RFC: Freelance commission for 'Self-hosted alternatives to Hotjar, FullStory and LogRocket'

[andyvan-ph]

Article Title: Self-hosted (and open source) alternatives to Hotjar, FullStory and LogRocket Word Count: 1,200 words

Article structure and tone should be similar to The 8 best open source analytics tools

Article outline

INTRO: Quick overview of what the article is about, what Hotjar etc. do

Why is session recording useful?

• Outline the benefits and different use cases for session recording

Self-hosted vs cloud session recording

• Outline the benefits of self-hosting vs cloud platforms
• Main focus will be data control, ownership and privacy compliance concerns, particularly for GDPR and HIPAA

• Link to our guides on the best GDPR and HIPAA compliants analytics tools here

  1. [Product]

Description of product and features it offers, including any additional features outside of session recording

Who is [product] for?`

Explain what kind of user / customer / use case the product is ideal for

Strengths

Bullet point list of product benefits and features

How much does it cost?

Quick overview of how much you get for free and what you have to pay for. Also mention here whether there is a cloud option and costs associated

Is it open source?

If yes, explain under what license and any limitations

Repeat for other entries

Alternatives to feature include:

• PostHog (obviously and should be top of the list because we awesome)
• Open Replay
• UX Wizz
• UX Lens
• Matomo (this is a paid add-on via their marketplace)
• Please add any others you find which you think qualify. They can be either open source or self-hosted, or both.

Useful resources:

• Sessions recording product page: https://posthog.com/product/session-recording
• Documentation: https://posthog.com/docs/user-guides/recordings
• Our tutorial 'how to replace Hotjar for free with PostHog': https://posthog.com/tutorials/free-hotjar-alternative

Things to note when writing about PostHog and our recording feature:

• PostHog is open source
• Session Recording is free and available on the self hosted, open source version
• Session Recording is also available on PostHog Cloud at no additional cost. PostHog is free up to 1 million monthly events
• In addition to recording, PostHog is also a fully-featured product analytics platform including funnels, trends, feature flags etc. Heatmaps etc.

[joethreepwood]

Probably worth also asking this writer to join the community Slack, or a partner group so we can chat with them if you think they're likely to have questions etc.

[andyvan-ph]

Probably worth also asking this writer to join the community Slack, or a partner group so we can chat with them if you think they're likely to have questions etc.

It's Hanna, btw