Valerie vs Hotjar

Both tools help you understand user behavior, but they approach it differently. Here's how to choose the right one for your needs.

Choose Valerie if you want:

  • Page-level quality scores (0-10)
  • AI-powered feedback analysis and summaries
  • Proactive alerts when satisfaction drops
  • AI-generated contextual questions

Choose Hotjar if you want:

  • Heatmaps and click tracking
  • Full session recordings
  • Traditional survey forms
  • Funnel conversion analysis

Feature comparison

Feature
Valerie
Hotjar
On-site feedback widget
✓
✓
Page-level quality scores
✓
—
AI feedback analysis
✓
—
Automated alerts
✓
Limited
Heatmaps
—
✓
Session recordings
—
✓
AI question generation
✓
—
Trend monitoring
✓
Limited
Free tier
Full (beta)
Limited
Setup time
2 minutes
5-10 minutes

Key differences

Approach to feedback

Hotjar focuses on showing you what users do (through recordings and heatmaps), letting you interpret the behavior. Valerie asks users directly what they think and uses AI to summarize and categorize their responses into actionable insights.

Quality measurement

Hotjar tracks completion rates and conversion funnels. Valerie gives every page a quality score (0-10) based on real visitor satisfaction, with trends over time and alerts when scores drop.

AI capabilities

Hotjar provides raw data you need to analyze manually. Valerie uses AI to analyze feedback sentiment, extract themes, generate contextual questions, and create daily/weekly digests.

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