Session replay

Session replay tools record what visitors do on a page (clicks, scrolls, mouse movement and page changes) and play it back as a timeline. Most add heatmaps and funnels. Microsoft Clarity, Hotjar, FullStory, Smartlook and Mouseflow are the familiar names; LogRocket and OpenReplay tie each replay to console errors and network requests for debugging.

Quotas count recorded sessions. Microsoft Clarity has no traffic limits and unlimited projects, which makes it a common starting point. The others are metered: inspectlet.com allows 2,500 sessions a month, Smartlook 1,500, FullStory, LogRocket and OpenReplay 1,000, and Mouseflow 500. Hotjar counts 2,000 pageviews and 100 snapshots a day.

Retention ranges from 7 days on OpenReplay to a month on FullStory and LogRocket. Replays capture form input and personal data unless masked, so configure masking for passwords, payment fields and other sensitive inputs, and mention recording in your privacy policy. OpenReplay can be self-hosted to keep recordings on your own servers.