# OpenReplay review (2026): is the free plan enough?

> Open-source session replay and product analytics you can self-host

Checked Nov 12, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA.

OpenReplay is an open-source session replay and product analytics platform with developer tools, co-browsing, funnels, heatmaps and journey analysis. It can be self-hosted for free, run as a fully managed Dedicated instance from $199 a month, or used on the OpenReplay cloud, which has a free tier and a usage-based Serverless option.

- **Category:** Website & Product Analytics
- **Made by:** OpenReplay
- **Website:** https://openreplay.com
- **Runs on:** Web
- **Who should skip it:** Tight if you're staying free: 1,000 sessions a month and data kept for 7 days.
- **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026

## Pricing

As of Nov 12, 2026, OpenReplay has a free plan, and paid plans start at $199 per month for a Dedicated instance, billed hourly.

- **Pricing model:** Free plan
- **Free plan:** Free cloud plan: 1,000 sessions a month, 2 users, 1 project and 7-day data retention; the open-source edition is free to self-host.
- **Free trial:** 7-day trial of the Dedicated plan, no credit card required.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Free | $0 | On OpenReplay's cloud: up to 1,000 sessions a month, all core features, 2 users, 1 project, 7-day retention. |
| Open-Source | $0 | Free to self-host on your own infrastructure, with self-managed storage and community support through GitHub and Slack. |
| Dedicated | $199 per month for a managed instance, billed hourly ($0.276/hr) | Dedicated VM managed by OpenReplay, with no limits on users, recordings or retention; the price is for the smallest size. |
| Enterprise | Custom | Self-hosted at scale with SAML and SCIM, audit trail, dedicated support and volume pricing on a multi-year contract. |

Read from https://openreplay.com/pricing/ on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with OpenReplay before buying.

## Key features

- **Session replay with developer tools:** Replays are paired with DevTools data such as network calls and backend logs pulled in from monitoring tools.
- **Product analytics:** Funnels, heatmaps, journey analysis and web analytics sit alongside the replays, with mobile app support listed as well.
- **Co-browsing and bug reports:** Co-browsing lets support staff view a customer's session live, and the Spot tool records bug reports for developers.
- **Three ways to deploy:** Self-host the open-source edition, run a Dedicated instance in OpenReplay's cloud or yours, or use the usage-based Serverless cloud.
- **Data residency:** The Dedicated plan lists 50 regions across AWS, GCP and Azure, plus bring-your-own-cloud, so data can stay in a chosen location.
- **API and MCP server:** A REST API fetches sessions, users and events, and an MCP server is listed in the plan comparison. AI Agents are marked coming soon.

## Good for

- Engineering teams that want replays on their own servers
- Support teams that want co-browsing with a customer
- Small projects trying the free cloud tier

## Worth knowing

- The free cloud plan stops at 1,000 sessions a month and keeps data 7 days.
- Serverless is billed at $5.95 per 1,000 sessions a month, with 30-day retention and unlimited users and projects.
- Self-hosting means you manage storage, scaling and upgrades; the open-source edition is listed for low traffic.
- Dedicated has no published cap on users or recordings, but its price rises with the VM size you choose.

## ToolGPA grades

**GPA: 2.4 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. OpenReplay records sessions with developer tools built in, and it can run in its cloud, on a dedicated instance or on your own server. The free cloud plan stops at 1,000 sessions and keeps data 7 days, and self-hosting means you run storage, scaling and upgrades yourself.

- **Value for money: C.** Dedicated starts at $199 a month, billed hourly, and Serverless is $5.95 per 1,000 sessions. That's around the top quarter of analytics prices.
- **Free plan and trial: C.** Free cloud plan: 1,000 sessions a month, 2 users, 1 project and 7-day retention. The open-source edition is free but you host it, and the Dedicated trial is 7 days.
- **Features: B.** Session replay with network and console tools, product analytics, co-browsing, bug reports, data residency, an API and MCP server.
- **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. You add the tracker to your app, or set up a server for self-hosting.
- **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web only, with Sentry, Datadog, Jira and GitHub links and an API.

These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from OpenReplay's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.

## Where it stands among website and product analytics tools

- OpenReplay's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 32 of the 58 other website and product analytics tools we grade, and level with 11.
- It stands best on features (B, above 33 of 58) and worst on ease of use (C, above 3).
- Its paid plans start at $199 a month, against a middle price of $29 for the category: 28 of the 32 others that charge start lower.
- On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. Nothing scores higher for less, though at least one tool matches that score at a lower price.

The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/analytics

## Keep it, or make your own?

**Keep it.** Nothing OpenReplay does is plain enough to make in a weekend. The 4 things listed below take a company. It costs $2,388 a year. OpenReplay is open source, so there is a third way: take its code and run it yourself.

- You could not: Recordings of what each visitor did on your pages.
- You could not: A tracking script and a database that counts every visit.
- You could not: It plugs into other products, Sentry, Datadog and Jira among them, and has an API.
- You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.

A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it.

## Works with

Sentry, Datadog, Jira, GitHub

**Tags:** Session replay, Open source, Self-hostable, Web analytics, Public API

## Alternatives

- [PostHog](https://toolgpa.com/tools/posthog): Open-source product analytics with replays, flags and surveys. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/openreplay-vs-posthog)
- [LogRocket](https://toolgpa.com/tools/logrocket): Session replay with error tracking and product analytics for web apps. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/logrocket-vs-openreplay)
- [Fullstory](https://toolgpa.com/tools/fullstory): Session replay and behavior analytics for websites and apps. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/fullstory-vs-openreplay)
- [Contentsquare](https://toolgpa.com/tools/hotjar): Heatmaps, session replays and surveys, formerly sold as Hotjar. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/hotjar-vs-openreplay)
- [Microsoft Clarity](https://toolgpa.com/tools/microsoft-clarity): Free session recordings and heatmaps from Microsoft, no traffic cap. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/microsoft-clarity-vs-openreplay)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026:

- https://openreplay.com/pricing/
- https://openreplay.com/platform/integrations-api/

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