Our take
Pick Hotjar if you're on a uX / product team who will stay on Free at $0 (200k sessions, 1 project, 1 month of access) while they open a first Session Replay list, then Growth at $39/month yearly ($49 monthly) when they need 13-month access or a second project. Pick Survicate if you're on a cX and product team who will pay a printed annual card for in-app NPS. Skip Survicate if you're researchers who need a
Best for
Hotjar A replay list you start at a public $
Survicate Ask inside the product after a trial or order
Free plan
Hotjar $0 · forever. 200k monthly sessions. 1 month data access. 1 project. Replays, Heatmaps, and Funnels. Error and performance monitoring. Basic surveys (100 responses / month, 3 widgets). Replay capture 5% of sessions (max 10k). Replay access 1 month. MCP up to 300 tool calls / month. No card
Survicate No free plan
Lowest paid
Hotjar Growth $39/mo
Survicate Growth $114/mo yearly
Next step up
Hotjar
Survicate Pro $349
Coding agent
Hotjar
Survicate Research Hub + AI Agent
Runs where
Hotjar Hosted
Survicate
Watch out
Hotjar Free replay capture is 5% (max 10k) and 1 month of access
Survicate No lasting $0 plan
Last checked
Hotjar 2026-10-23 · hotjar.com/pricing
Survicate 2026-10-28 · survicate.com/pricing
uX / product teams who will stay on Free at $0 (200k sessions, 1 project, 1 month of access) while they open a first Session Replay list, then Growth at $39/month yearly ($49 monthly) when they need 13-month access or a second project.
Read the Hotjar pagecX and product teams who will pay a printed annual card for in-app NPS.
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