Session recording impact

Session-recording tools ranked by performance impact.

Field data PhoneDesktopAll Scope All sites October 2026 edition · Phone field outcomes
Metric LCP INP CLS
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At a glance the headline numbers for Session recording impact

Session-recording tools ranked by performance impact.

9
Providers ranked
After min-sites filter
14,885
Sites in sample
Combined across all items
2.3s
Best LCP (p75)
Lucky Orange
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · 190,720 sites · phone field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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The ranking sorted by LCP at p75, fastest first

# Provider LCP p75 Passing Sites
1 Lucky Orange 2.3s 79.6%
78
2 Smartlook 2.4s 78.5%
162
3 Microsoft Clarity 2.4s 77.9%
8,518
4 Hotjar 2.4s 76.3%
4,482
5 PostHog Replay 2.5s 76.4%
286
6 Mouseflow 2.5s 75.0%
306
7 Crazy Egg 2.6s 70.9%
188
8 Contentsquare 2.7s 69.5%
593
9 FullStory 3.0s 66.7%
272
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · 190,720 sites · phone field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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Passing LCP per provider which group passes the LCP most often

ProviderSitesPassing LCPp75
Inspectlet 0% 39 88% 2.2s
Lucky Orange 0% 78 80% 2.3s
Smartlook 0.1% 162 79% 2.4s
Microsoft Clarity 4.5% 8,518 78% 2.4s
PostHog Replay 0.1% 286 76% 2.5s
Hotjar 2.4% 4,482 76% 2.4s
Mouseflow 0.2% 306 75% 2.5s
Crazy Egg 0.1% 188 71% 2.6s
Contentsquare 0.3% 593 70% 2.7s
FullStory 0.1% 272 67% 3.0s
LogRocket 0% 28 59% 3.1s
Good Needs Improvement Poor Sorted best-passing first · median colored by its own rating · pass = good LCP (2.5s at p75) · one value per site

79% of Smartlook sites pass LCP. FullStory trails 12 points behind, leaving 33% of its sites failing. computed

The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · 190,720 sites · phone field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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All five vitals at once the whole category without toggling - cell is the pass rate, small number the p75

LCP
INP
CLS
FCP
TTFB
Microsoft Clarity 4.5%
782.4s
88162ms
850.04
721.9s
541.2s
Hotjar 2.4%
762.4s
88157ms
860.04
692.0s
511.3s
Contentsquare 0.3%
702.7s
75201ms
800.08
682.0s
571.2s
Mouseflow 0.2%
752.5s
87162ms
860.04
731.8s
591.2s
PostHog Replay 0.1%
762.5s
82174ms
880.06
672.0s
421.3s
FullStory 0.1%
673.0s
81171ms
770.08
741.9s
561.1s
Crazy Egg 0.1%
712.6s
86167ms
830.04
682.0s
481.3s
Smartlook 0.1%
792.4s
85159ms
900.03
642.3s
471.3s
Lucky Orange 0%
802.3s
91137ms
800.04
801.6s
78704ms
Inspectlet 0%
882.2s
96136ms
760.04
681.9s
381.3s
LogRocket 0%
593.1s
75196ms
610.40
502.0s
671.0s
60%95%+ passing Cell: pass rate, small number = p75 · faded rows: under 100 sites

One row per provider, one column per vital - the cell is the share of sites passing, the small number the p75. No toggling needed to see where the category actually differs.

Smartlook leads on LCP: 79% of its sites pass. FullStory trails at 67%. computed

The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · 190,720 sites · phone field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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