Heatlens vs Hotjar
Hotjar is now part of Contentsquare. Facts checked on 9 October 2026, from the pages listed below.
Hotjar became part of Contentsquare, and new Hotjar accounts can no longer be created: its heatmaps and session replay now come with Contentsquare's plans. Heatlens takes another route: heatmaps that run inside the Matomo you host, bought once.
| Heatlens | Hotjar / Contentsquare | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | €299 excl. VAT, once, per Matomo instance, for any number of users | Free plan up to 200,000 sessions a month; paid plans are subscriptions priced by sessions, Growth plan from $49, billed in euros in the EU |
| Where the data is stored | In your own Matomo database, on your server | Contentsquare's cloud: Ireland on Free and Growth plans, Ireland or the USA on Pro and Enterprise |
| Who controls the data | You. Coderise never receives it | You, with Hotjar acting as your processor |
| Traffic limits | None set by us: campaigns use sampling and caps you choose | Monthly session quota per plan; heatmap data stops when the quota is reached, until the monthly reset |
| Masking | Form fields and marked elements, plus emails and long digit sequences, masked in the browser | Text typed into inputs never collected; number sequences suppressed by default; text suppression is a setting |
| Session recordings | No | Yes (on the free plan, 5% of sessions, up to 10,000) |
| Surveys and funnels | No | Yes |
| Self-hosting | Yes, on Matomo On-Premise 5.14.1+ or 6 | No |
When Hotjar / Contentsquare is the better choice
- You want a full experience-analytics suite: session replay, surveys, funnels and AI summaries.
- You prefer a hosted service and don't run Matomo.
- A monthly subscription that grows with your traffic suits your budget.
When Heatlens is the better choice
- You already run Matomo On-Premise and want heatmaps in the same place, with the same consent flow.
- Visitor behaviour must stay on your own servers, with no third-party cloud or sub-processors.
- You'd rather pay once than follow a session quota every month.
Sources
- Hotjar is now part of Contentsquare: contentsquare.com/hotjar
- Contentsquare pricing, consulted 9 October 2026: contentsquare.com/pricing
- Contentsquare sub-processors, June 2026: contentsquare.com/privacy-center/subprocessors
- Hotjar privacy FAQ: help.hotjar.com/…/Privacy-FAQs
Hotjar and Contentsquare are trademarks of their respective owners. Heatlens is not affiliated with them. Something out of date? Tell us at contact@coderise.fr and we will correct it.