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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (52.1% of reviews)
Mid-Market (45.5% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free 35 Daily sessions
$25/user/month* (billed annually)
Hotjar
Star Rating
(328)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (52.1% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free 35 Daily sessions
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Star Rating
(3,816)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (45.5% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$25/user/month* (billed annually)
Free Trial is available
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AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- G2 reviewers report that Salesforce Platform excels in its customizability and flexibility, allowing users to create tailored solutions with its low-code tools. Users appreciate how this empowers non-technical staff to build applications, significantly reducing IT backlogs.
- Users say that Hotjar provides clear visibility into user behavior through its heatmaps and session recordings, which help teams understand how visitors interact with their websites. This feature is particularly praised for offering insights that traditional analytics tools may miss.
- Reviewers mention that Salesforce Platform's centralized data management is a standout feature, enabling users to track metrics, manage customer data, and handle communication all in one place. This integration is highlighted as a major time-saver for daily operations.
- According to verified reviews, Hotjar is noted for its ease of setup and user-friendliness. Users find the dashboard straightforward, making it accessible for teams looking to quickly implement UX metrics without a steep learning curve.
- G2 reviewers highlight that while Salesforce Platform has a robust feature set, some users face challenges with its implementation process, particularly when it comes to configuring the software to meet specific workflow needs.
- Users report that both platforms offer solid support, but Salesforce Platform's extensive resources and community engagement provide an edge for users seeking help with complex configurations, while Hotjar's support is appreciated for its responsiveness and clarity.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Hotjar
Observe Basic
Free
35 Daily sessions
Visualize user behavior with Heatmaps and see what your users see with Recordings.
- Automatic data capture
- Unlimited heatmaps
- Up to 1,050 sessions/month
Salesforce Platform
Platform Starter
$25
/user/month* (billed annually)
Users access apps built with the following services:
- Access 10 custom objects
- 200 APIs calls /user/day
- Lightning App Builder
Free Trial
Hotjar
Free Trial is available
Salesforce Platform
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.7
255
8.9
2,233
Ease of Use
8.9
258
8.5
2,997
Ease of Setup
8.9
119
8.4
1,791
Ease of Admin
8.9
110
8.5
772
Quality of Support
8.5
175
8.5
1,995
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.7
97
8.8
768
Product Direction (% positive)
8.1
251
8.7
2,201
Features by Category
Metrics
8.7
25
Not enough data
9.1
27
Not enough data
9.0
24
Not enough data
9.1
23
Not enough data
8.8
20
Not enough data
8.6
19
Not enough data
8.7
17
Not enough data
8.9
20
Not enough data
8.9
25
Not enough data
Reporting
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.9
19
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.1
20
Not enough data
8.5
19
Not enough data
8.2
17
Not enough data
8.8
21
Not enough data
Other
8.0
24
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.6
17
Not enough data
8.1
15
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Digital Analytics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Administration
8.2
70
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.9
139
Not enough data
8.8
139
Not enough data
User Response Methods
8.8
47
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
41
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
15
Not enough data
8.7
26
Not enough data
8.3
30
|
Verified
Not enough data
Participant Selection
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.6
36
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.2
15
Not enough data
Insights
8.8
52
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
38
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
39
|
Verified
Not enough data
Generative AI
7.7
5
Not enough data
User Behavior
9.0
70
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
71
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
50
|
Verified
Not enough data
A/B Testing
9.1
36
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
36
Not enough data
8.8
48
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
36
|
Verified
Not enough data
Visitor Information
7.6
45
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
40
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Session Replay
8.6
6
Not enough data
Data Masking
Not enough data
9.5
14
Not enough data
9.5
14
Not enough data
9.4
14
Not enough data
9.6
14
Not enough data
8.9
14
Product Analytics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Product Analytics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Analytics
7.8
9
Not enough data
8.1
9
Not enough data
9.1
9
Not enough data
7.8
6
Not enough data
8.6
7
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Administration
7.6
7
Not enough data
5.7
5
Not enough data
8.8
8
Not enough data
Generative AI
6.7
5
Not enough data
Agentic AI - E-Commerce Analytics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Administration
Not enough data
9.0
287
Not enough data
8.8
276
Not enough data
9.3
300
Not enough data
9.0
299
Not enough data
9.2
301
Not enough data
9.0
288
Automation
Not enough data
9.0
320
Not enough data
8.9
311
Not enough data
9.1
318
Development
Not enough data
8.9
291
Not enough data
8.6
252
Not enough data
8.5
243
Not enough data
9.0
270
Experience
9.0
10
Not enough data
9.2
10
Not enough data
9.0
10
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Management
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Performance
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.5
9
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Administration
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Reporting
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
Not enough data
9.2
108
Not enough data
9.2
103
Not enough data
8.9
103
Not enough data
8.7
101
Management
Not enough data
9.1
100
Not enough data
9.1
102
Not enough data
9.2
105
Not enough data
9.1
103
Security
Not enough data
9.3
107
Agentic AI - Cloud Migration
Not enough data
8.4
19
Not enough data
8.1
19
Not enough data
8.7
19
Functionality
Not enough data
9.2
28
Not enough data
9.2
28
Not enough data
9.2
28
Not enough data
9.0
28
Not enough data
9.0
26
Not enough data
8.8
26
Not enough data
8.7
25
Not enough data
8.9
28
Not enough data
9.2
26
Functionality
Not enough data
8.6
302
Not enough data
9.1
317
Not enough data
9.2
313
Not enough data
8.9
307
Not enough data
8.6
291
Not enough data
9.1
314
AI Authentication Risk Management - Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM)
Not enough data
9.2
8
Not enough data
8.5
9
Not enough data
9.8
8
Not enough data
9.0
7
Not enough data
9.0
8
AI Biometric & Behavioral Analysis - Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM)
Not enough data
7.9
8
Not enough data
7.9
8
AI Context-Aware Security Controls - Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM)
Not enough data
8.5
8
Not enough data
7.7
8
Functionality
Not enough data
8.7
75
Not enough data
8.7
76
Not enough data
9.0
79
Not enough data
8.8
75
Not enough data
9.3
76
Not enough data
9.1
78
Type
Not enough data
8.7
73
Not enough data
8.8
75
Reporting
Not enough data
8.9
73
Not enough data
8.9
74
Not enough data
9.1
15
Not enough data
9.5
13
Authentication & Authorization - Identity and Access Management (IAM)
Not enough data
8.6
13
Administration & Governance - Identity and Access Management (IAM)
Not enough data
8.7
13
Not enough data
8.5
13
Generative AI - Identity and Access Management (IAM)
Not enough data
7.8
13
Not enough data
7.6
13
Not enough data
7.8
13
Management
Not enough data
9.3
70
Not enough data
9.4
70
Not enough data
9.2
70
Functionality
Not enough data
9.4
71
Not enough data
9.4
70
Not enough data
9.5
71
Processes
Not enough data
9.2
71
Not enough data
9.4
71
Not enough data
9.3
71
Feedback Management
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.7
10
Not enough data
8.6
11
Not enough data
Feedback Analysis
8.8
8
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.8
7
Not enough data
Feedback Sources
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.7
9
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Generative AI
8.1
6
Not enough data
8.0
5
Not enough data
Survey Management
9.2
6
Not enough data
8.3
6
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Survey Customization
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.3
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Survey Insights
8.3
5
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Survey
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
Not enough data
8.0
70
Not enough data
8.5
68
Not enough data
8.7
68
Not enough data
8.5
68
Data Control
Not enough data
8.6
67
Not enough data
8.6
68
Not enough data
9.0
68
Agentic AI - Drag and Drop App Builder
Not enough data
9.1
24
Not enough data
9.0
24
Not enough data
8.8
24
Functionality
Not enough data
9.0
132
Not enough data
8.8
129
Not enough data
8.8
127
Not enough data
9.3
129
Not enough data
8.7
129
Not enough data
8.8
128
Not enough data
9.1
127
Functionality
Not enough data
9.2
34
Not enough data
9.0
34
Not enough data
9.1
34
Not enough data
8.7
33
Support
Not enough data
9.3
33
Not enough data
9.0
33
Not enough data
9.3
33
Agentic AI - AI Code Generation
Not enough data
8.9
21
Not enough data
8.8
21
Not enough data
8.7
21
Not enough data
8.9
21
Not enough data
8.7
22
Agentic AI - Software Testing
Not enough data
9.0
24
Not enough data
8.9
24
Not enough data
9.0
24
Agentic AI - Heatmap Tools
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Analysis
8.6
114
Not enough data
8.2
94
Not enough data
8.6
108
Not enough data
8.1
101
Not enough data
8.9
124
Not enough data
Reporting
9.3
152
Not enough data
9.1
145
Not enough data
8.7
126
Not enough data
7.8
105
Not enough data
Application Design
Not enough data
8.6
234
Not enough data
8.7
231
Not enough data
8.7
255
Not enough data
8.6
244
Not enough data
8.9
265
Data Control
Not enough data
8.9
262
Not enough data
8.8
264
Not enough data
9.2
263
Publishing
Not enough data
8.9
241
Not enough data
8.9
249
Not enough data
8.9
238
Agentic AI - Low-Code Development Platforms
Not enough data
9.1
50
Not enough data
9.2
48
Not enough data
9.0
49
Development
Not enough data
8.7
569
Not enough data
8.6
557
Not enough data
8.7
513
Not enough data
8.6
551
Not enough data
8.6
511
Database
Not enough data
9.0
550
Not enough data
8.9
612
Not enough data
8.5
496
Not enough data
8.6
553
Not enough data
8.7
586
Infrastructure
Not enough data
8.5
553
Not enough data
8.1
522
Not enough data
9.1
579
User Interface Design
Not enough data
8.5
139
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
157
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
158
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.1
157
|
Verified
Data Control
Not enough data
9.0
154
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
158
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.2
158
|
Verified
Publishing
Not enough data
8.8
147
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.0
152
Not enough data
8.9
149
|
Verified
Agentic AI - No-Code Development Platforms
Not enough data
8.7
39
Not enough data
8.8
39
Not enough data
8.6
39
Compliance
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Administration
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Hotjar and Salesforce Platform are categorized as Software Testing
Unique Categories
Hotjar is categorized as Feedback Analytics, Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM), Product Analytics, Session Replay, User Research, Heatmap Tools, Survey, Digital Analytics, and E-Commerce Analytics
Salesforce Platform is categorized as Application Development Platforms, Consent Management Platform (CMP), Workplace Innovation Platforms, Data Masking, Privileged Access Management (PAM), Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM), Cloud Migration, No-Code Development Platforms, Drag and Drop App Builder, Low-Code Development Platforms, Identity and Access Management (IAM), Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS), DevOps Platforms, and AI Code Generation
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Hotjar
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Salesforce Platform
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Marketing and Advertising
16.1%
Computer Software
15.2%
Information Technology and Services
11.0%
Internet
9.7%
Retail
5.5%
Other
42.6%
Computer Software
13.6%
Information Technology and Services
11.8%
Financial Services
7.0%
Non-Profit Organization Management
4.0%
Marketing and Advertising
3.3%
Other
60.3%
Discussions
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1 Comment
AG
Wow, I'm really happy that I came across this wonderful company that helped me in making a successful trade and I got all my profits without stressing myself...Read more
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AM
Hotjar has a better set of advanced tools to get a better look at heatmaps and visitor recordings. Where as Google Analytics majorly focuses on all the...Read more
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5 Comments
PP
Need to learn CRM data model and OOB functionality of the Salesforce CRM . Also better to start Salesforce Flow learning .Read more
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BC
You can open the Salesforce Authenticator app on your mobile device. If you're opening the app for the first time, you see a tour of the app's features. Take...Read more
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