Is BuzzSumo or Crazy Egg better?

Neither clearly leads. BuzzSumo starts at $199/month and Crazy Egg at $29/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.

Which is cheaper, BuzzSumo or Crazy Egg?

BuzzSumo starts at $199/month and Crazy Egg at $29/month.

Does BuzzSumo or Crazy Egg run on more platforms?

BuzzSumo runs on web. Crazy Egg runs on Web, API.

What is BuzzSumo best used for?

BuzzSumo is most often used for finding trending content topics before writing new articles, pr teams pitching journalists via the media database, tracking brand and competitor mentions across the web, analyzing which existing content earns the most engagement. Of those, finding trending content topics before writing new articles and pr teams pitching journalists via the media database are not what Crazy Egg is typically brought in for.

What can BuzzSumo do that Crazy Egg cannot?

BuzzSumo covers Content Analyzer, Trending Feeds, Question Analyzer, Media database and outreach. Crazy Egg covers Heatmaps, Scrollmaps, Confetti Reports, A/B Testing.

Content Creation · head to head

BuzzSumo vs Crazy Egg

BuzzSumo

Content Creation

Content research and media outreach platform for trends, mentions, and influencer discovery

From: $199/month
Rated: -

Full review Website

Crazy Egg

Marketing & Analytics

Website optimization with heatmaps

From: $29/month
Rated: -

Full review Website

The short version

Each has a real cost: BuzzSumo entry-level Content Creation plan is limited to a single user and just 2 alerts, forcing teams onto the pricier PR & Comms tier.; Crazy Egg the Starter plan at $29 a month covers 5,000 pageviews and 50 snapshots, which a modest site exhausts quickly
They diverge on capability: BuzzSumo covers Content Analyzer, Crazy Egg covers Heatmaps.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which BuzzSumo and Crazy Egg actually diverge.

Attributes where BuzzSumo and Crazy Egg differ
Attribute	BuzzSumo	Crazy Egg
Starting price	$199/month	$29/month
Pricing model	subscription	Unknown
Platforms	web	Web, API
Category	Content Creation	Marketing & Analytics
Founded	Unknown	2006

Identical on both: free tier (No), 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 BuzzSumo

Content Analyzer
Trending Feeds
Question Analyzer
Media database and outreach
Coverage reports
Alerts

Only in Crazy Egg

Heatmaps
Scrollmaps
Confetti Reports
A/B Testing
Session Recordings
Google Analytics
Shopify
WordPress

What people use each for

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

BuzzSumo

Finding trending content topics before writing new articlesnot Crazy Egg
PR teams pitching journalists via the media databasenot Crazy Egg
Tracking brand and competitor mentions across the webnot Crazy Egg
Analyzing which existing content earns the most engagementnot Crazy Egg

Crazy Egg

Click, scroll and move heatmaps on a pagenot BuzzSumo
Session recordings to see where visitors strugglenot BuzzSumo
A/B testing page variantsnot BuzzSumo
Snapshot reports comparing behaviour over timenot BuzzSumo

Where each one falls short

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

BuzzSumo

Entry-level Content Creation plan is limited to a single user and just 2 alerts, forcing teams onto the pricier PR & Comms tier.
Enterprise-only annual billing means the top tier is not available on flexible monthly terms.
Media database and PR outreach features are withheld from the base plan, so pure content-research buyers still pay for a PR-oriented tier to unlock coverage reporting.

Crazy Egg

The Starter plan at $29 a month covers 5,000 pageviews and 50 snapshots, which a modest site exhausts quickly
All plans are billed annually rather than monthly
There is no free tier, only a trial
Reaching 500,000 pageviews means the Pro plan at $249 a month

Pricing, plan by plan

BuzzSumo

$199/month

Content Creation$199/month
- 1 user
- Unlimited searches
- 2 alerts
PR & Comms$299/month
- 5 users
- 5 alerts
- Media database & outreach
Suite$499/month
- 10 users
- 10 alerts
- YouTube Analyzer
Enterprise$999/month
- 30 users
- 50 alerts
- RSS feed sync

Crazy Egg

$29/month

No published plan breakdown. See the Crazy Egg review.

Which should you pick?

Choose BuzzSumo if

You need content analyzer.
You work on web.
You also want trending feeds.

BuzzSumo review

Choose Crazy Egg if

You need heatmaps.
You work on Web, API.
You also want scrollmaps.

Crazy Egg review

Questions people ask

Is BuzzSumo or Crazy Egg better?: Neither clearly leads. BuzzSumo starts at $199/month and Crazy Egg at $29/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, BuzzSumo or Crazy Egg?: BuzzSumo starts at $199/month and Crazy Egg at $29/month.
Does BuzzSumo or Crazy Egg run on more platforms?: BuzzSumo runs on web. Crazy Egg runs on Web, API.
What is BuzzSumo best used for?: BuzzSumo is most often used for finding trending content topics before writing new articles, pr teams pitching journalists via the media database, tracking brand and competitor mentions across the web, analyzing which existing content earns the most engagement. Of those, finding trending content topics before writing new articles and pr teams pitching journalists via the media database are not what Crazy Egg is typically brought in for.
What can BuzzSumo do that Crazy Egg cannot?: BuzzSumo covers Content Analyzer, Trending Feeds, Question Analyzer, Media database and outreach. Crazy Egg covers Heatmaps, Scrollmaps, Confetti Reports, A/B Testing.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

BuzzSumo: What does BuzzSumo cost?

Plans run Content Creation at $199/month, PR & Comms at $299/month, Suite at $499/month, and Enterprise at $999/month, all billed yearly.

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Crazy Egg: How is Crazy Egg priced?

Crazy Egg starts at $29/month for 5,000 tracked pageviews and 50 recordings. Pricing scales to $599/month for Enterprise tier. A/B testing available from $99 plan up. Annual billing required with no monthly option. 30-day free trial available.

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BuzzSumo: Can I cancel my subscription anytime?

Users can cancel at any time, though they remain billed for the full duration of the current subscription period.

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Crazy Egg: What features does Crazy Egg include?

Crazy Egg provides heatmaps showing user clicks and scrolls, session recordings, A/B testing from the Plus tier up, and unlimited domains and team members across all plans.

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BuzzSumo: What does BuzzSumo integrate with?

The PR & Comms plan and above include a Slack integration for sharing mentions and coverage alerts with a team.

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Crazy Egg: Does Crazy Egg offer a free trial?

Yes, Crazy Egg offers a 30-day free trial for all new users to test heatmaps and session recordings before committing to a paid plan.

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BuzzSumo vs Crazy Egg

BuzzSumo

Crazy Egg

The short version

Where they differ

What each one covers

Only in BuzzSumo

Only in Crazy Egg

What people use each for

BuzzSumo

Crazy Egg

Where each one falls short

BuzzSumo

Crazy Egg

Pricing, plan by plan

BuzzSumo

Crazy Egg

Which should you pick?

Choose BuzzSumo if

Choose Crazy Egg if

Questions people ask

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

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