Microsoft Clarity

Free heatmaps and session recordings for understanding website behavior.

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Websiteclarity.microsoft.com

CategoryAnalytics

PricingFree

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ABOUT

What is Microsoft Clarity?

Microsoft Clarity is a free analytics tool focused on behavior analytics through session recordings and heatmaps. It helps website owners understand how users interact with their site by watching replays of mouse movements, clicks and scrolls. The tool is completely free with no traffic caps, funded by Microsoft as part of its broader analytics ecosystem.

BEFORE YOU SIGN UP

What you should know

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Completely free with no capsUnlimited projects, heatmaps and session recordings at no cost. No paid tier exists.

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Rage and dead-click detectionAutomatically surfaces problematic interactions users are frustrated by, helping identify UX issues.

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Integrated with Google AnalyticsClarity can link to Google Analytics for richer user context, though setup requires the GA integration.

Occasional data samplingHigh-traffic sites may experience data sampling during peak times, reducing recording accuracy.

COMMUNITY

From the forums

Clarity is widely praised on r/webdev and r/bigseo for being free and unlimited, especially for session replays that other tools charge for. Users appreciate the dead-click detection and rage-click tracking features. Some criticism is directed at the UI feeling clunky and occasional data sampling on high-traffic sites.

— Community sentiment · Reddit

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ABOUT US

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FAQ

Questions, answered.

Is Microsoft Clarity really free?＋

Yes, Clarity is completely free with no premium tier. Microsoft funds it as a data source for its own analytics and AI models.

How does Clarity compare to Hotjar?＋

Clarity offers similar session replays and heatmaps for free without traffic limits, while Hotjar limits free plan recordings to 100/day.

Does Clarity slow down my website?＋

Clarity loads a small script asynchronously and has minimal impact on page load times, similar to Google Analytics.