Hotjar review
Free tierHeatmaps, session recordings and feedback tools
Pairs heatmaps and session recordings with on-site surveys, and its free Basic plan suits early-stage validation.
Entry price
Free, then $32/mo
Free: Basic plan: up to 35 sessions/day, core heatmaps and recordings, free forever
Our Hotjar verdict
Hotjar costs free, then $32/mo. Nobody has reviewed it here yet, so this page is about what it costs and what it does, not how well it does it.
Founders wanting heatmaps and session recordings. There is a free tier: Basic plan: up to 35 sessions/day, core heatmaps and recordings, free forever.
- Who it is not for
- Monthly pricing notably higher than annual rates
- What this is based on
- Based on pricing read from Hotjar's own page on 2026-08-28, and what the product says it does. No reviews yet, so no score.
Pricing
| Plan | Monthly | Annual /mo | What you get |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | Free | Same as monthly | Up to 35 sessions/day |
| Plus | Not published | $32 | ~100 sessions/day, from ~$32/mo billed annually |
| Business | Not published | $80 | 500+ sessions/day, upgradeable, from ~$80-99/mo annually |
| Scale | Not published | $213 | Custom high-volume sessions, dedicated support, API, from ~$213/mo |
Hotjar price history
Every price changeHotjar's pricing has not moved since we started tracking it on 2026-08-27. We read it off Hotjar's own pricing page on every update, and this section fills in when something changes.
Read from Hotjar's own pricing page, dated on the day we read it. We only claim a change happened between two dates we actually looked, never on a date we did not.
Type
Session replay, heatmaps
Cookie-free / GDPR
Cookie-based, GDPR controls
Self-hostable
No
Session replay
Yes, core feature
Funnels
Limited (Business+)
Free tier
Yes, 35 sessions/day
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