Hotjar vs SmartLook
Both tools are very familiar in Session recordings and helps a lot to understand the user behavior and experience.
Why we needed Session recording tool?
• Find out where people are getting stuck on an eCommerce website
• Understand how to improve a SaaS product and its features
• See where people get stuck on a lead generation website or page
• Find bugs and opportunities for improvement
Smart look has a slight edge over than Hotjar when comparing features. You can check the below mentioned table to understand the features wise comparison.
Features |
Smart Look |
Hot Jar |
Advanced filtering |
30 filters |
24 filters |
Always-on recording |
Always-on means, we record every user. |
Continuous Capture is available for Business users |
Visitor journey |
Yes |
Yes |
Identify customers (connect with user id) |
Use Smartlook API to identify users and look up customer’s replays by their name or email. IP also trackable. |
Hotjar’s Identify API allows you to pass data about your users to Hotjar using Javascript, saving them as User Attributes. |
Heatmaps |
Yes |
Yes |
Events |
Events can be used to filter recordings. |
Tagging your Recordings allows you to note specific actions, like CTA clicks, sign-ups, or visitor states. |
Funnels |
We can use funnels to find people who didn’t finish a step. Watch people repeatedly encounter the same problem, fix it and increase conversions. |
Not supported |
Analytics & Reporting |
Yes |
No |
Incoming Feedback |
No |
Yes |
Surveys |
No |
Yes |
Google analytics |
In Google Analytics, we can add Smartlook Session URL as a secondary dimension. |
No |
Zendesk |
Yes |
No |
Google Optimize |
No |
Yes |
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