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Crazy Egg vs Pendo

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Crazy Egg

Marketing

Website optimization with heatmaps

From
$29/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Pendo logo

Pendo

Technology

Product analytics and digital adoption platform

From
Free
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Only Pendo 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; Pendo pricing is not publicly available and requires a custom quote
  • They diverge on capability: Crazy Egg covers Heatmaps, Pendo covers Product analytics.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 30 August 2026.

Where they differ

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

Attributes where Crazy Egg and Pendo differ
AttributeCrazy EggPendo
Starting price$29/monthFree
Free tierNoYes
PlatformsWeb, APIWeb, Mobile, Desktop
CategoryMarketingTechnology
Founded20062013

Identical on both: pricing model (Unknown), 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
  • Shopify
  • WordPress
  • Squarespace

Only in Pendo

  • Product analytics
  • In-app messaging
  • User onboarding
  • Feature adoption tracking
  • User feedback
  • NPS surveys
  • Session replay
  • Mobile analytics

Both cover

  • Google Analytics
  • HubSpot

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

Pendo

  • User onboardingnot Crazy Egg
  • Feature adoptionnot Crazy Egg
  • Product analyticsnot Crazy Egg
  • User feedback collectionnot Crazy Egg
  • Digital adoptionnot 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

Pendo

  • Pricing is not publicly available and requires a custom quote
  • Free tier limited to 500 monthly active users

Pricing, plan by plan

Crazy Egg

$29/month

No published plan breakdown. See the Crazy Egg review.

Pendo

Free
  • FreeFree
    • 500 MAU
    • Core analytics
    • In-app guides

Which should you pick?

Choose Crazy Egg if

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

Choose Pendo if

  • You need product analytics.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You work on Web, Mobile, Desktop.
  • You also want in-app messaging.
Pendo review

Questions people ask

Is Crazy Egg or Pendo better?
Neither clearly leads. Crazy Egg starts at $29/month and Pendo at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Crazy Egg or Pendo?
Pendo has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at $29/month for Crazy Egg and Free for Pendo.
Does Crazy Egg or Pendo run on more platforms?
Crazy Egg runs on Web, API. Pendo runs on Web, Mobile, Desktop.
Can I use Pendo for free?
Yes. Pendo 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 Pendo is typically brought in for.
What can Crazy Egg do that Pendo cannot?
Crazy Egg covers Heatmaps, Scrollmaps, Confetti Reports, A/B Testing. Pendo covers Product analytics, In-app messaging, User onboarding, Feature adoption tracking. Both handle Google Analytics, HubSpot.

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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Pendo: Does Pendo have a free tier?

Yes, Pendo Free supports up to 500 monthly active users and includes core product analytics, in-app guides, Pendo-branded roadmaps, and Pendo-branded NPS surveys.

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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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Pendo: What is Pendo's core functionality?

Pendo combines product analytics, in-app guides, session replay, NPS surveys, product discovery, roadmaps, and cross-channel orchestration to measure and improve product adoption.

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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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Pendo: What CRM systems does Pendo integrate with?

Pendo offers two-way integrations with Salesforce, mapping Pendo product usage and sentiment data with Salesforce records, and with HubSpot for contact mapping and campaign orchestration.

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Pendo: What impact does Pendo have on customer retention?

Companies using Pendo for product analytics see on average a 5% reduction in customer churn and report an average 15% increase in net revenue retention.

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