| Overview |
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. | A privacy-focused website intelligence suite with cookieless analytics, session recordings, heatmaps, funnels, polls, surveys, company reveal, and AI-assisted reporting. |
| Pricing |
Contentsquare Free is available; Digital Experience Analytics Growth starts at $49/month, with 20% off annual billing; higher tiers are custom | 30-day unlimited trial, then Free Forever; Starter starts at $2.99/month or $2.39/month billed yearly, with higher self-serve and custom tiers |
| Deployment |
Vendor-hosted cloud | Vendor-hosted cloud |
| Best for |
Marketers, product teams, and UX researchers who need qualitative behavior data and feedback workflows | Businesses that prioritize data privacy and need advanced analytics tools |
| Operator |
Hotjar Limited Subsidiary of Content Square SAS | Visitor Analytics GmbH Independent private company |
| Company base |
St Julian's, Malta · European Union | Berg, Germany · European Union |
| Organization scale |
at least 190 team members · operator, as of 1 Sep 2021 | No comparable official organization-size figure was publicly disclosed. |
| Recent direction |
suite consolidation Recent official evidence shows a focus on suite consolidation. | AI-assisted analysis Recent official evidence shows a focus on AI-assisted analysis. |
| Key features |
- Session replay
- Zone-based heatmaps
- Journey analysis
- Funnels
- Surveys and feedback
- Interviews
- AI-assisted insights
- Integrations and exports
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- Cookieless tracking
- Session recordings
- Heatmaps
- Conversion funnels
- Polls
- Surveys
- Real-time analytics
- Data export
- GDPR compliant
- CCPA compliant
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| Important considerations |
Hotjar is now sold through Contentsquare packaging; session allowances, retention, and feature access vary by product and tier. | Free and low-cost tiers have small pageview, event, replay, heatmap, funnel, poll, and survey allowances. |
| Integrations |
Shopify, WordPress | WordPress, Wix, TYPO3 |
| 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. |