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Crazy Egg vs Podio

Crazy Egg logo

Crazy Egg

Marketing & Analytics

Website optimization with heatmaps

From
$29/month
Rated
-
Podio logo

Podio

Project Management

The flexible team collaboration platform

From
On request
Rated
-

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; Podio the free plan stops at 5 users and 100 items across the whole organisation
  • They diverge on capability: Crazy Egg covers Heatmaps, Podio covers Workspaces.

Where they differ

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

Attributes where Crazy Egg and Podio differ
AttributeCrazy EggPodio
Starting price$29/monthOn request
Pricing modelUnknownfreemium
PlatformsWeb, APIWeb, Ios, Android
CategoryMarketing & AnalyticsProject Management
Founded20062009

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 Podio

  • Workspaces
  • Apps
  • Workflows
  • Tasks
  • Calendar
  • Slack
  • Google Drive
  • Dropbox

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

Podio

  • Building custom workspaces and apps without codenot Crazy Egg
  • Project and task management for a small teamnot Crazy Egg
  • Client collaboration with external users on the paid plansnot Crazy Egg
  • Simple workflow automation between appsnot 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

Podio

  • The free plan stops at 5 users and 100 items across the whole organisation
  • Workflow automation is capped at 25,000 actions a month even on Premium at $19.20 per user
  • API access is a paid add-on from $23 a month, and higher call rates run to $159
  • Extra automation is billed separately, from $39 up to $559 a month
  • Visual reports, email integrations and PDF generation all require Premium

Pricing, plan by plan

Crazy Egg

$29/month

No published plan breakdown. See the Crazy Egg review.

Podio

On request
  • FreeFree
    • 5 employees
    • Basic features
  • Basic$7.2/month
    • Unlimited employees
    • User management
    • Automations

Which should you pick?

Choose Crazy Egg if

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

Choose Podio if

  • You need workspaces.
  • You work on Web, Ios, Android.
  • You also want apps.

Questions people ask

Is Crazy Egg or Podio better?
Neither clearly leads. Crazy Egg starts at $29/month and Podio at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Crazy Egg or Podio?
Crazy Egg starts at $29/month and Podio at On request.
Does Crazy Egg or Podio run on more platforms?
Crazy Egg runs on Web, API. Podio 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 Podio is typically brought in for.
What can Crazy Egg do that Podio cannot?
Crazy Egg covers Heatmaps, Scrollmaps, Confetti Reports, A/B Testing. Podio covers Workspaces, Apps, Workflows, Tasks. 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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