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Microsoft Clarity vs Hotjar: which one does AI recommend?

We asked ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity 10 questions buyers ask about session recording and heatmaps — 30 answers in total — and counted who got named. Microsoft Clarity is named in 23 of 30 answers (77%); Hotjar in 18 (60%).

Microsoft Clarity

77%

named in 23 of 30 answers

Hotjar

60%

named in 18 of 30 answers

ChatGPT: named in 90% of answers

Gemini: named in 0% of answers

Perplexity: named in 90% of answers

How they rank against everyone else

Microsoft Clarity

77%

Hotjar

60%

Mouseflow

57%

FullStory

53%

PostHog

33%

Smartlook

30%

Lucky Orange

27%

Contentsquare

23%

Where does your product land?

Same 10 questions, your product, about a minute. No account.

Counts are mentions in AI answers, not endorsements, measured 2026-09-20. Nobody pays to appear.