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Agility PR Solutions vs Hotjar

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Agility PR Solutions

News & Media

Media intelligence that drives PR success

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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Hotjar

E-commerce

Understand how users behave on your site

From
Free
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Only Hotjar has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
  • Each has a real cost: Agility PR Solutions pricing is not published; Hotjar website performance impact - Hotjar tracking code can cause noticeable slowdowns affecting site speed and Google rankings
  • They diverge on capability: Agility PR Solutions covers Media monitoring, Hotjar covers Heatmaps.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Agility PR Solutions and Hotjar actually diverge.

Attributes where Agility PR Solutions and Hotjar differ
AttributeAgility PR SolutionsHotjar
Starting priceOn requestFree
Pricing modelsubscriptionUnknown
Free tierNoYes
CategoryNews & MediaE-commerce
Founded20032014

Identical on both: platforms (Web), user rating (Not yet rated).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Agility PR Solutions

  • Media monitoring
  • Media database
  • PR analytics
  • Report builder
  • Journalist outreach
  • CRM systems
  • Web support

Only in Hotjar

  • Heatmaps
  • Session recordings
  • Feedback widgets
  • Surveys
  • User interviews
  • Conversion funnels
  • Form analytics
  • Rage click detection

Both cover

  • Slack
  • Microsoft Teams

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Agility PR Solutions

  • Media monitoring across traditional and digital coveragenot Hotjar
  • Journalist targeting and pitch personalisationnot Hotjar
  • Social listening for trends and sentimentnot Hotjar
  • Crisis monitoring and executive briefingsnot Hotjar
  • Press release distribution through the newswirenot Hotjar

Hotjar

  • User behavior analysisnot Agility PR Solutions
  • Conversion optimizationnot Agility PR Solutions
  • UX researchnot Agility PR Solutions
  • Customer feedbacknot Agility PR Solutions
  • Usability testingnot Agility PR Solutions

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Agility PR Solutions

  • Pricing is not published
  • Newswire distribution is a separate service alongside the monitoring platform rather than part of it

Hotjar

  • Website performance impact - Hotjar tracking code can cause noticeable slowdowns affecting site speed and Google rankings
  • Session recording limits - free and lower-tier plans have monthly session recording caps that must be sampled above the limit
  • Inaccurate heatmaps on dynamic pages - heatmaps fail to display correctly on pages with modals, sticky navigation bars, and pop-up overlays
  • No mobile app - only web-based access available
  • Not real-time analytics - includes slight data processing delay

Pricing, plan by plan

Agility PR Solutions

On request
  • Media MonitoringFree
    • News monitoring
    • Social listening
    • Alerts
  • Media DatabaseFree
    • Journalist contacts
    • Media lists
    • Pitching tools
  • Complete SuiteFree
    • All features
    • Advanced analytics
    • API access

Hotjar

Free

No published plan breakdown. See the Hotjar review.

Which should you pick?

Choose Agility PR Solutions if

  • You need media monitoring.
  • You also want media database.
Agility PR Solutions review

Choose Hotjar if

  • You need heatmaps.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You also want session recordings.
Hotjar review

Questions people ask

Is Agility PR Solutions or Hotjar better?
Neither clearly leads. Agility PR Solutions starts at On request and Hotjar at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Agility PR Solutions or Hotjar?
Hotjar has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at On request for Agility PR Solutions and Free for Hotjar.
Does Agility PR Solutions or Hotjar run on more platforms?
Both run on Web, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
Can I use Hotjar for free?
Yes. Hotjar has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Agility PR Solutions starts at On request.
What is Agility PR Solutions best used for?
Agility PR Solutions is most often used for media monitoring across traditional and digital coverage, journalist targeting and pitch personalisation, social listening for trends and sentiment, crisis monitoring and executive briefings. Of those, media monitoring across traditional and digital coverage and journalist targeting and pitch personalisation are not what Hotjar is typically brought in for.
What can Agility PR Solutions do that Hotjar cannot?
Agility PR Solutions covers Media monitoring, Media database, PR analytics, Report builder. Hotjar covers Heatmaps, Session recordings, Feedback widgets, Surveys. Both handle Slack, Microsoft Teams.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Hotjar: Does Hotjar have a free tier?

Yes. Hotjar's free plan (now under Contentsquare) includes 200,000 monthly sessions, 10,000 session replays, and unlimited heatmaps, with no time limit on the free tier.

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Hotjar: Can I export my data from Hotjar?

Yes. Hotjar allows exporting heatmaps as JPG images, survey responses as CSV files, and session recording metadata. Advanced export options are available through the Hotjar API.

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Hotjar: Does Hotjar provide real-time analytics?

No. Hotjar has a slight delay in data processing and does not offer true real-time analytics compared to some competitors.

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Hotjar: What integrations does Hotjar support?

Hotjar integrates with Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Slack, HubSpot, Jira, Linear, Microsoft Teams, Zapier, and hundreds of other tools through its API and partner integrations.

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