Hotjar vs OpenReplay
Thinking of swapping Hotjar for the open-source OpenReplay? Here’s the honest trade-off.
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What you give up vs Hotjar
- Self-hosting requires a Kubernetes-based multi-service stack; resource-hungry and complex to operate.
- Product-analytics features (funnels, cohorts) are less mature than Amplitude/Mixpanel.
- No traditional aggregate web-analytics dashboard; it is session-centric.
What you gain
- • Full data ownership — self-host OpenReplay on your own infrastructure.
- • No per-seat SaaS bill (Hotjar: session-capped paid plans).
- • Open-source code you can audit and extend (Apache-2.0).