Feder and Hotjar: keep Hotjar, check the numbers you run on.
No, Feder is not a replacement for Hotjar. Keep Hotjar. Feder does a different job beside it: it reads what your connected apps recorded and compares each number with your own history, so you know when one cannot be trusted.
Why would I need this?
Because the question is not what the number is. It is whether you can trust it.
Is Feder an alternative to Hotjar?
No. Hotjar, now part of Contentsquare, shows how visitors use a website through heatmaps, session recordings and surveys. Feder does a different job: it watches the numbers your tools record and says when one cannot be trusted. Nothing here asks you to switch.
Do I need Feder if I have Hotjar?
They do different jobs, so one does not stand in for the other. Keep Hotjar for the job it does. Feder's job is to say when a number your tools record has gone quiet or moved outside your own history.
What does Hotjar do better?
Hotjar can show small on-page surveys that ask visitors questions at key moments of their visit.
In Contentsquare (Hotjar is now part of Contentsquare)'s words:
With Popover Surveys you can ask questions at key moments in a user's journey.
Types of Surveys, read 2026-11-12.Hotjar can link a survey answer to the recording of the visit where it was given.
In Contentsquare (Hotjar is now part of Contentsquare)'s words:
You can connect both Survey responses with their associated recording that features the response.
How to Connect Survey Responses to Recordings, read 2026-11-12.Hotjar lets admins leave out visits from known IP addresses, such as their own office.
In Contentsquare (Hotjar is now part of Contentsquare)'s words:
Team Members with Admin permission can exclude users, such as people in your office, by IP address.
How to Block IPs From Collected Data, read 2026-11-12.
What can go wrong with Hotjar's numbers?
Hotjar recordings may not capture every visitor.
In Contentsquare (Hotjar is now part of Contentsquare)'s words:
Recordings may not track all your users, resulting in some responses not having connected recordings.
How to Connect Survey Responses to Recordings, read 2026-11-12.Hotjar only collects data once its tracking code is installed on the site.
In Contentsquare (Hotjar is now part of Contentsquare)'s words:
Installing the Hotjar tracking code on your site is the first step to using Hotjar's tools and features.
Getting Started with Google Tag Manager and Hotjar, read 2026-11-12.Loading Hotjar through Google Tag Manager needs a client-side tag setup to work.
In Contentsquare (Hotjar is now part of Contentsquare)'s words:
A client-side tagging configuration is required to load the Hotjar tracking code with Google Tag Manager.
Getting Started with Google Tag Manager and Hotjar, read 2026-11-12.Hotjar can't leave out visitors whose IP address keeps changing, so some internal visits may still be counted.
In Contentsquare (Hotjar is now part of Contentsquare)'s words:
Hotjar is unable to block dynamic IP addresses.
How to Block IPs From Collected Data, read 2026-11-12.
How does Feder work with Hotjar?
- Feder has no connection to Hotjar today, so it reads nothing from it.
- The two can run side by side: Hotjar keeps doing its job, and Feder checks the numbers your other tools record against your own history.
- Feder only reads. It never changes anything in a connected app.
What should I ask about my Hotjar setup?
- Which numbers on my dashboard are counted at the source, and which are modeled or estimated?
- If this number stopped counting tomorrow, who would notice, and when?
- What does a normal week look like for this number, in my own history?
Questions owners ask
- Does Feder replace Hotjar?
- No. Keep Hotjar. Feder sits beside it.
- Does Feder send data into Hotjar?
- No. Feder only reads.
- How accurate is Feder?
- We do not publish an accuracy number yet. When there is a measured one, it will be here with how it was measured.
Where do these claims come from?
Every quoted statement about Hotjar on this page comes from Contentsquare (Hotjar is now part of Contentsquare)'s own pages, quoted above with the date we read them. We read them again by 2027-05-11. If one changes, this page changes or comes down.