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    SessionCam (discontinued)

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ASessionCam was a SaaS based solution that offers a suite of analytics tools including session replay, heat-mapping, conversion funnels and form analytics all designed to allow brands to optimize their website. Capabilities of the former SessionCam product are now provided by Glassbox, after the late 2020 acquisition.N/A

    Smartlook

    Score8.2 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    Smartlook is an analytics solution tool for websites, iOS/Android apps, and various app frameworks, that answers the "whys" behind users' actions. It helps users understand precisely how customers interact with website and app — watch recordings, create heatmaps, use automatic tracked events, and build conversion funnels. Data is seen on one central dashboard, which enables sharing and collaborating with colleagues. This is to support clear, data-driven decision-making for product managers,…

    $55

    per month 5000 sessions

    Pricing
    SessionCam (discontinued)Smartlook
    Editions & Modules
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    Pro
    $55
    per month 5000 sessions
    Free
    Free forever
    per month 3000 sessions
    Enterprise
    Custom pricing
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    SessionCam (discontinued)Smartlook
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional
    Additional Details—All Smartlook packages support both web and mobile app platforms.
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    Community Pulse
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    Considered Both Products
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    Smartlook
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    98%
    Would buy again
    113 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    99%
    Happy with the feature set
    114 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    97%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    94 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    104 Answers
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    User Ratings
    SessionCam (discontinued)Smartlook
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    9.0
    (141 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
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    8.9
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    -
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    10.0
    (75 ratings)
    Availability
    -
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    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
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    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.6
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (107 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
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    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
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    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
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    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
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    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
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    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
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    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    SessionCam (discontinued)Smartlook
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    SessionCam works well for helping you figure out what is and isn't working with a small or mid-sized business website. It can give you valuable insights regarding the flow of the user's movements on the site, and where the user might hit a dead end. Its reporting capabilities might not be powerful enough for more complex situations.
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    Smartlook
    Smartlook is best for screen recordings. Especially when you are running MVPs. However, its pricing is very high. If your daily visitors are too much then either you will have to lose many of your recordings or you will have to pay too much money.
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    Pros
    Discontinued Products
    • Session replay.
    • Integration with Google Analytics.
    • Struggle score.
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    Smartlook
    • Funnels are both easy to configure yet comprehensive enough to detect complicated customer journeys.
    • Real-time recording provides exceptional insights to our design & engineering teams.
    • Session recording is surprisingly lightweight and seems to cause no substantial performance degradation for our customers.
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    Cons
    Discontinued Products
    • They only did one part of an audit and said they were going to finish it, but never did. I've followed up with the account person and haven't heard back. This is a recent development this didn't happen with 2 other audits they did.
    • It has aspects to try and narrow down the data, but it's still a lot of data to parse, so in the end, it still takes a lot of time to truly use it.
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    Smartlook
    • I feel nickel and dimed with the events and funnels.
    • We came from sessions being 30 mins of inactivity and now it's 5-10 mins. Session count has gone up significantly which we weren't prepared for.
    • Recording playback isn't as clean and maneuverable like FullStory.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Discontinued Products
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    Smartlook
    As my ratings show, I have been absolutely delighted with Smartlook in terms of usability, cost, support, and its benefit to our organization. I have given it such high ratings because I think it has really benefitted our organization and I think it could do the same for other companies too.
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    Usability
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    Smartlook
    Every page, the tool setup pages and dashboards are built very well, the site structure is perfectly designed and intuitive to use. All functions are well documented and the help sections are really everywhere, you don't have to search for answers, as they are just popped up or max. a click away for your service.
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    Support Rating
    Discontinued Products
    Very good support and super helpful implementation specialists.
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    Smartlook
    Sofia P. is being our point of contact with the issues we faced. I was unsure about how to explain to her what was going on with the recording numbers (the recording has stopped before we were expecting to), but she readily understood and came with a solution for us in the same day. The problem was blocking our developer to test the integration, so it was great to have support so fast that he could continue his work.
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    Alternatives Considered
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    I have never used any other similar tool and I am happy to say they proved exactly what we need.
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    Smartlook
    It has been a year between the time when I last used Hotjar and first started using Smartlook. I would say both tools are more or less equal when it comes to features, the only 2 differences I can think of are - price and customer support. Smartlook is cheaper and has superior customer services. You have the feeling when interacting with them that they genuinely care.
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    Return on Investment
    Discontinued Products
    • Allowed us to improve our website in-house
    • Relatively low cost solution
    • Customer engagement and sales on website increased
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    Smartlook
    • Smartlook is used by different individuals from different organizations to have insights into different parts of products. It is used as the sole developer of our website as well as marketing campaigns.
    • Smartlook has an amazing feature which is tracking the activities of return users.
    • It gives reliable and efficient services.
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    ScreenShots

    SessionCam (discontinued) Screenshots

    Screenshot of Mouse movement heatmap

    Smartlook Screenshots

    Screenshot of HeatmapsScreenshot of RecordingsScreenshot of DashboardsScreenshot of EventsScreenshot of FunnelsScreenshot of Analytics for websites & mobile apps