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FullStory vs Microsoft Clarity comparison

Compare pricing, deployment, product fit, integrations, and capabilities side by side.

Which platform fits your needs?

Choose Microsoft Clarity if

Website owners, marketers, and product teams that need free session replay and heatmaps

Capabilities only listed for Microsoft Clarity

No unique capabilities in the current taxonomy.

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-basedFree forever with no traffic limits; unlimited heatmaps, websites, and team members are included
Deployment Vendor-hosted cloudVendor-hosted cloud
Best for Mid-to-large product teams and UX researchersWebsite 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 StatesRedmond, United States · United States
Organization scale at least 200 employees · operator, as of 5 May 2020228,000 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.
Key features
  • Session replay
  • Heatmaps
  • Funnels
  • Product analytics
  • Error and frustration signals
  • Segmentation
  • Web and mobile capture
  • StoryAI on paid plans
  • Always-on session recordings
  • Click, scroll, area, and conversion heatmaps
  • Rage-click and dead-click insights
  • Smart events
  • Session and heatmap summaries
  • Web and mobile app capture
  • Google Analytics integration
  • 40+ filters
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 toolsGoogle 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.

Capability matrix

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.

AttributeFullStoryMicrosoft 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
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