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Crazy Egg vs Melio

Crazy Egg logo

Crazy Egg

Software

Website optimization with heatmaps

From
$29/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Melio logo

Melio

Software

Simple business payments

From
Free
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Only Melio has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
  • 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; Melio go (free) plan limited to one user only
  • They diverge on capability: Crazy Egg covers Heatmaps, Melio covers Vendor payments.

Where they differ

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

Attributes where Crazy Egg and Melio differ
AttributeCrazy EggMelio
Starting price$29/monthFree
Pricing modelUnknownfreemium
Free tierNoYes
PlatformsWeb, APIWeb, Mobile app
Founded20062018

Identical on both: user rating (Not yet rated), category (Unknown).

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 Melio

  • Vendor payments
  • Card to check
  • Payment scheduling
  • Approval workflows
  • QuickBooks sync
  • QuickBooks
  • Xero
  • FreshBooks

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

Melio

  • Accounts payable automationnot Crazy Egg
  • Bill management and payment schedulingnot Crazy Egg
  • Multi-vendor payment processingnot Crazy Egg
  • Invoice receivables and payment collectionnot 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

Melio

  • Go (free) plan limited to one user only
  • ACH charges £0.50 per transaction beyond monthly allowance (5-50 free depending on plan)
  • Card payment fees range from 2.9% to 2.9% plus £75 maximum
  • International payments limited to select currencies only
  • NetSuite integration only available in Unlimited plan (£80/month minimum)

Pricing, plan by plan

Crazy Egg

$29/month

No published plan breakdown. See the Crazy Egg review.

Melio

Free

No published plan breakdown. See the Melio 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 Melio if

  • You need vendor payments.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You work on Web, Mobile app.
  • You also want card to check.
Melio review

Questions people ask

Is Crazy Egg or Melio better?
Neither clearly leads. Crazy Egg starts at $29/month and Melio at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Crazy Egg or Melio?
Melio has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at $29/month for Crazy Egg and Free for Melio.
Does Crazy Egg or Melio run on more platforms?
Crazy Egg runs on Web, API. Melio runs on Web, Mobile app.
Can I use Melio for free?
Yes. Melio has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Crazy Egg starts at $29/month.
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 Melio is typically brought in for.
What can Crazy Egg do that Melio cannot?
Crazy Egg covers Heatmaps, Scrollmaps, Confetti Reports, A/B Testing. Melio covers Vendor payments, Card to check, Payment scheduling, Approval workflows. 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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