Contentsquare vs Quantum Metric (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Contentsquare grades higher than Quantum Metric: 2.8 against 1.6 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 18, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 · graded Oct 18, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA
Contentsquare grades higher on value for money, the free plan, features and platforms. They get the same grade on ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Contentsquare
Heatmaps, session replays and surveys, formerly sold as Hotjar
Quantum Metric
Enterprise digital analytics with session replay and AI agents
Which one is for you
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
Pick Quantum Metric if
- Fits if you run a large site with a team to work through the findings
- Works for a company that wants replay and monitoring under one contract
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want a price on the page, as plans are quoted after a demo
- Not for you if you need a free plan or self-serve trial, as there isn't one
- Skip it if you are a small site or a solo owner, as it's built for large teams
- Watch out: data streaming, contact center, employee experience and enrichment are add-ons
How we grade them
| 2.8GPAContentsquareGood | 1.6GPAQuantum MetricWeak | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | 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. | CNo prices are published. Plans are custom and priced by digital properties, session volume and support level. |
| Free plan and trial | 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. | FThe pricing page names no free plan and no self-serve trial. |
| Features | 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. | CReplay and summaries, an AI assistant, journeys, monitoring and alerts, an MCP server. Data streaming and contact-center modules are paid add-ons. |
| Ease of use | 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. | CNo store rating on record. A quoted enterprise platform comes with onboarding and a learning curve. |
| Platforms and integrations | 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. | CWeb only, and the listing names no integrations beyond a partners page. |
| Best for | heatmaps and replays of a marketing site | enterprise session replay and journeys |
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: Contentsquare and Quantum Metric. How we grade
Where they differ
- Contentsquare also covers surveys.
- Quantum Metric also covers dashboards.
At a glance
| Contentsquare | Quantum Metric | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Paid |
| Starts at | $39 per month for up to 7k sessions, billed yearly ($49 billed monthly) | Not published |
| Free plan | 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. | None |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Contentsquare | Quantum Metric, Inc. |
| Price read from | contentsquare.com | Not confirmed |
| Checked | Oct 18, 2026 | Nov 12, 2026 |
Worth knowing
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.
Quantum Metric
- No prices are published; plans are custom and quoted after a demo.
- Price follows the number of digital properties and session volume, plus the level of customer success service.
- Data streaming, contact center, employee experience and enrichment are add-ons to the base agreement.
- The pricing page names no free plan or self-serve trial.
Key features
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.
Quantum Metric
- Session replay and summaries
- Replays of individual customer sessions, plus AI-written summaries of a user's experience that Felix AI produces.
- Felix agentic AI
- Felix works as an analyst, an always-on monitoring agent and a partner that explains recommendations; it is included in every enterprise plan.
- Journeys and interactions
- Journeys show how customers move through a website or mobile app, with interaction heatmaps for page-level behavior.
- Monitoring and alerts
- Experience indicators, anomaly detection, Core Web Vitals monitoring, custom dashboards and alerts flag issues that cost conversions.
- MCP server
- The Quantum Metric MCP connects its data to AI workflows, so answers from Felix can appear in tools such as Claude and Slack.
- Add-on modules
- Employee Experience, Data Enrichment, Contact Center, Data Streaming and Voice of Customer are sold as add-ons to the base platform.
Plans
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.
Quantum Metric
Pricing could not be confirmed. See quantummetric.com.
Ways to pay less
Contentsquare
- Annual discount
Save 20% with yearly billing
Paying yearly saves 20%: Growth at 7k sessions is $39 a month instead of $49.
Quantum Metric
No public discounts listed.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Contentsquare or Quantum Metric?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Contentsquare starts at $39 per month for up to 7k sessions, billed yearly ($49 billed monthly), and Quantum Metric has no price we could confirm.
Which has a free plan, Contentsquare or Quantum Metric?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only Contentsquare has a free plan. Quantum Metric does not.
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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.