Session recording impact Shopify sites
Session-recording tools ranked by performance impact.
1
At a glance the headline numbers for Session recording impact
Session-recording tools ranked by performance impact.
3
Providers ranked
After min-sites filter
1,892
Sites in sample
Combined across all items
83ms
Best INP (p75)
Hotjar
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · Shopify sites (8,248) · desktop field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
2
The ranking sorted by INP at p75, fastest first
| # | Provider | INP p75 | Passing | Sites | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hotjar | 83ms | 99.0% | 497 | |
| 2 | Microsoft Clarity | 91ms | 98.9% | 1,302 | |
| 3 | Contentsquare | 93ms | 98.3% | 93 |
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · Shopify sites (8,248) · desktop field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
3
Passing INP per provider which group passes the INP most often
ProviderSitesPassing INPp75
Mouseflow 0.4% 30 101ms
Lucky Orange 0.3% 26 79ms
PostHog Replay 0.3% 25 104ms
Smartlook 0.1% 12 75ms
Inspectlet 0.1% 7 73ms
Hotjar 6% 497 83ms
Microsoft Clarity 15.8% 1,302 91ms
Contentsquare 1.1% 93 93ms
Crazy Egg 0.2% 18 81ms
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 99% and 99%. computed
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · Shopify sites (8,248) · desktop field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
4
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%
961.8s
9991ms
820.07
951.2s
96484ms
Hotjar 6%
951.8s
9983ms
780.09
961.1s
97483ms
Contentsquare 1.1%
912.0s
9893ms
820.08
911.2s
88516ms
Mouseflow 0.4%
951.8s
100101ms
680.15
1001.2s
100547ms
Lucky Orange 0.3%
861.9s
10079ms
860.04
861.2s
93553ms
PostHog Replay 0.3%
911.9s
100104ms
830.07
961.3s
100580ms
Crazy Egg 0.2%
1002.2s
9381ms
730.11
1001.3s
93486ms
Smartlook 0.1%
1002.0s
10075ms
830.06
831.3s
83418ms
Inspectlet 0.1%
1001.4s
10073ms
670.09
100738ms
100446ms
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.
Microsoft Clarity leads on INP: 99% of its sites pass. Hotjar trails at 99%. computed
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · Shopify sites (8,248) · desktop field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
Related signals Search (6) → JS libraries (26) → Scheduling (3) → Push notifications (5) → 203,892 crawled sites with Chrome field data, representing millions of real page loads · How we measured
203,892 crawled sites with Chrome field data, representing millions of real page loads. How we measured.