Hotjar alternative
The simple Hotjar alternative
Hotjar became Contentsquare - enterprise software with enterprise pricing. Replaycat is what Hotjar used to be: one snippet, session replay, heatmaps, and live chat. No modules. No sales calls.
1,000 sessions a month free · No credit card
What happened to Hotjar, anyway?
On July 1, 2025, Hotjar merged into the Contentsquare Group. hotjar.com now redirects to Contentsquare, the old plans are gone, and existing customers are being migrated through 2026.
The free plan got bigger - fair is fair. But everything else got enterprisier: three product lines (Experience Analytics, Voice of Customer, Product Analytics), Growth from $49/month, and Pro and Enterprise behind a sales call. If you loved Hotjar because it was simple, the successor isn't.
That's why this page exists.
Replaycat vs. Hotjar (now Contentsquare)
| Replaycat | Hotjar / Contentsquare | |
|---|---|---|
| Free sessions | 1,000 / month | 200,000 / month |
| Setup | One snippet or Google Tag Manager | Tracking code or Google Tag Manager |
| Pricing model | Free, then $29 / $79 / $199 a month - public pricing | Free, Growth from $49/mo, Pro & Enterprise quote-only |
| Sales call required | Never | For Pro and Enterprise |
| Live chat | Built in - with screen context | Not available |
| Debugging | Console + network log inside every replay | Error monitoring included |
| Data retention | 7 days free, up to 180 days paid | 13 months on Growth |
| Support | Human, fast | Enterprise ticket queues |
| Best for | Founders and small teams shipping fast | Enterprises and dedicated UX research teams |
Free-plan session counts verified September 2026. Contentsquare changes packaging often - check their pricing page before deciding.
Why teams switch from Hotjar to Replaycat
- 01
It's one tool, not three products.
Session replay, heatmaps, and live chat live in one place on one plan. No figuring out which module your feature lives in.
- 02
Live chat with screen context.
When a visitor starts a chat, you see their screen. Hotjar never had live chat - and Contentsquare still doesn't. Support stops being guesswork.
- 03
Debugging, not just watching.
Every replay carries its console errors and network requests. See the error - and the 10 seconds before it. That's the difference between "something broke" and "here's the commit."
- 04
Built for people who ship.
No onboarding calls, no solutions engineers, no procurement. Paste the snippet, watch your first session tonight.
What Hotjar still does better
We'd rather tell you than have you discover it later:
- Surveys. Hotjar's feedback widgets and surveys are genuinely best-in-class. If on-site surveys are your main thing, stay. (We do live chat instead - a conversation beats a questionnaire.)
- Integrations. A decade of HubSpot, Slack, and Segment integrations is hard to beat overnight.
- Maturity. It's been around forever. We're newer, we move faster, and we'll say so.
If you need enterprise analytics with a research team behind it, Contentsquare is a serious tool. If you need to see what just happened on your site five minutes from now, that's us.
Switching takes 10 minutes
- 1Create your free Replaycat account.
- 2Paste one snippet into your site - or add it through Google Tag Manager, WordPress, or Shopify.
- 3Watch your first session tonight.
Your Hotjar setup keeps running while you compare. Nothing to migrate, nothing to lose - historical Hotjar data stays where it is.
FAQ
Questions people ask
Not exactly. Hotjar merged into the Contentsquare Group on July 1, 2025. The Hotjar brand is being absorbed - hotjar.com redirects to Contentsquare - and customers are migrating to Contentsquare's platform through 2026.
Yes. Contentsquare's free plan includes 200,000 monthly sessions with replays, heatmaps, funnels, and error monitoring. Paid plans start at $49/month (Growth); Pro and Enterprise require a sales call.
If you want the old Hotjar experience - simple, self-serve, no sales process - that's exactly what Replaycat is built to be, plus live chat and deeper debugging that Hotjar never had.
No - we deliberately don't. Replaycat covers watching (session replay, heatmaps) and talking (live chat with screen context). If surveys are core to your workflow, Hotjar/Contentsquare remains the stronger pick.
Free for 1,000 sessions a month. Paid plans: Starter $29 (10,000 sessions), Growth $79 (50,000), Scale $199 (200,000). No per-seat fees on any plan - invite your whole team.
Yes. The snippet is lightweight and independent - run both, compare, then decide. Most teams know within a week.
Different page, same honesty: compare Replaycat vs. Clarity
More comparisons: Replaycat vs LogRocket
See what your users actually do. Tonight.
One snippet. Session replay, heatmaps, live chat. Free for 1,000 sessions a month.