Crazy Egg vs ExtraWatch
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| Feature | Crazy Egg v2.12 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Paid · ★ 3.8/5 Visit Details | ExtraWatch v4.0.53 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Paid · ★ 3.4/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 6,000+ | 100+ |
| Last updated | November 8, 2024 | February 3, 2021 |
| Editions | Crazy Egg | ExtraWatch |
| Pros | 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 | Real-time visitor view with a map; Visitor paths and traffic sources; Dashboard runs in the vendor cloud, not on your server |
| Cons | Needs a separate Crazy Egg account to do anything useful; Tracking script loads on every page for every visitor | Visitor data is stored on the vendor's servers; Few recent updates to the plugin; Needs PHP cURL and an external account |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Prints the Crazy Egg tracking script in the page head, Settings page for the tracking script, Migration from the older account-number setup | Real-time visitor tracking script on front-end pages, Link to the vendor cloud dashboard in wp-admin, Project creation and login through the vendor API |
| Integrations | ||
| Analytics | Crazy Egg | ExtraWatch cloud service |
| Requires WordPress | 2.0.2 | 3.2. |
| Tested up to | 6.7 | 5.6 |
| Phones home | No | Yes |
| External services | script.crazyegg.com | app.extrawatch.com, agent.extrawatch.com |