Session recording impact WordPress 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
4,526
Sites in sample
Combined across all items
2.8s
Best LCP (p75)
Hotjar
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · WordPress sites (63,295) · 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 | Hotjar | 2.8s | 65.0% | 1,566 | |
| 2 | Mouseflow | 2.9s | 66.0% | 84 | |
| 3 | Microsoft Clarity | 2.9s | 61.8% | 2,632 | |
| 4 | Contentsquare | 3.0s | 61.0% | 138 | |
| 5 | Crazy Egg | 3.0s | 62.9% | 50 | |
| 6 | Smartlook | 3.8s | 41.7% | 56 |
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Passing LCP per provider which group passes the LCP most often
ProviderSitesPassing LCPp75
FullStory 0% 24 3.0s
Inspectlet 0% 14 2.8s
Lucky Orange 0% 14 2.5s
Mouseflow 0.1% 84 2.9s
Hotjar 2.5% 1,566 2.8s
PostHog Replay 0.1% 46 2.9s
Crazy Egg 0.1% 50 3.0s
Microsoft Clarity 4.2% 2,632 2.9s
Contentsquare 0.2% 138 3.0s
Smartlook 0.1% 56 3.8s
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
No provider stands out: pass rates sit between 61% and 65%. computed
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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 4.2%
622.9s
94150ms
880.02
492.6s
261.9s
Hotjar 2.5%
652.8s
93138ms
890.02
522.4s
281.9s
Contentsquare 0.2%
613.0s
92142ms
880.03
462.4s
291.7s
Mouseflow 0.1%
662.9s
96142ms
880.02
562.4s
351.7s
Smartlook 0.1%
423.8s
88153ms
920.04
363.3s
142.6s
Crazy Egg 0.1%
633.0s
94139ms
810.02
462.5s
281.9s
PostHog Replay 0.1%
652.9s
90165ms
910.03
632.3s
311.5s
FullStory 0%
733.0s
86125ms
930.04
672.5s
271.5s
Inspectlet 0%
732.8s
90137ms
550.33
462.5s
91.8s
Lucky Orange 0%
702.5s
67204ms
900.01
801.6s
63856ms
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 LCP: 65% of its sites pass. Contentsquare trails at 61%. computed
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