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FullStory vs Hotjar: Which Should You Choose in 2026?

Both prices below were read from each vendor's own pricing page on the date shown.

Pricing side by side

PlanFullStoryHotjar
tier 1 On request — Full autocapture, journey mapping, frustration signals, privacy masking, enterprise SLA $39/mo — 100 daily sessions, filter recordings by events, unlimited heatmaps
tier 2 $99/mo — 500 daily sessions, custom user attributes, Frustration Signals (rage clicks)
tier 3 $213/mo — Custom session volume, funnel drop-off analytics, single sign-on, dedicated training

read from both vendors' pricing pages · 22 Aug 2026 · how we verify

Choose FullStory if

  • Enterprise product teams, ecommerce brands, and banks requiring high-fidelity session replay and error analysis
  • Organizations demanding strict privacy masking and SOC 2 Type II data compliance

Choose Hotjar if

  • CRO specialists, UX designers, and marketers discovering why website visitors drop off
  • Product teams capturing qualitative user feedback via non-intrusive on-page survey popups

Where each one disappoints

FullStory

  • Small blogs wanting basic pageview counters

Hotjar

  • Data engineers building enterprise data pipelines to BigQuery

Compiled by Stepan Noianov from both vendors' own sites. Something wrong? Report an inaccuracy.

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