Is Crazy Egg or OBS Studio better?

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

Which is cheaper, Crazy Egg or OBS Studio?

OBS Studio has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at $29/month for Crazy Egg and Free for OBS Studio.

Does Crazy Egg or OBS Studio run on more platforms?

Crazy Egg runs on Web, API. OBS Studio runs on Windows, Macos, Linux.

Can I use OBS Studio for free?

Yes. OBS Studio 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 OBS Studio is typically brought in for.

What can Crazy Egg do that OBS Studio cannot?

Crazy Egg covers Heatmaps, Scrollmaps, Confetti Reports, A/B Testing. OBS Studio covers Real-time video/audio capturing, Scene composition, Audio mixer with filters, Configuration options.

Marketing & Analytics · head to head

Crazy Egg vs OBS Studio

Crazy Egg

Marketing & Analytics

Website optimization with heatmaps

From: $29/month
Rated: -

Full review Website

OBS Studio

Content Creation

Free and open source software for video recording and live streaming

From: Free
Rated: -

Full review Website

The short version

Only OBS Studio 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; OBS Studio the Windows build supports only Windows 10 and 11
They diverge on capability: Crazy Egg covers Heatmaps, OBS Studio covers Real-time video/audio capturing.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Crazy Egg and OBS Studio actually diverge.

Attributes where Crazy Egg and OBS Studio differ
Attribute	Crazy Egg	OBS Studio
Starting price	$29/month	Free
Pricing model	Unknown	free
Free tier	No	Yes
Platforms	Web, API	Windows, Macos, Linux
Category	Marketing & Analytics	Content Creation
Founded	2006	2012

Identical on both: 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 OBS Studio

Real-time video/audio capturing
Scene composition
Audio mixer with filters
Configuration options
Modular 'Dock' UI
Studio mode
Plugin support
Streaming to multiple platforms

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

OBS Studio

Live streaming gameplay or a desktop to Twitch or YouTubenot Crazy Egg
Recording screen and webcam locallynot Crazy Egg
Compositing multiple video and audio sources into scenesnot 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

OBS Studio

The Windows build supports only Windows 10 and 11
The macOS build requires macOS 13.0 or newer
Linux support is distributed as a Flatpak and as a PPA for Ubuntu 24.04 and later rather than official packages for other distributions
Game Capture is a Windows only source

Pricing, plan by plan

Crazy Egg

$29/month

No published plan breakdown. See the Crazy Egg review.

OBS Studio

Free

FreeFree
- Unlimited recording time
- Live streaming to platforms
- Scene composition

Which should you pick?

Choose Crazy Egg if

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

Crazy Egg review

Choose OBS Studio if

You need real-time video/audio capturing.
You want to start without paying.
You work on Windows, Macos, Linux.
You also want scene composition.

OBS Studio review

Questions people ask

Is Crazy Egg or OBS Studio better?: Neither clearly leads. Crazy Egg starts at $29/month and OBS Studio at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Crazy Egg or OBS Studio?: OBS Studio has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at $29/month for Crazy Egg and Free for OBS Studio.
Does Crazy Egg or OBS Studio run on more platforms?: Crazy Egg runs on Web, API. OBS Studio runs on Windows, Macos, Linux.
Can I use OBS Studio for free?: Yes. OBS Studio 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 OBS Studio is typically brought in for.
What can Crazy Egg do that OBS Studio cannot?: Crazy Egg covers Heatmaps, Scrollmaps, Confetti Reports, A/B Testing. OBS Studio covers Real-time video/audio capturing, Scene composition, Audio mixer with filters, Configuration options.

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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Crazy Egg vs OBS Studio

Crazy Egg

OBS Studio

The short version

Where they differ

What each one covers

Only in Crazy Egg

Only in OBS Studio

What people use each for

Crazy Egg

OBS Studio

Where each one falls short

Crazy Egg

OBS Studio

Pricing, plan by plan

Crazy Egg

OBS Studio

Which should you pick?

Choose Crazy Egg if

Choose OBS Studio if

Questions people ask

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

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