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Crazy Egg vs GlossGenius

Crazy Egg logo

Crazy Egg

Marketing & Analytics

Website optimization with heatmaps

From
$29/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
GlossGenius logo

GlossGenius

Scheduling & Booking

Beautiful booking for beauty pros

From
$24/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

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; GlossGenius card payments are charged at a flat 2.6 percent, and instant payouts cost a further 1.8 percent
  • They diverge on capability: Crazy Egg covers Heatmaps, GlossGenius covers Custom booking pages.

Where they differ

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

Attributes where Crazy Egg and GlossGenius differ
AttributeCrazy EggGlossGenius
Starting price$29/month$24/month
Pricing modelUnknownsubscription
PlatformsWeb, APIWeb, Ios, Android
CategoryMarketing & AnalyticsScheduling & Booking
Founded20062016

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 Crazy Egg

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

Only in GlossGenius

  • Custom booking pages
  • Payment processing
  • Client management
  • Automated reminders
  • Marketing tools
  • Website builder
  • Reports & insights
  • Gift cards

Both cover

  • 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 GlossGenius
  • Session recordings to see where visitors strugglenot GlossGenius
  • A/B testing page variantsnot GlossGenius
  • Snapshot reports comparing behaviour over timenot GlossGenius

GlossGenius

  • Appointment booking and calendar management for salonsnot Crazy Egg
  • Card payments and tipping at the chairnot Crazy Egg
  • Client records, forms and waiversnot Crazy Egg
  • Memberships and prepaid packagesnot Crazy Egg
  • Medspa charting and photo markup on the clinical plansnot 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

GlossGenius

  • Card payments are charged at a flat 2.6 percent, and instant payouts cost a further 1.8 percent
  • Forms and waivers, waitlists and Google booking need the Gold plan at $56 a month
  • Team analytics, custom commissions and unlimited team members require Platinum at $168 a month
  • The medspa plans start where the beauty Platinum plan does, at $168 a month, rising to $298 for the full clinical suite
  • Payroll is a separate add-on at $40 a month plus $6 per staff member

Pricing, plan by plan

Crazy Egg

$29/month

No published plan breakdown. See the Crazy Egg review.

GlossGenius

$24/month
  • Standard$24/month
    • Custom booking site
    • Unlimited appointments
    • Client management
  • Gold$48/month
    • Everything in Standard
    • Marketing suite
    • Advanced analytics

Which should you pick?

Choose Crazy Egg if

  • You need heatmaps.
  • You work on Web, API.
  • You also want scrollmaps.
Crazy Egg review

Choose GlossGenius if

  • You need custom booking pages.
  • You work on Web, Ios, Android.
  • You also want payment processing.
GlossGenius review

Questions people ask

Is Crazy Egg or GlossGenius better?
Neither clearly leads. Crazy Egg starts at $29/month and GlossGenius at $24/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Crazy Egg or GlossGenius?
Crazy Egg starts at $29/month and GlossGenius at $24/month.
Does Crazy Egg or GlossGenius run on more platforms?
Crazy Egg runs on Web, API. GlossGenius runs on Web, Ios, Android.
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 GlossGenius is typically brought in for.
What can Crazy Egg do that GlossGenius cannot?
Crazy Egg covers Heatmaps, Scrollmaps, Confetti Reports, A/B Testing. GlossGenius covers Custom booking pages, Payment processing, Client management, Automated reminders. Both handle 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.

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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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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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