Hotjar vs PostHog
Five of fourteen models named Hotjar first on the direct prompt; two named PostHog. Both were named by all fourteen models and Hotjar carries 68 labels and PostHog 37, so the shares are not directly comparable.
By Contentsquare, Paris, France, founded 2008. Named in nine categories this edition.
Named in nine categories this edition.
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the session replay and heatmaps page.
By framing
HotjarFirst choices, of fourteen modelsPostHog
Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Hotjar and PostHog were named in the same answer 125 times, of the 337 answers naming Hotjar and the 486 naming PostHog. In those answers PostHog took the first choice twenty times and Hotjar ten.
Every model, every framing
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | | | | ||
| GPT-5.4 mini | | | | |||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | | | |
| Perplexity Sonar | | | | | ||
| Grok 4.20 | | | | | | |
| Mistral Small | | | | | | |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | | | |
| Llama 4 Maverick | | | | |||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | | | ||
| Kimi K2 | | | | | | |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | ||||
| MiniMax M2.5 | | | | | | |
| GPT-6 Luna | | | | | | |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | | | | |
Hotjar PostHog first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Hotjar on the left and PostHog on the right.The direct prompt
Hotjar first, PostHog an alternative
5 of 14 modelsPostHog was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.PostHog first, Hotjar an alternative
2 of 14 modelsHotjar was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
6 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
1 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
Hotjar2%#11 of 12PostHog2%#8 of 12What the models said about Hotjar
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“Very common but often criticized for broad data capture... Many privacy-focused users block it outright.” Grok 4.20 · negative prompt · hard negative
“Named in active CIPA lawsuits; $5,000 statutory damages per violation possible under California law” Kimi K2 · negative prompt · hard negative
“Documented data exfiltration issues; research found it recorded content beyond input fields” MiniMax M2.5 · negative prompt · hard negative
“Hotjar and Crazy Egg are the category leaders, with Hotjar suited for teams needing comprehensive user behavior analytics with strong heatmaps and session playback” Claude Haiku 4.5 · comparative prompt · first choice
“Hotjar: Strong all-in-one for product/UX teams. Excellent heatmaps, surveys, and easy replays. Great for non-technical users; affordable entry point.” Grok 4.20 · scale prompt · first choice
“For most mid-market B2B companies, Hotjar is the best balance of features, ease of use, and value.” Mistral Small · direct prompt · first choice
What the models said about PostHog
No label in this category carried a quote.
Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.