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Smartlook

Overview

See how people are really using your site, and uncover insights to make the right changes. With Hotjar's all-in-one digital experience insights platform, you'll get to know your users at every step of their journey, through interviews, behavioral insights, and frequent feedback.

Smarlook is a qualitative analytics solution for websites & mobile apps with always-on recordings, heatmaps, automatic event, & funnels

  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials
  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials

Video & Screenshots

No videos yet

Pricing

Starting from

40

Per month

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

Starting from

55

Per month

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

User reviews

4.6

546

5

4

3

2

1

368

160

15

1

2

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
83%
would recommend this app

4.7

136

5

4

3

2

1

100

30

5

1

0

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
91%
would recommend this app

Pros

“Hotjar provides solid insights into user interactions on your website and converts that into data you can use to increase conversion rate optimization.”
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David V.

Lead Developer

“We have gained much better insights about customer behaviour, identifying web friction points, and enhancing lead generation and retention strategies.”
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Peter C.

Regional Director of Business Development

“Great for getting a pulse on the busy parts (and the dead parts) of your pages. and browsing paths of your vistiors).”
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Samuel P.

PPC Analyst

Pros

“the dasboard metrics are not entirely customizable”
TC

Tarnika C.

Product Operations Manager

“In particular, I really appreciate the real-time chat that allows to improve the conversion rate for those users who are not sure to get registered on your website.”
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Maria L.

COO

“It includes a mobile app, is accessible for free, and offers premium customers access to additional tools and functions, which is really helpful to me.”
AT

Atour T.

Analyst

Cons

“We were disappointed when their pricing model changed to require more investment to cover the same number of domains.”
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Sarah F.

Marketing Technologist

“Screen recording is not perfect, many of our dom interactions were not recorded leading to us identify them as bugs.”
BG

Bharat G.

VP, Enginnering

“The cost is way too high to scale up for an enterprise company.”
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Sarah F.

Marketing Technologist

Cons

“The tool does not work will when you have additional JS files in the page.”
KP

Khushbu P.

SEO Executive

“The least things about smartlook is that it doesn't show accurate data of cities.”
TI

Tariq I.

Full Stack Developer

“I do not like that all data is blocked after 1500 monthly visits on the free version — for all websites contained in one account.”
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Sean M.

Owner — Digital Marketing

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  • Last review4 days ago
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  • Last review2 years ago

Key features

  • Total features108
  • A/B Testing
  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Annotations
  • Application Management
  • Audience Targeting
  • Audit Trail
  • Behavior Analytics
  • Behavior Tracking
  • Behavioral Analytics
  • CSAT Survey Structure
  • Campaign Tracking
  • Charting
  • Click Tracking
  • Cohort Analysis
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Commenting/Notes
  • Communication Management
  • Conversion Rate Optimization
  • Conversion Tracking
  • Customer Activity Tracking
  • Customer Experience Management
  • Customer History
  • Customer Journey Mapping
  • Customer Profiles
  • Customer Segmentation
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Fields
  • Customizable Forms
  • Customizable Questions
  • Customizable Reports
  • Customizable Templates
  • Dashboard
  • Data Analysis Tools
  • Data Coding
  • Data Import/Export
  • Data Storage Management
  • Data Visualization
  • Demographic Data
  • Drag & Drop
  • Dynamic Content
  • Element Analytics
  • Email Reminders
  • Engagement Tracking
  • Feedback Management
  • For Mobile
  • For Sales Teams/Organizations
  • For Websites
  • Funnel Analysis
  • Geotargeting
  • Heatmaps
  • In-App Events Tracking
  • Incident Management
  • Interactive Reports
  • Issue Management
  • Issue Tracking
  • KPI Monitoring
  • Keyword Tracking
  • Knowledge Management
  • Media Analytics
  • Mobile Access
  • Mobile Survey
  • Moderated Usability Testing
  • Monitoring
  • Multi-Channel Attribution
  • Multi-Channel Communication
  • Multi-Channel Data Collection
  • Multi-Channel Distribution
  • Multi-Language
  • Multiple Site Management
  • Multiple User Accounts
  • NPS Survey Structure
  • Negative Feedback Management
  • Pageview Tracking
  • Performance Metrics
  • Predictive Analytics
  • Problem Area Alerts
  • Product Data Management
  • Prototype Creation
  • Qualitative Comparative Analysis
  • Quantitative Analysis
  • Quantitative Metrics
  • Question Branching
  • Question Library
  • Randomization
  • Real-Time Analytics
  • Real-Time Data
  • Real-Time Monitoring
  • Real-Time Notifications
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Referral Tracking
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Retention Tracking
  • Screen Activity Recording
  • Scroll Maps
  • Search/Filter
  • Sentiment Analysis
  • Session Recording
  • Single Sign On
  • Site Intercept Survey
  • Site Search Tracking
  • Skip Logic
  • Software Testing Management
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Survey Builder
  • Survey/Poll Management
  • Surveys & Feedback
  • Tagging
  • Template Management
  • Templates
  • Text Analysis
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Time on Site Tracking
  • Transaction Monitoring
  • Trend Analysis
  • URL Customization
  • Usability Testing
  • Usage Tracking/Analytics
  • User Interaction Tracking
  • User Journeys
  • User Research Analysis
  • Video Support
  • Video recording/Transcriptions
  • Visitor Tracking
  • Visual Analytics
  • Visualization
  • Web Traffic Reporting
  • Website Analytics
  • Widgets
  • Total features72
  • A/B Testing
  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Annotations
  • Application Management
  • Audience Targeting
  • Audit Trail
  • Behavior Analytics
  • Behavior Tracking
  • Behavioral Analytics
  • CSAT Survey Structure
  • Campaign Tracking
  • Charting
  • Click Tracking
  • Cohort Analysis
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Commenting/Notes
  • Communication Management
  • Conversion Rate Optimization
  • Conversion Tracking
  • Customer Activity Tracking
  • Customer Experience Management
  • Customer History
  • Customer Journey Mapping
  • Customer Profiles
  • Customer Segmentation
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Fields
  • Customizable Forms
  • Customizable Questions
  • Customizable Reports
  • Customizable Templates
  • Dashboard
  • Data Analysis Tools
  • Data Coding
  • Data Import/Export
  • Data Storage Management
  • Data Visualization
  • Demographic Data
  • Drag & Drop
  • Dynamic Content
  • Element Analytics
  • Email Reminders
  • Engagement Tracking
  • Feedback Management
  • For Mobile
  • For Sales Teams/Organizations
  • For Websites
  • Funnel Analysis
  • Geotargeting
  • Heatmaps
  • In-App Events Tracking
  • Incident Management
  • Interactive Reports
  • Issue Management
  • Issue Tracking
  • KPI Monitoring
  • Keyword Tracking
  • Knowledge Management
  • Media Analytics
  • Mobile Access
  • Mobile Survey
  • Moderated Usability Testing
  • Monitoring
  • Multi-Channel Attribution
  • Multi-Channel Communication
  • Multi-Channel Data Collection
  • Multi-Channel Distribution
  • Multi-Language
  • Multiple Site Management
  • Multiple User Accounts
  • NPS Survey Structure
  • Negative Feedback Management
  • Pageview Tracking
  • Performance Metrics
  • Predictive Analytics
  • Problem Area Alerts
  • Product Data Management
  • Prototype Creation
  • Qualitative Comparative Analysis
  • Quantitative Analysis
  • Quantitative Metrics
  • Question Branching
  • Question Library
  • Randomization
  • Real-Time Analytics
  • Real-Time Data
  • Real-Time Monitoring
  • Real-Time Notifications
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Referral Tracking
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Retention Tracking
  • Screen Activity Recording
  • Scroll Maps
  • Search/Filter
  • Sentiment Analysis
  • Session Recording
  • Single Sign On
  • Site Intercept Survey
  • Site Search Tracking
  • Skip Logic
  • Software Testing Management
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Survey Builder
  • Survey/Poll Management
  • Surveys & Feedback
  • Tagging
  • Template Management
  • Templates
  • Text Analysis
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Time on Site Tracking
  • Transaction Monitoring
  • Trend Analysis
  • URL Customization
  • Usability Testing
  • Usage Tracking/Analytics
  • User Interaction Tracking
  • User Journeys
  • User Research Analysis
  • Video Support
  • Video recording/Transcriptions
  • Visitor Tracking
  • Visual Analytics
  • Visualization
  • Web Traffic Reporting
  • Website Analytics
  • Widgets

Integrations

  • Total integrations63
  • AB Tasty
  • Adobe Commerce
  • Aha!
  • Airtable
  • Amplitude
  • Appcues
  • Asana
  • Authoritas
  • Basecamp
  • BigCommerce
  • ClickFunnels
  • ClickUp
  • Contentsquare
  • Drip
  • Drupal
  • Firebase
  • Freshdesk
  • Freshpaint
  • Google Analytics 360
  • HelpDocs
  • HubSpot CRM
  • HubSpot Content Hub
  • HubSpot Marketing Hub
  • HubSpot Sales Hub
  • Instapage
  • Jimdo
  • Jira
  • Joomla
  • Kajabi
  • Kameleoon
  • Kartra
  • Kissmetrics
  • Kit
  • Leadpages
  • Linear
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Miro
  • Mixpanel
  • MySQL
  • Omniconvert
  • OpenCart
  • Pipedrive
  • Piwik PRO
  • Podio
  • PrestaShop
  • Productboard
  • QuickSilk
  • RudderStack
  • Shopify
  • Shopify Plus
  • Slack
  • Smartsheet
  • Squarespace
  • Tealium Customer Data Hub
  • Todoist
  • Tray.io
  • Trello
  • Trustpilot
  • Twilio Segment
  • Unbounce
  • Webflow
  • Weebly
  • Wix
  • WooCommerce
  • WordPress
  • Zapier
  • Zendesk Suite
  • Total integrations19
  • AB Tasty
  • Adobe Commerce
  • Aha!
  • Airtable
  • Amplitude
  • Appcues
  • Asana
  • Authoritas
  • Basecamp
  • BigCommerce
  • ClickFunnels
  • ClickUp
  • Contentsquare
  • Drip
  • Drupal
  • Firebase
  • Freshdesk
  • Freshpaint
  • Google Analytics 360
  • HelpDocs
  • HubSpot CRM
  • HubSpot Content Hub
  • HubSpot Marketing Hub
  • HubSpot Sales Hub
  • Instapage
  • Jimdo
  • Jira
  • Joomla
  • Kajabi
  • Kameleoon
  • Kartra
  • Kissmetrics
  • Kit
  • Leadpages
  • Linear
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Miro
  • Mixpanel
  • MySQL
  • Omniconvert
  • OpenCart
  • Pipedrive
  • Piwik PRO
  • Podio
  • PrestaShop
  • Productboard
  • QuickSilk
  • RudderStack
  • Shopify
  • Shopify Plus
  • Slack
  • Smartsheet
  • Squarespace
  • Tealium Customer Data Hub
  • Todoist
  • Tray.io
  • Trello
  • Trustpilot
  • Twilio Segment
  • Unbounce
  • Webflow
  • Weebly
  • Wix
  • WooCommerce
  • WordPress
  • Zapier
  • Zendesk Suite