Clicky vs Hitsteps (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Clicky and Hitsteps share a 2.8 GPA, both have a free plan, and Hitsteps starts cheaper, at $4.99 a month against $9.99 a month.
Checked Nov 12, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Clicky grades higher on the free plan. Hitsteps grades higher on value for money. They get the same grade on features, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Clicky
Real-time, privacy-friendly web analytics with heatmaps
Hitsteps
Real-time web analytics with heatmaps, replay and live chat
Which one is for you
Pick Clicky if
- Fits if you want live visitor logs on a small site
- Works for people who want heatmaps and uptime checks in one cheap plan
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you stay free: 1 site, 3,000 daily pageviews and 30 days of history
- Pricey if you need heatmaps, as they need Pro Plus, $14.99 a month
- Watch out: caps are daily pageviews added up across all your sites
- Watch out: individual visitor logs are only guaranteed for 6 months on paid plans
Pick Hitsteps if
- Fits if you run a small site and want heatmaps without a large bill
- Works for stores on WordPress or Shopify
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you stay free, as it stops at 2,000 pageviews a month and 1 site
- Watch out: heatmaps and AI start on Growth; recording, funnels and uptime need Pro at $21.99
- Watch out: prices shown are monthly; the 12-month total only appears after signing in
- Pricey if you grow, as Business is $49.99 for 1 million pageviews
How we grade them
| 2.8GPAClickyGood | 2.8GPAHitstepsGood | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | BPro is $9.99 a month, or $79.99 a year, but heatmaps sit on Pro Plus at $14.99, still inside the cheapest quarter (from $16.58). | AStarter is $4.99 a month, under 60% of the $13 where the cheaper quarter of analytics tools starts. |
| Free plan and trial | BFree for 1 site and 3,000 daily pageviews, with basic reports and API access. History is 30 days, and no premium features. | CA free plan for 1 site, but only 2,000 pageviews a month and 14 days of history, plus a 7-day trial with no card. |
| Features | BLive logs, heatmaps, goals, split testing, uptime monitoring and bot filtering. The listing shows no gap in the core job. | BLive visitors, heatmaps, recording, funnels, campaigns, AI and uptime monitoring cover the whole job, although these sit on higher tiers. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. You add a tracking script. | CA tracking script and goals to set up, and no store rating on record. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb plus a browser extension, with WordPress, Shopify, Google Tag Manager, Webflow, Wix and more. | BWeb dashboard with an MCP plugin, and links to WordPress, Shopify, Google Tag Manager, Wix and Grafana. |
| Best for | live web stats with heatmaps on cheap plans | cheap live analytics with heatmaps and replay |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Clicky and Hitsteps. How we grade
Price against what you get
Clicky starts at $9.99 a month and scores 2.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Hitsteps starts at $4.99 a month and scores 2.7.
They score the same, and Hitsteps starts $5 a month lower. Of the other website and product analytics tools on the chart, none scores higher than Clicky for less, and none scores higher than Hitsteps for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Clicky also covers a/B testing.
- Hitsteps also covers live chat and session replay.
At a glance
| Clicky | Hitsteps | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $9.99 per month, billed monthly ($79.99 billed yearly) | $4.99 per month for up to 10,000 pageviews, billed monthly |
| Free plan | 1 website and up to 3,000 daily page views, with 30 days of history and no premium features. | 1 website, up to 2,000 pageviews a month and 14 days of detailed data history. |
| Free trial | 21-day free trial of premium service for up to 3 websites and 1,000,000 daily page views | 7-day Pro trial with a free account, no credit card needed |
| Web | ||
| Browser extension | ||
| Made by | Roxr Software Ltd | Hitsteps |
| Price read from | clicky.com | hitsteps.com |
| Checked | Nov 12, 2026 | Nov 13, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Clicky
- Plans are capped by daily page views summed across all sites on the account, not by a monthly total.
- Heatmaps and uptime monitoring need Pro Plus or higher, and the free plan keeps only 30 days of history.
- Individual visitor and action logs are guaranteed for 6 months on paid plans, even though other history is kept indefinitely.
- Pro Platinum and Custom are the only tiers above 30,000 daily page views; the Custom price is not published.
Hitsteps
- Plans are capped by monthly pageviews, from 2,000 on Free up to 1 million on Business.
- Heatmaps and Hitsteps AI start at Growth; session recording, funnels and uptime monitoring need Pro.
- Prices shown are for monthly billing; 12-month billing saves about 10% but its exact total is shown only after signing in.
- After the trial you choose the Free plan or a paid plan; the site says nothing is charged automatically.
Key features
Clicky
- Real-time visitor logs
- Every visitor, page view and JavaScript event is listed as it happens, and the Spy view streams live traffic without a refresh.
- Heatmaps
- Click heatmaps are logged per page and per visitor and can be filtered by segment, goal or split test. They need Pro Plus or higher.
- Bot filtering and ad-block tracking
- Filters bots and referrer spam, and a reverse-proxy option routes tracking through your own domain so ad-block visitors are counted.
- Goals, split testing and campaigns
- Up to 30 goals per site with revenue tracking, split tests, and campaign reports that read UTM tags.
- Uptime monitoring
- Checks a site or other endpoint such as mail from several locations, alerts on downtime and keeps a history of outages. Needs Pro Plus or higher.
- Custom data on visitors
- Attach values such as a username or email to a visitor's session, which the vendor suggests for customer support.
Hitsteps
- Live visitor feed
- Follows each visit from the first referrer to later pages and return visits, with a live dashboard and visitors on a globe.
- Session recording and heatmaps
- Replays a daily sample of visits and shows where people click and scroll. Recording is off until turned on and is listed for Pro and above.
- Hitsteps AI and MCP plugin
- Ask questions about your traffic in the dashboard or from your own AI assistant, and see visits that arrive from AI referrals.
- Live chat
- Chat with visitors while they browse, with their journey shown beside the conversation. Available on paid plans.
- Funnels, campaigns and goals
- Campaign and goal tracking starts at 3 on Starter; funnels (20 on Pro, 50 on Business) need Pro.
- Uptime monitoring
- Sends alerts when the site goes down and shows when traffic is affected. Available on Pro and above.
Plans
Clicky
Free$0
1 website, 3,000 daily page views and 30 days of history. Basic reports, segmentation, widgets and API access.
Pro$9.99
per month, billed monthly ($79.99 billed yearly)
10 websites and 30,000 daily page views in total. Spy, advanced filtering, goals, split testing, unlimited history.
Pro Plus$14.99
per month, billed monthly ($119.99 billed yearly)
10 websites and 30,000 daily page views. Adds heatmaps and uptime monitoring to everything in Pro.
Pro Platinum$19.99
per month, billed monthly ($159.99 billed yearly)
30 websites and 100,000 daily page views in total, with every Pro Plus feature.
CustomCustom
Up to 1,000 websites and up to 20 million daily page views; the price varies with the arrangement.
Hitsteps
Free$0
1 website, 2,000 pageviews a month and 14 days of detailed history.
Starter$4.99
per month for up to 10,000 pageviews, billed monthly
2 sites, 30 days of history, live visitor tracking, traffic sources and campaign reports.
Growth$9.99
per month for up to 50,000 pageviews, billed monthly
5 sites, 60 days of history, Hitsteps AI (25 questions a day) and heatmaps.
Pro$21.99
per month for up to 500,000 pageviews, billed monthly
30 sites, 180 days of history, commerce analytics, funnels and uptime monitoring.
Business$49.99
per month for up to 1,000,000 pageviews, billed monthly
100 sites, 360 days of history, Grafana integration and 100 AI questions a day.
Ways to pay less
Clicky
- Annual discount
Save 33% with yearly billing
Clicky's pricing page lists the yearly prices as a 33% saving over paying monthly for Pro, Pro Plus and Pro Platinum.
Hitsteps
- Annual discount
About 10% off with 12-month billing
Standard direct annual billing is paid upfront and the pricing page says it saves about 10% over twelve monthly payments; the exact total appears after sign-in.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Clicky or Hitsteps?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Hitsteps is cheaper to start with: $4.99 a month, against $9.99 a month for Clicky. Clicky starts at $9.99 per month, billed monthly ($79.99 billed yearly), and Hitsteps starts at $4.99 per month for up to 10,000 pageviews, billed monthly.
Which has a free plan, Clicky or Hitsteps?
As of Nov 13, 2026, both Clicky and Hitsteps have a free plan.
Which platforms do Clicky and Hitsteps run on?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only Clicky lists a browser extension. Both list a web app. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.