HEATMAPS / SESSION REPLAY

Which heatmap and session replay tool is worth paying for on a small site, what its limits count and when a free tool is enough, read from vendor pages.

Independent guides for owners of small WordPress, Shopify and Wix sites: which heatmap and replay tool to pay for, what limits count and when free is enough.

Bottom linePlerdy is a heatmap and session replay service with a free plan and limits counted per tool. Whether it beats a rival or a free tool depends on your traffic, your platform and the features you need. These guides read the vendors' own pages and show what each meter counts and where each free plan stops.

✓ 18 sources recorded↻ Last materially reviewed 2026-10-30↗ Limitations included

Best for: Small shops and lead-generation sites that want heatmaps, recordings and funnels in one accountStart with: Plerdy review & pricingBuilt around: evidence → fit → action

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Built forSmall WordPress, Shopify, Wix sites

Free options5 of the 7 tools compared

Trial (vendor)Plerdy 14 days

CheckedOct 30, 2026

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What matters before the feature list.

These field notes explain the product, workflow, and tradeoffs that can change the decision.

Field note

Who Heatmap Replay Desk is for

Heatmap Replay Desk is an independent guide for owners of small WordPress, Shopify and Wix sites that get visits but few sales, and who are comparing a free tool against a paid one. It asks what a heatmap or session replay tool really costs as traffic grows, which free plan is enough, and how to read a heatmap and a recording to find where visitors leave. Everything here is read from vendor pages, help articles and terms, plus usability research, dated October 30, 2026. Start with the Plerdy pricing guide or go straight to the steps for reading a heatmap.

Field note

Where Plerdy fits and where it does not

Plerdy is a heatmap and session replay service with a free plan, a 14-day trial and plans sized by daily heatmap page views and a total of video sessions. It can suit a small shop or lead-generation site that wants heatmaps, recordings and funnels in one account. Its limits are counted per tool, and its free plan opens heatmaps on three pages. The review covers the limits, and Plerdy vs Hotjar sets it beside the product that moved to Contentsquare.

Field note

Check the meter before you pay for a tool

Heatmap tools count different things: monthly sessions, tracked pageviews, daily page views or recorded sessions. The same site produces a different number under each, and the free allowances differ. The best heatmap tools for a website guide sorts seven tools by what they count, and what is Plerdy explains how the lead tool works.

Field note

How these pages are sourced

Plan facts come from each vendor's own pages and are dated, because plans, limits and meters change. Where a vendor page is silent, the guide says the page does not state it. Vendor results and customer figures are the vendors' own claims and are labeled that way, in line with the FTC's endorsement guides. Prices stay on the vendors' live pages and are not repeated here. Nielsen Norman Group's eye-tracking research and the vendors' own guides shape the reading advice. This is not legal advice, and results depend on your own site.

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01 · 4 guides

Plerdy review, pricing and what it is

What Plerdy is, what its plans count, what its free plan allows and where its limits start, read from the vendor's own pages on October 30, 2026.

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Heatmap tools compared by name

Plerdy and Hotjar side by side from each vendor's published pages, plus a shortlist of seven tools sorted by what they count and what their free plan allows.

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Best heatmap tools for small sites

Seven heatmap and session replay tools grouped by what they count, what their free plan allows and which site they fit, plus the order for reading the data.

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How to read heatmaps and recordings to find the leak

Step-by-step help for reading a scroll map, a click map and session recordings, and for installing and checking a heatmap script.

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Evidence strength

Read from the vendor, dated, with limits stated.

Every plan fact is dated and linked to the vendor page it came from.

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Buying guide

Which heatmap and session replay tool is worth paying for on a small site, what its limits count and when a free tool is enough, read from vendor pages.

What matters before the feature list.

Who Heatmap Replay Desk is for

Where Plerdy fits and where it does not

Check the meter before you pay for a tool

How these pages are sourced

What are you deciding?

Plerdy review, pricing and what it is

Heatmap tools compared by name

Best heatmap tools for small sites

How to read heatmaps and recordings to find the leak

Read from the vendor, dated, with limits stated.

Check the meter. Then judge the tool.

Plerdy review: what its heatmaps and session replay cover, where the limits start and who it fits

Plerdy pricing: how its seven plans are sized, what each limit counts and what the free plan allows

What is Plerdy? A heatmap and session replay tool explained, with what it does and what it leaves to other tools

Plerdy vs Hotjar: how each counts usage, what happened to Hotjar accounts and who should pick which

Best heatmap tools for a website: seven tools grouped by what they count, what their free plan allows and who they fit

How to read a website heatmap: scroll map, click map and recordings, step by step