Marketing & Analytics · head to head
Crazy Egg vs Convert
Crazy Egg
Marketing & Analytics
Website optimization with heatmaps
- From
- $29/month
- Rated
- -
Convert
Marketing & Analytics
A/B testing platform for enterprises
- From
- $1000/month
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Each has a real cost: Crazy Egg the Starter plan at $29 a month covers 5,000 pageviews and 50 snapshots, which a modest site exhausts quickly; Convert pricing is driven by monthly tested users, starting at $399 per month for 100,000 monthly tested users on Growth and $599 on Pro
- They diverge on capability: Crazy Egg covers Heatmaps, Convert covers A/B testing.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Crazy Egg and Convert actually diverge.
Identical on both: free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Marketing & Analytics).
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 Crazy Egg
- Heatmaps
- Scrollmaps
- Confetti Reports
- A/B Testing
- Session Recordings
- Shopify
- WordPress
- Squarespace
Only in Convert
- A/B testing
- Multivariate testing
- Analytics
- API access
- SSL encryption
- Cloud deployment
- English language support
Both cover
- Google Analytics
- Web support
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Crazy Egg
- Click, scroll and move heatmaps on a pagenot Convert
- Session recordings to see where visitors strugglenot Convert
- A/B testing page variantsnot Convert
- Snapshot reports comparing behaviour over timenot Convert
Convert
- A/B, split and multivariate testing on websitesnot Crazy Egg
- Server-side experimentation and feature flaggingnot Crazy Egg
- Personalising site content to visitor segmentsnot Crazy Egg
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
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
Convert
- Pricing is driven by monthly tested users, starting at $399 per month for 100,000 monthly tested users on Growth and $599 on Pro
- Single Sign-On requires the Pro plan at $599 per month
- Multivariate testing, multi-page testing, full stack and feature flags, sequential testing and raw test data export are all withheld from the Growth plan
- Phone support, change history and guided onboarding require Pro
- The advertised $299 and $420 per month rates require paying the full year up front at $3,588 or $5,040
- The Enterprise plan is price on request, is only available as an annual plan, and its data segregation feature carries additional costs
- Listed prices exclude VAT, GST and other taxes, which are added at checkout
- Above 5 million monthly tested users there is no published rate
Pricing, plan by plan
Crazy Egg
$29/monthNo published plan breakdown. See the Crazy Egg review.
Convert
$1000/month- Professional$1000/month
- A/B testing
- Analytics
- API access
Which should you pick?
Questions people ask
- Is Crazy Egg or Convert better?
- Neither clearly leads. Crazy Egg starts at $29/month and Convert at $1000/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Crazy Egg or Convert?
- Crazy Egg starts at $29/month and Convert at $1000/month.
- Does Crazy Egg or Convert run on more platforms?
- Crazy Egg runs on Web, API. Convert runs on Web.
- What is Crazy Egg best used for?
- Crazy Egg is most often used for click, scroll and move heatmaps on a page, session recordings to see where visitors struggle, a/b testing page variants, snapshot reports comparing behaviour over time. Of those, click, scroll and move heatmaps on a page and session recordings to see where visitors struggle are not what Convert is typically brought in for.
- What can Crazy Egg do that Convert cannot?
- Crazy Egg covers Heatmaps, Scrollmaps, Confetti Reports, A/B Testing. Convert covers A/B testing, Multivariate testing, Analytics, API access. Both handle Google Analytics, Web support.
Answered from the vendors’ own pages
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.
SourceCrazy 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.
SourceCrazy 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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