Aurora Heatmap vs Crazy Egg
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| Feature | Aurora Heatmap v1.7.3 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.7/5 Visit Details | Crazy Egg v2.12 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Paid · ★ 3.8/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 10,000+ | 6,000+ |
| Last updated | September 25, 2026 | November 8, 2024 |
| Editions | Aurora Heatmap · Aurora Heatmap premium version ($) | Crazy Egg |
| Pros | Click heatmaps for desktop and mobile; Data stays in the site's own database; No account or setup needed | Adds the tracking script without editing theme files; One settings field, with an automatic upgrade for older account setups; Removes its stored script when the plugin is deactivated |
| Cons | Click data only, no scroll or session replay; Cache plugins may need changes to record clicks | Needs a separate Crazy Egg account to do anything useful; Tracking script loads on every page for every visitor |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Click heatmap collected by ajax, Click reporting for visitors who are not logged in, Daily cron job for data upkeep, Unread content detection ($), Weekly email report ($) | Prints the Crazy Egg tracking script in the page head, Settings page for the tracking script, Migration from the older account-number setup |
| Integrations | ||
| Analytics | — | Crazy Egg |
| Requires WordPress | 4.9 | 2.0.2 |
| Requires PHP | 7.0 | — |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 6.7 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | — | script.crazyegg.com |
| Custom tables | 2 | — |