Hotjar vs Shynet
Thinking of swapping Hotjar for the open-source Shynet? Here’s the honest trade-off.
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What you give up vs Hotjar
- No funnel or cohort analysis; purely page-level metrics
- No JavaScript event tracking without custom integration
- No built-in alerting or anomaly detection
What you gain
- • Full data ownership — self-host Shynet 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).