisted analysis Recent official evidence shows a focus on AI-assisted analysis. | marketing attribution Recent official evidence shows a focus on marketing attribution. |
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| Important considerations | Free excludes advanced dashboards, StoryAI, mobile capture, and configurable privacy; paid pricing is quote-based. | Clarity is vendor-hosted and uses cookies. Teams must review consent and data policies; it emphasizes qualitative behavior analysis rather than replacing a complete first-party analytics stack. |
| Integrations | Segment, Salesforce, CRMs, Dev tools | Google Analytics, Google Ads, WordPress, Shopify |
| 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. |
This matrix shows capabilities recorded in our catalog. Not listed means we have not confirmed the capability here. Check the linked vendor sources for plan, deployment, and usage limits.
| Attribute | FullStory | Microsoft Clarity |
|---|---|---|
| AI insights | Listed | Listed |
| App analytics | Listed | Listed |
| Audience insights | Listed | Listed |
| Behavior analytics | Listed | Listed |
| CCPA compliant | Listed | Listed |
| Cohort analysis | Listed | Not listed |
| Cross-device tracking | Listed | Listed |
| Custom reports | Listed | Not listed |
| Data export | Listed | Listed |
| E-commerce tracking | Listed | Not listed |
| Error tracking | Listed | Not listed |
| Event tracking | Listed | Listed |
| Free plan | Listed | Listed |
| Funnels | Listed | Not listed |
| GDPR compliant | Listed | Listed |
| Goals | Listed | Listed |
| Heatmaps | Listed | Listed |
| Integrations | Listed | Listed |
| Real-time data | Listed | Listed |
| Retention analytics | Listed | Not listed |
| Revenue tracking | Listed | Not listed |
| Session recordings | Listed | Listed |
| User segments | Listed | Listed |