Moxel vs Hotjar
Hotjar is now part of Contentsquare, and new Hotjar accounts are closed. Signing up today gets you Contentsquare's free plan, with heatmaps, recordings, funnels and surveys. Moxel has no recordings and no heatmaps. It counts every visitor's path through your forms and checkout, and names the field or step to change.
THEIRS
Pick Hotjar if
- You want to watch sessions and look at heatmaps. Moxel has neither.
- You want to ask visitors a question with a survey on the page.
- You want a free plan. Contentsquare's is large, and Moxel has no free plan after the trial.
- You already have Hotjar data and a team that knows it. Existing Hotjar logins work on Contentsquare.
OURS
Pick Moxel if
- You want to know which form field people quit on. Form analysis is not on Contentsquare's free plan, and Moxel tracks every field on every plan.
- You would rather not set cookies or record anyone's screen. Moxel does neither.
- You do not have time to watch recordings. You want the count and the fix.
- You want a tool for one person, with nothing to configure.
SIDE BY SIDE
The same questions, both answers.
| Question | Hotjar | Moxel |
|---|---|---|
| Price | HotjarFree plan through Contentsquare, with paid plans above it | Moxel$27 a month after a 30-day trial |
| Session recordings | HotjarYes. The free plan captures 5% of sessions, up to 10,000 a month. | MoxelNo |
| Heatmaps | HotjarYes | MoxelNo |
| Surveys and live chat | HotjarSurveys, yes. The free plan allows 100 responses a month. | MoxelNo |
| Forms | HotjarForm analysis is not on the free plan | MoxelEvery field: where people stop, how long each takes, which ones show an error |
| Funnels | HotjarYes, on the free plan | MoxelOn every plan, with the worst step marked |
| Cookies | HotjarYes, its own first-party cookies | MoxelNone. Nothing is stored in the visitor's browser. |
| What is captured | HotjarA replay of the page | MoxelCounts and field names. Never the screen, never what is typed. |
| What to change | HotjarAI summaries of heatmaps and recordings, and a chat you can ask | MoxelA ranked list naming the thing on your page and the fix |
| Setup | HotjarOne tracking tag. You sign up through Contentsquare, since new Hotjar accounts are closed. | MoxelOne script tag |
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The count, without the footage.
A recording shows one person. This adds up everyone who reached the form and marks where they stopped.
VISITOR
1 of 5
- Waiting for the first event.
Five visitors, three different fields. That is the pattern you would never see in a conversion rate.
NOT YET
What Moxel does not do.
- No session recordings and no heatmaps. Moxel counts what people do. It does not film the screen.
- No visitor locations. Country, region and city are not recorded.
- Returning visitors only within one week. The code that tells people apart resets every Monday, so someone who comes back next week looks new.
- No choice of hosting region, and no EU-only hosting.
- No free plan after the 30-day trial.
BOTH
Can I use Moxel and Hotjar together?
Yes, and it is a good pairing. Moxel tells you which field or step is losing people. A few recordings of that step show you why.
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Prices and plans are on the pricing page. What Moxel records, and what it never does, is on the privacy page.