Data & Analytics
Hotjar
Last updated 2026-08-03 · benchmark measured 2026-08-03 — deterministic & reproducible
Hotjar (Contentsquare) is a digital experience analytics platform with heatmaps, session replays, and surveys.
Is Hotjar production-ready?
Legit.Show scores Hotjar 79 out of 100 — the simple average of its 7 measured frames. Legit.Show ran its deterministic 7-Frame production-readiness benchmark on Hotjar (public-surface assessment), measured from the public surface with no LLM in the scoring path. Its strongest frame is Privacy; its weakest is Security. Every frame it averages is published with its evidence on the Legit.Show listing.
The 7 Frames
- Performance — 52/100
- Accessibility — 93/100
- Security — 45/100
- Privacy — 100/100
- Reliability — 100/100
- Standards — 76/100
- Discoverability — 85/100
What we measured
- Security headers present: HSTS.
- No Content-Security-Policy.
- Served over HTTPS with a valid certificate.
- Real Lighthouse performance run — 576 ms to first byte.
- Returns a proper 404 for unknown routes.
- 3 of 3 sampled routes reachable.
- Has a reachable privacy policy.
- Sets cookies / loads scripts with no consent prompt.
Who it's for
Website owners · Product teams · UX researchers · Digital marketers · Conversion optimization specialists
Pricing
Free plan available; Growth plan at $49/month; pay monthly or yearly options