Hotjar vs Contentsquare
Five of fourteen models named Hotjar first on the direct prompt; one named Contentsquare. Hotjar was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Contentsquare by twelve and Hotjar carries 62 labels and Contentsquare 21, so the shares are not directly comparable.
By Contentsquare, Paris, France, founded 2008. Named in nine categories this edition.
Paris, France, founded 2008. Named in six 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 modelsContentsquare
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Hotjar and Contentsquare were named in the same answer seventy times, of the 337 answers naming Hotjar and the 169 naming Contentsquare. In those answers Contentsquare took the first choice nine times and Hotjar nine.
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 4.1 Fast | | | | | | |
| 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 Contentsquare first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Hotjar on the left and Contentsquare on the right.The direct prompt
Hotjar first, Contentsquare not the choice
5 of 14 modelsContentsquare was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Contentsquare first, Hotjar not the choice
1 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
5 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
3 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
Hotjar6%#2 of 10Contentsquare0%#9 of 10Hotjar16%#2 of 10Contentsquare3%#7 of 10Contentsquare19%#2 of 12Hotjar2%#9 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 seven in this category shown.
“Hotjar was merged into Contentsquare on 1 July 2025; ... By default Hotjar starts session recording as soon as the script loads, which means it can capture visitor activity before consent is given.” Muse Glimmer 30B · negative prompt · hard negative
“Tools to Avoid or Use with Extreme Caution... Hotjar: Most popular heatmap tool, but criticized for capturing more PII than expected” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative prompt · hard negative
“Collects more personal data than most teams realize; has faced significant legal challenges; default settings may not adequately mask PII” Kimi K2 · negative prompt · hard negative
“Pick heatmap-first tools like Hotjar or Clarity if you mainly want quick UX insights and broad behavior patterns.” Perplexity Sonar · comparative prompt · first choice
“Best for: Beginners and small-to-mid-sized teams doing user experience research ... Strength: Fastest setup, easiest to use” DeepSeek V4 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
“Very popular for UX research and product teams... Strong on heatmaps, recordings/session replay, surveys, and feedback” GPT-5.4 mini · comparative prompt · first choice
What the models said about Contentsquare
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of six in this category shown.
“Heavy enterprise pricing and complexity; overkill for most mid-market needs” Kimi K2 · direct prompt · hard negative
“enterprise tools only if you need deeper product analytics, governance, or enterprise workflows, because they're generally much more expensive” GPT-5.4 mini · budget prompt · soft negative
“without paying the $50k+ annual contract values required by enterprise-only suites (like FullStory or Contentsquare)” Gemini 3.5 Flash · direct prompt · soft negative
“my default recommendation is Contentsquare if you want the most complete, scalable experience-analytics platform” GPT-5.4 mini · direct prompt · first choice
“Go with FullStory or Contentsquare for deep session replay and journey analytics.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · comparative prompt · first choice
“The sweet spot is usually FullStory, Contentsquare, or LogRocket” DeepSeek V4 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
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.