Session recording impact Shopify sites
Session-recording tools ranked by performance impact.
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At a glance the headline numbers for Session recording impact
Session-recording tools ranked by performance impact.
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Providers ranked
After min-sites filter
1,892
Sites in sample
Combined across all items
164ms
Best INP (p75)
Hotjar
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · Shopify sites (8,248) · phone field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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The ranking sorted by INP at p75, fastest first
| # | Provider | INP p75 | Passing | Sites | |
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| 1 | Hotjar | 164ms | 87.7% | 497 | |
| 2 | Microsoft Clarity | 170ms | 86.4% | 1,302 | |
| 3 | Contentsquare | 177ms | 84.7% | 93 |
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · Shopify sites (8,248) · phone field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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Passing INP per provider which group passes the INP most often
ProviderSitesPassing INPp75
Lucky Orange 0.3% 26 141ms
Smartlook 0.1% 12 136ms
Inspectlet 0.1% 7 151ms
Hotjar 6% 497 164ms
Microsoft Clarity 15.8% 1,302 170ms
Crazy Egg 0.2% 18 163ms
Contentsquare 1.1% 93 177ms
PostHog Replay 0.3% 25 157ms
Mouseflow 0.4% 30 188ms
Good Needs Improvement Poor Sorted best-passing first · median colored by its own rating · pass = good INP (200ms at p75) · one value per site
No provider stands out: pass rates sit between 86% and 88%. computed
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · Shopify sites (8,248) · 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 15.8%
921.9s
86170ms
920.03
921.3s
94564ms
Hotjar 6%
902.0s
88164ms
900.04
911.3s
96521ms
Contentsquare 1.1%
852.2s
85177ms
900.03
891.5s
90576ms
Mouseflow 0.4%
912.2s
79188ms
780.07
961.4s
96605ms
Lucky Orange 0.3%
892.2s
100141ms
720.10
891.4s
100528ms
PostHog Replay 0.3%
881.9s
83157ms
1000.03
881.5s
92630ms
Crazy Egg 0.2%
792.4s
86163ms
790.06
931.4s
93545ms
Smartlook 0.1%
1002.1s
100136ms
900.01
901.1s
100531ms
Inspectlet 0.1%
1001.7s
100151ms
1000.00
1001.1s
100520ms
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.
Hotjar leads on INP: 88% of its sites pass. Microsoft Clarity trails at 86%. computed
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · Shopify sites (8,248) · phone field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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