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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87 Likeliness to Recommend
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94 Plan to Renew
88 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
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Emotional Footprint Overview
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+91 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?
Pros
- Performance Enhancing
- Unique Features
- Transparent
- Helps Innovate
How to read the Emotional Footprint
The Net Emotional Footprint measures high-level user sentiment towards particular product offerings. It aggregates emotional response ratings for various dimensions of the vendor-client relationship and product effectiveness, creating a powerful indicator of overall user feeling toward the vendor and product.
While purchasing decisions shouldn't be based on emotion, it's valuable to know what kind of emotional response the vendor you're considering elicits from their users.
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Hotjar Reviews
Jared S.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted May 2024
Best User Analytics Product
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Hotjar from other similar products?
- Heatmapping and Visual Session Recording: Hotjar’s heatmaps provide a visual representation of user interactions on your website. The session recording feature allows you to watch real user sessions, gaining valuable insights into behavior and pain points. - Usability Testing: This feature is particularly useful for UX designers and product teams.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
- Heatmaps: Hotjar’s heatmaps are a game-changer. They visually highlight where users click, move, and scroll. This data informs design decisions and helps prioritize improvements. - Session Recordings: Watching real user sessions provides a deeper understanding of user behavior. It’s like having a front-row seat to your website’s performance. - User-Friendly Interface: Hotjar’s dashboard is intuitive, making it accessible even for non-technical users.
What do you dislike most about this product?
- Limited Integrations: While Hotjar integrates with popular tools, some users may miss specific integrations. Check if your preferred platforms are supported. - Pricing Tiers: As your site traffic grows, you’ll need to upgrade to higher pricing tiers. Be aware of the cost implications as your needs evolve.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
- Data Privacy: Hotjar collects sensitive user data. Ensure compliance with privacy regulations and clearly communicate data usage to your visitors. - Balancing Insights and Performance: Session recordings can impact site performance. Use them judiciously, especially on high-traffic pages.
Pros
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
- Enables Productivity
Ruben Aaron C.
- Role: Sales Marketing
- Industry: Construction
- Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Submitted Mar 2024
The best UX analytics tool
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Hotjar from other similar products?
Great data visualization
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
The user heatmaps are very useful.
What do you dislike most about this product?
The autoplay features of the recording.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
It's super easy to integrate.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Performance Enhancing
- Trustworthy
Edmir F.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Electronics
- Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Submitted Dec 2023
Efficient and Perfect for Designers
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Hotjar from other similar products?
I used Google Analytics, but there I could only check dry information and data. Here, the difference is - I follow my users and with my empathy, I break down their pain points and solve potential problems.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Tracking users in various ways, I can sense every click they make, even mouse movements across the screen. This is very important for us - designers.
What do you dislike most about this product?
So far, I haven't had any problems, as I am almost a new user.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
With the simplicity of this tool, it offers easy and intuitive user tracking.
Pros
- Continually Improving Product
- Enables Productivity
- Unique Features
- Saves Time
