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for the how-many question

A recording shows you one visitor's session. This counts how many made each step, from where, and who converted.

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Hotjar details checked 10 August 2026 • https://www.hotjar.com

How deep the funnel goes

which step is losing people, and how many?

Same drop-off, approached from opposite ends. Neither route is wrong, but they answer different questions.

Hotjar
  1. 1 Log in and open recordings
  2. 2 Filter sessions down to the page you suspect
  3. 3 Watch one at double speed, skipping the quiet parts
  4. 4 Watch four more, taking notes
  5. 5 Open the heatmap for the same page to check the pattern
  6. 6 Decide whether five sessions count as a pattern
  7. 🥱 A feel for what one visitor struggled with, and still no count
Tiny Funnel
  1. 1 Log in
  2. 2 The funnel is already drawn, one bar per step
  3. 3 The biggest gap between bars is the step losing people
  4. 4 Open a few journeys from that step to read what happened
  5. 💡 A number for every step, and the exact step worth watching recordings of

built for answers, not data scientists

Tiny Funnel is obsessed with getting you answers as quickly as possible. The funnel is the page that loads when you log in, and any visitor's whole journey is one click away.

See your funnel from every angle

The main view is always your funnel. You choose which visitors and from when and where.

See a visitor's full journey

Where they came from, which campaign, every page they touched, and whether they bounced, came back later, or converted.

what each one does

Hotjar against Tiny Funnel, on the things that decide it.

Capability Hotjar Hotjar Tiny Funnel Tiny Funnel
The question it answers Hotjar What one visitor did. Sessions you watch, heatmaps you read, surveys you run. Tiny Funnel How many visitors reached each step, where they came from, and where the rest went.
Time to a first funnel Hotjar Install the tag, wait for sessions to arrive, then define the funnel inside the platform. Tiny Funnel One script tag, then click through your own flow with the recorder on. Live in about two minutes.
Session replay Hotjar Yes, and it is the heart of the product. Watch real sessions end to end. Tiny Funnel None. There is no replay, and typed values are never captured.
Heatmaps Hotjar Click, move and scroll maps, plus attention maps since the Contentsquare merge. Tiny Funnel None. The bars and the journeys behind them are the whole picture.
One visitor's story Hotjar A replay you watch, minute by minute. Tiny Funnel A journey you read. Pages in order, return visits, and the step where they stopped.
Cookies and consent Hotjar Cookie-based, and session capture is usually gated behind consent, so what you can watch is the share who accepted. Tiny Funnel Cookie-less and first-party. Everyone who loaded the page is in the count.
Surveys and feedback Hotjar On-page surveys, feedback widgets and interview recruitment. Tiny Funnel None. When the numbers raise a question, the journeys are where we answer it.
Pricing Hotjar Free up to 200,000 sessions a month since the Contentsquare merge, then plans priced by monthly sessions. Tiny Funnel $10 a month per active funnel. No session counting, no seats, and pausing a funnel stops the bill.
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which one is yours

Both answer real questions. They are not the same question.

Stay on Hotjar if
  • Watching a real person use your site is how you find problems
  • You want heatmaps of where a whole page's clicks and scrolls land
  • You run on-page surveys or collect feedback in the moment
  • The free 200,000 sessions a month covers your traffic
  • UX research is the job, not conversion counting
Add Tiny Funnel if
  • You want a count for every step, not a feel for one session
  • You need to know which traffic source actually converts
  • You have a drop-off and no number telling you which step to watch
  • You sell software, a course or another virtual good
  • You want everyone counted, with no consent wall in front of the number
Hotjar

what Hotjar does better

  • Session replay. Watching a real person hesitate tells you things no chart can
  • Heatmaps, so a whole page's clicks and scroll depth are one picture
  • Surveys and feedback widgets that ask visitors directly, on the page
  • A genuinely large free plan, 200,000 sessions a month since the Contentsquare merge
  • Error and performance monitoring came along with the Contentsquare platform
  • Years as the default qualitative tool, with a tutorial for everything

Running both without wasting either

The two tools approach the same drop-off from opposite ends. A funnel tells you which step loses people and how many, and nothing about why. A recording tells you exactly why one person struggled, and nothing about how many others did the same.

So let each do its half. Add the Tiny Funnel script tag, click through your own flow with the recorder on (landing page, pricing, signup, welcome), and read the bars. The biggest gap is the step worth your attention. Then go watch recordings of that step, fix what you see, and come back to the bar to find out whether the fix moved the number. That last part is the bit recordings cannot do on their own: five sessions can tell you what went wrong, but only a count can tell you whether it stopped.

The Contentsquare move, briefly

Checked 2026-08-10: hotjar.com redirects to contentsquare.com, because the two merged into one platform in 2025. Nothing about the tools went away. Heatmaps, replay, surveys and feedback all continue inside Contentsquare, the free plan grew to 200,000 sessions a month, and legacy Hotjar accounts are moving onto Contentsquare plans. If you arrived here from a search for a Hotjar alternative because of the move, the honest summary is that the product is alive and bigger than before. What changed is the platform around it, and platform is exactly the thing to weigh: more products in one interface answers more questions, and carries every one of them with it.

The short version

Hotjar watches, Tiny Funnel counts. Use the funnel to find the step, use recordings to see why, and use the bar to prove the fix. Together they cost $10 a month more than Hotjar alone.

frequently asked questions

What happened to Hotjar?

It merged into Contentsquare. The two became one platform in 2025, hotjar.com now redirects there, and new sign-ups create a Contentsquare account. The tools survived the move. Heatmaps, session replay, surveys and feedback all live on inside Contentsquare, and the free plan grew to 200,000 sessions a month.

Is Tiny Funnel a replacement for Hotjar?

Not honestly, no. Recordings answer what happened in one session. Tiny Funnel answers how many visitors made each step, where they came from, and who converted. Those are different questions, and plenty of teams keep a tool for each.

Can I run both at the same time?

Yes, and it is the pairing we would actually recommend. The two scripts do not interfere. Use the funnel to find the step that loses people, then watch recordings of exactly that step, then watch the bar to see whether the fix moved the number.

Does Tiny Funnel record sessions or capture what people type?

No. There is no session replay and there are no heatmaps. Click capture exists, and it is opt-in and off by default. When you turn click capture on, it records clicks on interactive elements only (buttons, links, form controls), and typed values are never captured.

Does Hotjar do funnels?

The Contentsquare platform lists funnels among its features, so the capability is there. The difference is the shape of the tool around it. Tiny Funnel opens on the funnel, the steps are recorded by clicking through your own site, a step can be a page state or a server event, and the counting is cookie-less, so nobody is missing from the bars.

the bottom line

Two honest summaries, then the shortest way to decide.

Hotjar Hotjar

Hotjar, now part of Contentsquare, is the default way to watch what visitors actually do. Session replay, heatmaps and on-page surveys answer questions a chart never will, the free plan is genuinely large, and if the job is understanding behaviour on a page, it is the right tool and we are not.

Tiny Funnel Tiny Funnel

Tiny Funnel counts. Where visitors come from, how far each cohort gets down your funnel, and whether visitors from one source buy more than visitors from another. It opens on that answer, sets up in about two minutes, and costs $10 a month per active funnel. It will never show you a pixel of what a session looked like, and it will tell you exactly which step deserves your attention.

I want to watch real people using my site

Hotjar Hotjar

I want heatmaps and on-page surveys

Hotjar Hotjar

I want a number for every step of one flow

Tiny Funnel Tiny Funnel

I need to know which traffic source converts

Tiny Funnel Tiny Funnel

I have a drop-off and no idea which step to watch

Tiny Funnel Tiny Funnel first, then Hotjar

Tiny price • Pay per funnel

No tiers. No "contact sales." Just $10 a funnel.

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