Is Crazy Egg or Hootsuite better?

Neither clearly leads. Crazy Egg starts at $29/month and Hootsuite at $99/year, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.

Which is cheaper, Crazy Egg or Hootsuite?

Crazy Egg starts at $29/month and Hootsuite at $99/year.

Does Crazy Egg or Hootsuite run on more platforms?

Crazy Egg runs on Web, API. Hootsuite 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 Hootsuite is typically brought in for.

What can Crazy Egg do that Hootsuite cannot?

Crazy Egg covers Heatmaps, Scrollmaps, Confetti Reports, A/B Testing. Hootsuite covers Content scheduling, Social inbox, Content calendar, Analytics & reporting.

Marketing · head to head

Crazy Egg vs Hootsuite

Crazy Egg

Marketing

Website optimization with heatmaps

From: $29/month
Rated: -

Full review Website

Hootsuite

Marketing

Save time and grow on social media

From: $99/year
Rated: -

Full review Website

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; Hootsuite no free tier available; minimum cost is $99/user/year annually
They diverge on capability: Crazy Egg covers Heatmaps, Hootsuite covers Content scheduling.

Where they differ

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

Attributes where Crazy Egg and Hootsuite differ
Attribute	Crazy Egg	Hootsuite
Starting price	$29/month	$99/year
Platforms	Web, API	Web
Founded	2006	2008

Identical on both: pricing model (Unknown), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Marketing).

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 Hootsuite

Content scheduling
Social inbox
Content calendar
Analytics & reporting
Social listening
Team collaboration
Approval workflows
Bulk scheduling

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

Hootsuite

Social media schedulingnot Crazy Egg
Community managementnot Crazy Egg
Social advertisingnot Crazy Egg
Analytics & reportingnot Crazy Egg
Team collaborationnot 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

Hootsuite

No free tier available; minimum cost is $99/user/year annually
Monthly billing significantly more expensive than annual (20-30% premium)
Advanced data export via SFTP available only to Enterprise tier customers

Pricing, plan by plan

Crazy Egg

$29/month

No published plan breakdown. See the Crazy Egg review.

Hootsuite

$99/year

No published plan breakdown. See the Hootsuite review.

Which should you pick?

Choose Crazy Egg if

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

Crazy Egg review

Choose Hootsuite if

You need content scheduling.
You also want social inbox.

Hootsuite review

Questions people ask

Is Crazy Egg or Hootsuite better?: Neither clearly leads. Crazy Egg starts at $29/month and Hootsuite at $99/year, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Crazy Egg or Hootsuite?: Crazy Egg starts at $29/month and Hootsuite at $99/year.
Does Crazy Egg or Hootsuite run on more platforms?: Crazy Egg runs on Web, API. Hootsuite 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 Hootsuite is typically brought in for.
What can Crazy Egg do that Hootsuite cannot?: Crazy Egg covers Heatmaps, Scrollmaps, Confetti Reports, A/B Testing. Hootsuite covers Content scheduling, Social inbox, Content calendar, Analytics & reporting.

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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Hootsuite: What is Hootsuite's pricing structure?

Hootsuite offers four annual plans: Standard at $99/user/year, Professional at $199/user/year, Advanced at $399/user/year, and Enterprise with custom pricing. Monthly billing is available at 20-30% higher cost.

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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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Hootsuite: Does Hootsuite offer a free tier?

No. Hootsuite does not offer a free tier or freemium plan. A 30-day trial is available, and skipping the trial provides 25% off annual 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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Hootsuite: How many integrations does Hootsuite support?

Hootsuite advertises support for over 100 integrations, claiming more than any other social media management platform.

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Hootsuite: Can users export their data from Hootsuite?

Yes. Hootsuite offers Advanced Analytics data export as CSV files to SFTP folders for Enterprise users, with daily exports and 90-day retention. Standard and Professional plans have more limited export capabilities.

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Hootsuite: Does Hootsuite offer API access?

Yes. Hootsuite provides a REST API for building custom applications and integrations, though API capabilities vary by plan level.

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Hootsuite: Does Hootsuite offer self-hosted or on-premise deployment?

No. Hootsuite is a cloud-based SaaS platform only. There is no self-hosted or on-premise deployment option available.

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Crazy Egg vs Hootsuite

Crazy Egg

Hootsuite

The short version

Where they differ

What each one covers

Only in Crazy Egg

Only in Hootsuite

What people use each for

Crazy Egg

Hootsuite

Where each one falls short

Crazy Egg

Hootsuite

Pricing, plan by plan

Crazy Egg

Hootsuite

Which should you pick?

Choose Crazy Egg if

Choose Hootsuite if

Questions people ask

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

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