Hotjar alternative

A Hotjar alternative for people who only want the maps.

Hotjar is now part of Contentsquare, and new accounts are created there. If you came for heatmaps, and don’t need replay or surveys, Maximizii is a much smaller thing to adopt.

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Maximizii click map of a sample coffee shop home page: heat on the main buttons and menu links, with a list of the most clicked elements beside it
The real dashboard, on sample data from a made-up coffee shop.

In short

Hotjar has merged into Contentsquare, and it’s no longer possible to create a new Hotjar account. Maximizii is a heatmap-only alternative: click, scroll and attention maps, no cookies, no session replay and a script under 6 KB. Choose Contentsquare if you want replay and surveys beside your maps.

Choose Maximizii for
Maps alone, no cookies, no recordings, webviews
Choose Hotjar / Contentsquare for
Session replay, surveys, funnels, error monitoring

What happened to Hotjar

hotjar.com now redirects to Contentsquare, which describes the two as merged into one platform. Existing Hotjar users log in with the same details, and new users sign up on Contentsquare. So if you were about to start with Hotjar, your real choice is Contentsquare or something else. There’s a separate page on Contentsquare.

Side by side

Maximizii and Hotjar (Contentsquare) compared
MaximiziiHotjar (Contentsquare)
HeatmapsClicks, scroll and attention, with rage and dead filtersClick, scroll, move, attention and rage
Session replayNone, on purposeYes
Also includesTraffic numbers and an assistant. No surveys, funnels or testsSurveys, funnels, error monitoring
Mobile appsWeb pages in a webview only. No native screensContentsquare has SDKs for iOS, Android, React Native and Flutter
CookiesNoneFirst-party cookies, with a cookieless mode on Contentsquare
Script sizeUnder 6 KB gzippedContentsquare states 3.1 KB gzipped for its standard tag
Free planNo paid plan yetYes, on Contentsquare

What’s said here about Hotjar and Contentsquare comes from its own site, checked in November 2026: Hotjar is now Contentsquare, heatmaps, cookies, performance. Products change, so check anything that matters to you.

When to stay with them

  • You watch session recordings regularly. Maximizii will never replace those.
  • You run on-page surveys.
  • You need to split maps by segment or campaign, which Maximizii can’t do yet.
  • Your app is native, not web.

Moving over

  1. Add the snippet

    Put Maximizii’s one line in your page’s head or in Google Tag Manager. It can run beside your current tool.

  2. Let it collect

    Maps start from the first visit. Past data doesn’t come across, so give it a week or two.

  3. Check your consent setup

    If your banner already handles analytics, add maximizii.consent(true) to what runs on a yes. Here’s how it works.

  4. Remove the old tag

    Once the maps tell you what you need, take the old tool’s tag off your pages.

Questions

Can I still sign up for Hotjar?

Not on its own, according to Contentsquare’s Hotjar page. New users sign up on Contentsquare, and existing users can still log in.

What’s the best free alternative to Hotjar?

If you want session replay at no cost, look at Microsoft Clarity. If you’d rather have heatmaps with no cookies and no recordings, Maximizii has no paid plan yet.

Does Maximizii have session recordings like Hotjar?

No, and it isn’t planned. Maximizii adds up what everyone did into maps. Read heatmaps vs session replay to see which you need.

Can I bring my Hotjar heatmaps across?

No. Maps start from when the snippet goes in.

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