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Hotjar vs Nolt

Hotjar and Nolt are both customer feedback & roadmaps tools. Hotjar is aimed at small businesses and agencies, while Nolt is aimed at small businesses. Nolt costs less, from $29/mo versus $49/mo for Hotjar. Only Hotjar has a free plan.

Hotjar

Heatmaps, recordings and surveys

Nolt

Simple, beautiful feedback boards

PricingFreemium · $49Paid · $29
Starting price$49/mo$29/mo
Free planYesNo
Free trial15 days—
Built forSmall businesses, AgenciesSmall businesses
Platformswebweb
CountryMT · 2014CH · 2018
Rating——

Choose Hotjar if

Marketing and CRO teams who want to see and ask users what happens on their site.

  • Easy to set up and understand
  • Combines behavior and voice-of-customer tools
  • Free plan for small sites

Look elsewhere if: Budget-constrained teams (Microsoft Clarity is free) or product teams wanting replay plus events (PostHog).

Choose Nolt if

Teams wanting simple boards with SSO.

  • Clean UX
  • SSO on lower tiers
  • Simple

Look elsewhere if: Feature-rich needs.

Hotjar vs Nolt pricing

Hotjar

  • Free$0Up to 200k monthly sessions, 1 month data, 1 project
  • Growth$49/mo$39 billed annually; from 7k sessions, 13-month data
  • ProCustom1M+ sessions
  • EnterpriseCustom1M+ sessions

Nolt

  • Essential$29/moBilled annually ($348/yr); 1 board, unlimited users
  • Pro$69/moBilled annually ($828/yr); 5 boards
  • EnterpriseCustom

Hotjar · Key features

  • Heatmaps: click, move, scroll and rage clicks
  • Session recordings with filters and highlights
  • Funnels and trends for conversion analysis
  • On-site surveys, feedback widget and user interviews (Engage)
  • AI survey creation and insight summaries
  • Integrations with GA, Segment, HubSpot and Slack

Cons

  • Session-based pricing escalates
  • Clarity offers heatmaps and recordings free
  • Consent and privacy handling needed

Nolt · Key features

  • Feedback board
  • Voting
  • Roadmap
  • SSO
  • Integrations
  • Custom domain

Cons

  • Fewer features than Canny
  • No changelog depth
  • Board limits

Hotjar vs Nolt: FAQ

Which is cheaper, Hotjar or Nolt?

Nolt starts at $29/mo and Hotjar at $49/mo. Both prices are checked on the vendors' own pricing pages.

Do Hotjar and Nolt have a free plan?

Hotjar has a free plan. Nolt has no free plan.

Not sure yet?