Preview
What it is.
Hotjar built the session replay and heatmap tooling that 1.3+ million websites and apps use. It's now part of Contentsquare, which runs the product and the pricing. Signup goes through app.contentsquare.com, and no credit card is required.
The free plan covers 200k monthly sessions, which is a high ceiling for a tier that costs nothing. You get replays and heatmaps, plus funnels and error monitoring. Data retention runs 1 month, so review sessions while they're fresh.
Basic surveys come along too, capped at 100 survey responses per month.
What you get.
- Session replays, with 1 month of data retention on the free plan
- Heatmaps of click and scroll behavior on your pages
- Funnels plus error and performance monitoring at no charge
- 100 survey responses per month
- 200k monthly sessions of tracking
- An LLM connection over MCP, listed on the free plan
How to set it up.
Open hotjar.com and click Get started free, which routes to the app.contentsquare.com signup.
Create the free account; there's no credit card step.
Add your site as your 1 allowed project and install the tracking code.
Once traffic flows, open Replays and watch sessions against your 200k monthly allowance.
Open Heatmaps on a top landing page and compare clicks with scroll depth.
Review findings inside the 1 month data access window before they age out.
Pricing Plans
Free
$0
200k monthly sessions, 1 month data retention
Use cases
Watch the signup page
Filter replays to the page that converts badly and watch what happens before the exit.
Heatmap the fold
See whether anyone reaches the section you keep defending in reviews.
Catch an error nobody reported
Use the error monitoring to find the break that support never heard about.
Best for
Landing page teardowns
Watch replays of visitors stalling on a page you're trying to convert, then confirm the pattern on the heatmap.
High-traffic free usage
The 200k monthly session ceiling suits sites with six-figure traffic that still want a free plan.
Open the tool
Opens on Google in a new tab.