Crazy Egg vs Contentsquare (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Contentsquare grades higher than Crazy Egg: 2.8 against 2.2 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 18, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Oct 18, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Contentsquare grades higher on value for money, the free plan and features. They get the same grade on ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Crazy Egg
Heatmaps, session recordings and A/B testing for websites
Contentsquare
Heatmaps, session replays and surveys, formerly sold as Hotjar
Which one is for you
Pick Crazy Egg if
- Fits if you want heatmaps and surveys for a small site and can start on the free plan
- Works for agencies, since domains and team members are unlimited
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want recordings for free, because the free plan lists none
- Tight if you need A/B testing, since it starts on Plus at $99 a month
- Watch out: paid plans are billed annually and no monthly price is shown
- Watch out: hitting a monthly limit pauses data collection until the 1st
- Pricey if you outgrow the plans: extra heatmaps or recordings go through sales
Pick Contentsquare if
- Fits if you're a marketer who wants to see where visitors click and scroll
- Works for small sites that fit in 200k sessions and don't need every visit recorded
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want every visit recorded for free, which Clarity does
- Pricey if you want lots of survey answers, as more than 100 a month is a plan from $79 a month
- Tight if you're on Growth, which records only 15% of sessions and starts at 7k sessions for $39 a month
- Watch out: recording every session, APIs, alerts and form analysis need Pro or Enterprise, priced through sales
- Watch out: the free plan keeps 1 month of data for 1 project, and new Hotjar accounts can't be created
How we grade them
| 2.2GPACrazy EggFair | 2.8GPAContentsquareGood | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CStarter is $29 a month billed annually, between the analytics category's cheaper quarter ($16.58) and its middle ($32). | B$0: the free plan covers up to 200k sessions, so a 10,000-visitor site fits, but it records only 5% of visits. Recording more starts with Growth at $39 a month billed yearly for just 7k sessions, fewer than this site has. Graded against Clarity, which records everything free, that's a B. |
| Free plan and trial | CA free plan needs no card, but covers only analytics, instant heatmaps and surveys, and its limits are not stated. | BFree forever up to 200k sessions, with heatmaps, funnels, error monitoring and basic surveys, enough for one person to run on. The limits: 5% of sessions recorded, up to 10k, 1 project and 1 month of data. |
| Features | CHeatmaps, recordings and A/B testing are covered, but A/B tests, CTAs and error tracking are not on Starter. | BHeatmaps, attention maps, replays, funnels, journeys, error and Core Web Vitals monitoring, surveys and Sense AI summaries. That's the whole experience analytics job, though Free and Growth record only a share of visits and APIs need Pro. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating is on record, and installing the tracking code and setting up tests is on you. | CNo rating on record. A snippet starts the heatmaps and replays, but Hotjar now sits inside Contentsquare's bigger platform, new users sign up there, and journeys, projects and surveys take some learning. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb only, with installs through Google Tag Manager, Shopify, WordPress, Wix and others. | BWeb only, with no desktop or phone app. It connects to Google Analytics, Jira, HubSpot, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Unbounce, Optimizely and AB Tasty, and AI assistants can plug in through MCP on every plan. |
| Best for | small sites that want heatmaps and A/B tests in one tool | heatmaps and replays of a marketing site |
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: Crazy Egg and Contentsquare. How we grade
Price against what you get
Crazy Egg starts at $29 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Contentsquare starts at $39 a month and scores 2.7.
Contentsquare scores higher, and starts $10 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other website and product analytics tools on the chart, 11 score higher than Crazy Egg for less, and none scores higher than Contentsquare 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
- Crazy Egg also covers a/B testing and popups.
At a glance
| Crazy Egg | Contentsquare | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $29 per month for 5,000 pageviews, billed annually | $39 per month for up to 7k sessions, billed yearly ($49 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | A Free plan with no credit card: web analytics, instant heatmaps, conversion analytics and website surveys. The pages state no usage limits for it. | Free forever: up to 200k sessions a month with replays of 5% of them (max 10k), heatmaps, funnels, error monitoring, basic surveys, 1 project and 1 month of data. |
| Free trial | 30-day free trial on every paid plan | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Crazy Egg, Inc. | Contentsquare |
| Price read from | crazyegg.com | contentsquare.com |
| Checked | Nov 13, 2026 | Oct 18, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Crazy Egg
- Paid plans are billed annually; no monthly price is shown on the pricing page.
- The Free plan covers analytics, instant heatmaps and surveys; recordings, saved heatmap reports and A/B testing need a paid plan. No Free limits are stated.
- A/B testing, CTAs and error tracking are not on Starter.
- More heatmaps or recordings than a plan allows are add-ons that go through sales.
Contentsquare
- New Hotjar accounts can no longer be created; new users sign up for Contentsquare, and existing Hotjar users log in there.
- Free and Growth record only a share of sessions (5% up to 10k, and 15%); recording every session needs Pro or Enterprise.
- Surveys beyond 100 responses a month are a separate Voice of Customer plan starting at $79 a month.
- APIs, alerts, form analysis and Adobe Analytics integration need Pro or Enterprise, priced through sales.
Key features
Crazy Egg
- Heatmap reports
- Snapshots of how visitors click and scroll on a page, with the number of reports allowed each month set by the plan.
- Session recordings
- Videos of individual visits, sampled per domain at a rate you set, with storage of 6 months on Starter and 2 years above it.
- A/B testing and CTAs
- A/B tests and popup calls to action are included from Plus up, with targeting by device on Plus and more rules on higher plans.
- Surveys and analytics
- Unlimited website surveys, web analytics and conversion tracking with funnel reports are included on every plan at no extra charge.
- AI analysis
- Every plan lists AI analysis of heatmaps and recordings, and Pro and Enterprise add export of both to outside AI tools.
- No overages
- When a monthly limit is reached, data collection pauses until the 1st of the next month instead of billing extra.
Contentsquare
- Heatmaps and attention maps
- Shows where visitors click, hover and scroll, with attention maps for engagement; zone heatmaps and side-by-side comparisons start on Growth.
- Session replays
- Replays of real visits to spot struggles and errors. Free records 5% of sessions and Growth 15%; Pro and Enterprise can record all of them.
- Funnels and journeys
- Funnels on every plan show where people drop off; Growth links funnels to replays and adds journey analysis and impact estimates.
- Error and performance monitoring
- Catches JavaScript errors and shows Core Web Vitals and how slow pages affect behavior, included on the free plan.
- Sense AI
- AI summaries of heatmaps and replays and a chat for questions about your data on Growth and up; every plan can connect AI assistants through MCP.
- Surveys and feedback
- Feedback widgets and surveys tied to replays, sold as Voice of Customer: 100 responses a month free, more from $79 a month.
Plans
Crazy Egg
Free$0
per month, no credit card
Web analytics, instant heatmaps, conversion analytics and website surveys; limits are not stated on the pages.
Starter$29
per month for 5,000 pageviews, billed annually
5 heatmap reports, 50 recordings a month stored 6 months, unlimited domains and team members.
Plus$99
per month for 150,000 pageviews, billed annually
75 heatmap reports, 1,000 recordings a month stored 2 years, plus A/B testing, CTAs and error tracking.
Pro$249
per month for 500,000 pageviews, billed annually
100 heatmap reports, 5,000 recordings a month, broader A/B test targeting and export of heatmaps and recordings to AI.
Enterprise$599
per month for 1M pageviews, billed annually
200 heatmap reports, 10,000 recordings a month, targeting by all audience segments and SAML single sign-on.
Contentsquare
Free$0
Up to 200k monthly sessions, 5% recorded, 1 month of data, 1 project, 7 integrations and an MCP connection for AI assistants.
Growth$39
per month for up to 7k sessions, billed yearly ($49 billed monthly)
13 months of data, 3 projects, zone heatmaps, journeys, Sense AI chat; 15% of sessions recorded. $409 a month at 100k sessions, billed monthly.
ProCustom
Sold through sales: up to 6 projects, up to 100% of sessions recorded, APIs, alerts, form analysis, revenue attribution.
EnterpriseCustom
Sold through sales: unlimited projects, real-time error troubleshooting, synthetic monitoring, A/B testing analysis, SLAs.
Ways to pay less
Crazy Egg
- Nonprofit
Nonprofit and education discounts
The pricing FAQ says Crazy Egg offers discounts to nonprofits and education; terms are not published and are quoted through sales.
Contentsquare
- Annual discount
Save 20% with yearly billing
Paying yearly saves 20%: Growth at 7k sessions is $39 a month instead of $49.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Crazy Egg or Contentsquare?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Crazy Egg is cheaper to start with: $29 a month, against $39 a month for Contentsquare. Crazy Egg starts at $29 per month for 5,000 pageviews, billed annually, and Contentsquare starts at $39 per month for up to 7k sessions, billed yearly ($49 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, Crazy Egg or Contentsquare?
As of Nov 13, 2026, both Crazy Egg and Contentsquare have a free plan.
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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.