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Hotjar

Hotjar

Composite Score
8.0 /10
CX Score
8.2 /10
Category
Hotjar
8.0 /10

What is Hotjar?

Hotjar is a behavior analytics and product experience insights service that helps you empathize and understand your users, and get their feedback through tools like heatmaps, session recordings, and surveys. Hotjar complements the data and insights you get from traditional web analytics tools like Google Analytics. It’s an industry-leading and easy-to-use service that combines user behavior analysis, product experience insights, and website feedback tools to help you understand what’s actually happening on your site, what your users care about, and what they have to say.

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Awards & Recognition

Hotjar won the following awards in the Voice of the Customer category

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Hotjar Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
Download the entire Product Scorecard to access more information on Hotjar.

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

90 Likeliness to Recommend

7
Since last award

83 Plan to Renew

10
Since last award

86 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

12
Since last award


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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+86 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Hotjar?

11% Negative
5% Neutral
84% Positive

Pros

  • Transparent
  • Helps Innovate
  • Unique Features
  • Respectful

Feature Ratings

Average 76

Data Visualization

85

API Framework

84

Sentiment Analytics

80

Dashboards, Analytics and Reporting

78

Questionnaire Design/Survey Builder

78

Multi-Channel Data Collection

75

Alerts

69

Text Analytics

64

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 77

Availability and Quality of Training

83

Ease of Implementation

82

Usability and Intuitiveness

81

Ease of Customization

80

Business Value Created

79

Quality of Features

76

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

75

Ease of Data Integration

74

Ease of IT Administration

74

Vendor Support

71

Breadth of Features

69

Hotjar Reviews

Maria H.

  • Role: Sales Marketing
  • Industry: Other
  • Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2024

Insightful, but could improve.

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Hotjar from other similar products?

Hotjar stands out with its all-in-one approach, combining behavior analytics (like heatmaps and recordings) with user feedback tools in a user-friendly and cost-effective platform.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The seamless combination of heatmaps, session recordings, and user feedback tools makes Hotjar invaluable for understanding both what users do and why they do it

What do you dislike most about this product?

The lack of advanced features, like AI-driven insights or deeper integrations with analytics platforms, limits its scalability for complex projects.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Start with Hotjar's free plan to explore its features and ensure it aligns with your needs. Use heatmaps and session recordings alongside feedback tools like surveys to get a complete understanding of user behavior and motivations. Pair it with tools like Google Analytics for deeper insights, and involve your team to turn findings into actionable improvements. If you require advanced analytics or predictive features, evaluate whether Hotjar's offerings meet those needs before committing.

Pros

  • Enables Productivity
  • Trustworthy
  • Respectful
  • Client Friendly Policies

Prafulla P.

  • Role: Operations
  • Industry: Finance
  • Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Aug 2024

Tool to derive Meaningful Insights!

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Hotjar from other similar products?

1, Ease of implementation 2. Ability to read from all sources like text, video and provide concise information

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Its super easy to implement and can read from all sources like text, video and provide concise insights

What do you dislike most about this product?

Sometimes we can get overwhelmed with a lot of data

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If you're looking for deriving insights quickly, hotjar is one of the go to products.

Pros

  • Performance Enhancing
  • Caring
  • Altruistic
  • Client's Interest First

Shivam D.

  • Role: Sales Marketing
  • Industry: Retail
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2026

Recordings That End Endless UX Debates

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Hotjar from other similar products?

Hotjar session recordings settle arguments instantly. Instead of Product saying "users should click here" and Design countering "but they don't understand the layout," recordings become irrefutable evidence. Watch real humans struggle with your interface, hesitate at confusing labels, rage-click invisible buttons, or back out after three failed attempts. No more "my users are different" excuses Hotjar shows your actual users.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Our signup form had 68% abandonment at Step 3. Recordings revealed users typing email, then staring confused at "Continue" button 8px tall on mobile (thumb couldn't hit it). Filtered frustrated sessions showed 41 rage-clicks in same dead zone. Cross-referenced heatmaps confirmed zero clicks there. Survey overlay "Smooth so far?" captured "Can't hit tiny button" from 1,234 drop-offs. Redesign enlarged button + added thumb-friendly padding completion rate 37% higher. Team debates ended; recordings became gold standard proof.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Recordings anonymize faces/PII automatically but occasionally blur important form fields mid-analysis. Free tier caps 100 sessions/month viral landing pages burn through quota by Wednesday.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Cross-functional teams (PM/Design/Engineering) tired of "users should know better" debates need Hotjar recordings as courtroom evidence.

Pros

  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Enables Productivity
  • Trustworthy

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