Sematext Experience vs Zipy (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Sematext Experience and Zipy share a 2.2 GPA, and only Zipy has a free plan.
Checked Nov 12, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Sematext Experience grades higher on value for money. Zipy grades higher on platforms. They get the same grade on the free plan, features and ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Sematext Experience
Real user monitoring for front-end speed and page-load problems
Zipy
Session replay with error monitoring for web and mobile apps
Which one is for you
Pick Sematext Experience if
- Fits if you care about how fast pages load for real visitors
- Works for teams that already use Sematext for logs or servers
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want visitor or marketing analytics, as it only measures performance
- Tight if traffic spikes, because data stops being accepted when the page-view limit is hit
- Watch out: the pricing page shows only the $9 entry price, and higher tiers depend on page views and retention
- Watch out: each Experience app has its own plan and limit
Pick Zipy if
- Fits if you want replays and error logs in one place for a web or mobile app
- Works for a small team that can live within 1,000 sessions a month
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you stay free: 1,000 sessions a month, 15 days of data and 2 projects
- Pricey if you need errors, heatmaps and performance stats, which are separate Growth add-ons
- Watch out: web and mobile sessions are priced separately in the plan builder
- Watch out: the mobile SDKs are code libraries you add to your own apps
How we grade them
| 2.2GPASematext ExperienceFair | 2.2GPAZipyFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | B$9 a month ($8.10 billed annually), inside the cheaper quarter of analytics tools, which starts at $13. | CGrowth starts at $25 a month, billed annually, $30 monthly. That's just under the category middle of $32, and it rises as you add sessions and add-ons. |
| Free plan and trial | CA 14-day trial with no card. No free plan. | CFree plan: 1,000 sessions a month with mobile replays, 2 projects and 15 days of data. A normal site hits that quickly. |
| Features | CCore Web Vitals, session timelines, alerts and URL groups cover the job of speed monitoring completely, but it is a smaller job than analytics and is not product or marketing analytics. | CSession replay, error monitoring, performance monitoring, an AI agent and mobile SDKs. Growth sells errors, heatmaps and performance stats as separate add-ons. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. You add a script and set up an app, thresholds and alerts. | CNo store rating on record. You add a script or SDK and choose your own add-ons. |
| Platforms and integrations | CWeb only. Framework guides for React, Vue.js, Angular and Ember, and it joins with Sematext backend logs. | BWeb dashboard and a browser extension, plus mobile SDKs, with Sentry, Segment, Rollbar, Raygun and RB2B connections. |
| Best for | real-user speed monitoring from $9 | session replay and error tracking together |
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: Sematext Experience and Zipy. How we grade
Price against what you get
Sematext Experience starts at $9 a month and scores 2.0 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Zipy starts at $25 a month and scores 2.3.
Zipy scores higher, and starts $16 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, 7 score higher than Sematext Experience for less, and 22 score higher than Zipy 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
- Sematext Experience also covers dashboards, page speed and log file analysis.
- Zipy also covers web analytics and session replay.
At a glance
| Sematext Experience | Zipy | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free plan |
| Starts at | $9 per month, billed monthly ($8.10 billed annually) | $25 per month and up, billed annually ($30 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | None | 1,000 sessions a month with mobile replays, 15 days of data retention and 2 projects. |
| Free trial | 14-day free trial, no credit card needed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Browser extension | ||
| Made by | Sematext | Zipy Inc. |
| Price read from | sematext.com | zipy.ai |
| Checked | Nov 13, 2026 | Nov 12, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Sematext Experience
- The pricing page renders only the entry price ($9 a month); tier prices for Standard and Pro depend on page views and retention.
- When a plan's page-view limit is passed, data stops being accepted until the daily or monthly limit resets.
- It measures performance; it is not a product analytics or marketing analytics tool.
- The page-view limit is chosen per Experience app, and each app can have its own plan.
Zipy
- The free plan stops at 1,000 sessions a month and keeps data for 15 days.
- Growth is priced by sessions, with errors, heatmaps and performance stats chosen as separate add-ons.
- Web and mobile sessions are priced separately in the plan builder.
- Its dashboard runs in the browser; the mobile SDKs are code libraries for your own apps.
Key features
Sematext Experience
- Frontend and Core Web Vitals metrics
- Collects page load times, HTTP requests, resources and UI interactions, plus Largest Contentful Paint, First Input Delay and Cumulative Layout Shift.
- Session timelines
- Individual user sessions are shown as page loads, transactions and requests in a timeline or table, with slow-loading elements and memory trends.
- Alerts and anomaly detection
- Alerts can be set on any performance metric and apdex, and anomaly detection flags irregular spikes without hand-written rules.
- Front-end and backend in one view
- Front-end metrics can be combined with backend logs and monitoring data in the same Sematext account for troubleshooting.
- URL groups and custom measurements
- URL Groups bundle page patterns into sections of a site, and custom measurements with thresholds can be collected.
Zipy
- Session replay
- Watch recorded user sessions on web and mobile, with the errors, console logs and network requests from each one.
- Error monitoring
- Frontend errors with stack traces, tied to the session they happened in, plus crash reporting for mobile apps.
- Oopsie AI agent
- An AI agent that reviews sessions and errors to point out the problems users hit, with AI summaries and repro steps.
- Performance monitoring
- API performance and page performance stats, sold as add-ons to the Growth plan, alongside heatmaps.
- Mobile SDKs
- SDKs for Android, iOS, React Native and Flutter extend replay and error capture to mobile apps.
- Custom plan builder
- Pick monthly web and mobile session volumes from 7.5k to 100k and add-ons; the sales team then sends an invoice.
Plans
Sematext Experience
Experience$9
per month and up, billed monthly ($8.10 billed annually)
Starting price shown on the pricing page. The page lists Startup (25k page views a month), Standard and Pro tiers, priced by page views and retention.
Zipy
Free$0
1,000 sessions a month, mobile replays, 15 days of retention, up to 2 projects and email support within 72 hours.
Growth$25
per month and up, billed annually ($30 billed monthly)
1 month of retention, up to 10 projects and error monitoring. Price rises with sessions; heatmaps and API stats are add-ons.
EnterpriseCustom
Any volume of sessions and errors, custom projects and retention, and priority email and chat support.
Ways to pay less
Sematext Experience
- Annual discount
10% off with annual billing
The pricing page has a Monthly/Annually switch that shows 10% off, taking the Experience starting price from $9 to $8.10 a month.
Zipy
- Annual discount
Lower Growth price with annual billing
The pricing page shows Growth from $25 a month billed annually, against $30 billed monthly.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Sematext Experience or Zipy?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Sematext Experience is cheaper to start with: $9 a month, against $25 a month for Zipy. Sematext Experience starts at $9 per month, billed monthly ($8.10 billed annually), and Zipy starts at $25 per month and up, billed annually ($30 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, Sematext Experience or Zipy?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only Zipy has a free plan. Sematext Experience does not, though it has a free trial.
Which platforms do Sematext Experience and Zipy run on?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only Zipy 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.