Microsoft Clarity alternatives
12 other tools do this job. Which one is right depends on why Microsoft Clarity is not working for you — so start from the reason, not the list.
Why teams leave Microsoft Clarity
- Data goes to Microsoft, which is a real consideration for GDPR-sensitive deployments.
- Filtering and segmentation are shallower than paid tools.
- Support is community-based and the roadmap is not yours to influence.
Worth saying: Microsoft Clarity is genuinely strong at this — no cost and no sampling at any volume — nothing else in the category comes close on price. If that is the part you rely on, switching may cost more than it saves.
If you need open source
Microsoft Clarity is proprietary; these are not.
OpenReplay
Session Replay
Open-source, self-hosted session replay — your user data never leaves your infrastructure.
Matomo
Session Replay
Self-hosted web analytics with 100% data ownership and no sampling.
PostHog
Session Replay
Open-source product analytics, replay, flags and experiments in one self-hostable platform.
If it has to run on your own infrastructure
Microsoft Clarity is cloud-only; these can be self-hosted.
OpenReplay
Session Replay
Open-source, self-hosted session replay — your user data never leaves your infrastructure.
Matomo
Session Replay
Self-hosted web analytics with 100% data ownership and no sampling.
PostHog
Session Replay
Open-source product analytics, replay, flags and experiments in one self-hostable platform.
Everything else in Session Replay
Ranked by how widely adopted they are. Compare any two to see the differences that matter.
Heatmaps, recordings and on-site surveys aimed at product and marketing teams.
Retroactive analytics: define a metric today and get its history from recorded sessions.
Open-source, self-hosted session replay — your user data never leaves your infrastructure.
Behavioural product analytics with strong cohort and retention analysis.
Event analytics with fast, self-serve reporting non-analysts can actually use.
Enterprise experience analytics that quantify the revenue impact of a UX problem.
Autocapture analytics: every interaction is tracked, so you never miss an event again.
Session replay built for engineers: console, network, Redux state and stack traces.
Self-hosted web analytics with 100% data ownership and no sampling.
Open-source product analytics, replay, flags and experiments in one self-hostable platform.
Behaviour analytics with friction scoring and form-drop-off analysis.
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