Analytics · paid tool
Hotjar alternatives
Heatmaps, session recordings, and surveys for website behaviour.
Free alternatives
Highest score first. The score weighs licence openness, repository activity, traction, feature coverage, and cost; factors without data are left out and the rest are reweighted.
PostHog
Ranking score 98.1/100
Product analytics with funnels, session replay, and feature flags.
- Licence
- MIT
- Platforms
- web, self-hosted
- Self-hostable
- Yes
- Repo activity
- Last release October 24, 2026
- GitHub stars
- 40,453
- Last verified
- October 24, 2026
Why this rank
Score breakdown for PostHog Factor Points Weight Licence opennessMIT licence (open); self-hostable 25 25% Repository activityLast activity 0 day(s) before 2026-10-26 25 25% Popularity40453 GitHub stars 19.6 20% Feature coverage12 of 12 curated capability tags covered 20 20% Costopen-core pricing model 8.5 10% Points add up to the score. Factors without data are left out and the remaining weights are renormalised.
Matomo
Ranking score 93.7/100
Full web analytics platform with heatmaps and self-hosting.
- Licence
- GPL-3.0
- Platforms
- web, self-hosted
- Self-hostable
- Yes
- Repo activity
- Last release October 22, 2026
- GitHub stars
- 21,983
- Last verified
- October 24, 2026
Why this rank
Score breakdown for Matomo Factor Points Weight Licence opennessGPL-3.0 licence (open); self-hostable 25 25% Repository activityLast activity 0 day(s) before 2026-10-26 25 25% Popularity21983 GitHub stars 18.5 20% Feature coverage15 of 18 curated capability tags covered 16.7 20% Costopen-core pricing model 8.5 10% Points add up to the score. Factors without data are left out and the remaining weights are renormalised.
OpenReplay
Ranking score 86/100
Self-hosted session replay and product analytics for web apps.
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
- Platforms
- web, self-hosted
- Self-hostable
- Yes
- Repo activity
- Last release September 25, 2026
- GitHub stars
- 13,054
- Last verified
- October 24, 2026
Why this rank
Score breakdown for OpenReplay Factor Points Weight Licence opennessAGPL-3.0 licence (open); self-hostable 25 25% Repository activityLast activity 0 day(s) before 2026-10-26 25 25% Popularity13054 GitHub stars 17.5 20% Feature coverage6 of 12 curated capability tags covered 10 20% Costopen-core pricing model 8.5 10% Points add up to the score. Factors without data are left out and the remaining weights are renormalised.