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Retention is tier-based, ranging from 1 to 12 months for session recordings.

Due to the storage demands of session replays, retention limits depend on the subscription tier. Entry-level plans retain recordings for 1 to 3 months, while higher tiers extend this to 12 months. Data is purged once limits are reached to comply with minimization policies. Organizations must download recordings before expiration to maintain archives.

Interactive feedback campaigns enable triggering of custom surveys based on user behaviors.

Interactive feedback campaigns allow teams to create custom, multi-step surveys that appear dynamically on the website. Surveys can be targeted based on user behaviors, such as exit intent, specific scroll depth, or visiting certain URLs. This behavioral targeting ensures that feedback is gathered at important moments, providing valuable insights. The integration with session recordings allows analysts to cross-reference survey responses with user sessions. This feature enhances the ability to understand user experiences and identify areas for improvement.

Dedicated Form Analytics module tracks field-by-field interactions and user behavior.

The Form Analytics module offers specialized tracking of user interactions with web forms. It automatically detects forms and measures metrics like abandonment rates, hesitation time, and refill rates. This field-level data provides insights into user behavior, helping marketers and UX designers identify problematic form fields. By understanding where users hesitate or abandon forms, teams can optimize forms to improve completion rates. This module enhances the ability to refine user interactions and increase conversions.

Automatically flags negative UX indicators, calculating a dynamic 'Friction Score.'

The automated friction detection system scans recorded sessions for user struggles, tagging videos with indicators like 'click-rage' and 'bounce.' It calculates a 'Friction Score' for each session, allowing analysts to sort recordings by friction level. This feature enables UX teams to focus on sessions where users experience significant frustration. By identifying problematic UI elements quickly, teams can prioritize fixes and improve the overall user experience. This system streamlines the process of diagnosing and resolving user interface issues.

Offers a funnel reporting tool linking user progression to drop-off recordings.

A native funnel analysis tool measures conversion drop-offs by defining page sequences or custom events. The visualization shows user progression and abandonment at each stage. A key feature is the integration with session replays, allowing analysts to view recordings of users who did not convert. This shifts analysis from quantitative identification to qualitative observation.

Ensures compliance by masking PII, storing EU data locally, and acting as a data processor.

Engineered to align with GDPR and CCPA, the platform operates as a Data Processor, allowing clients full data ownership. It offers local data residency for European customers, storing recordings and heatmaps within the EU. Default exclusion of keystrokes and aggressive PII masking reduce compliance risks. Built-in tools support user data deletion requests. Businesses must implement a Consent Management Platform (CMP) to manage cookie preferences before the tracking script activates.

The platform automatically generates an extensive suite of heatmaps, including click, scroll, attention, movement, and geographical maps.

Heatmap generation is a core strength of this tool, and notably, it generates six different types of heatmaps automatically for every page without requiring manual pre-configuration. These include standard Click maps and Scroll maps, alongside Movement maps (tracking mouse cursor paths), Attention maps (calculating time spent on specific page sections), Geo maps (visualizing user location data), and Live heatmaps (overlaying data on dynamic site elements). Because this data is captured continuously, analysts can retrospectively view heatmaps for any specific date range or segment them by traffic source to see, for example, how paid ad traffic interacts with a landing page differently than organic traffic.

PII masking excludes keystrokes and masks input fields to prevent capturing sensitive data.

To maintain privacy compliance during session recording, strict client-side data masking is employed. By default, the tracking script excludes all user keystrokes, with text entered into input fields, password boxes, or forms automatically masked before server transmission. Administrators can configure the platform to mask specific HTML elements by adding CSS classes to their website's code. This ensures session replays and heatmaps remain useful for UX research without exposing businesses to legal risks. Such privacy measures are necessary for protecting user data and maintaining compliance with regulations.

Aggregated session and heatmap data exported via CSV or REST API, lacking direct warehouse streaming.

Data extraction options are available for external metric analysis, allowing users to download CSV files of aggregated heatmap data or session metadata. A REST API supports programmatic data extraction for dashboards. However, there are no native streaming pipelines for exporting raw data to warehouses, which limits the continuous export of massive volumes of behavioral data. This setup is suitable for users who need periodic data snapshots rather than real-time data streaming.

This playback capability captures continuous video playbacks of user sessions, allowing teams to observe exact mouse movements, clicks, and page navigation.

Session replay is the primary feature of the platform, providing high-fidelity visual recordings of real user experiences. It captures the entire user journey continuously across multiple pages within a session. The playback interface includes a timeline that highlights specific interactions and automatically flags periods of user friction, such as click-rage or form-submit errors. Analysts can use a robust filtering system to find specific sessions, such as filtering for users from a specific country, using a specific browser, or users who visited the checkout page but did not complete a purchase. This significantly accelerates the process of diagnosing website bugs and UX flaws.

Offers SAML-based Single Sign-On, restricted to high-tier plans.

To support organizations with strict access control, SAML 2.0 Single Sign-On (SSO) is supported. IT teams can integrate with identity providers like Okta, Azure AD, and Google Workspace. SSO enforces multi-factor authentication and manages user provisioning through corporate directories. However, this feature is restricted to high-tier Enterprise contracts, requiring upgrades for basic security integrations.