Session recording impact WordPress 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.
6
Providers ranked
After min-sites filter
4,526
Sites in sample
Combined across all items
138ms
Best INP (p75)
Hotjar
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · WordPress sites (63,295) · phone field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
2
The ranking sorted by INP at p75, fastest first
| # | Provider | INP p75 | Passing | Sites | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hotjar | 138ms | 93.4% | 1,566 | |
| 2 | Crazy Egg | 139ms | 93.8% | 50 | |
| 3 | Mouseflow | 142ms | 95.5% | 84 | |
| 4 | Contentsquare | 142ms | 91.7% | 138 | |
| 5 | Microsoft Clarity | 150ms | 93.5% | 2,632 | |
| 6 | Smartlook | 153ms | 87.5% | 56 |
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · WordPress sites (63,295) · phone field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
3
Passing INP per provider which group passes the INP most often
ProviderSitesPassing INPp75
Mouseflow 0.1% 84 142ms
Crazy Egg 0.1% 50 139ms
Microsoft Clarity 4.2% 2,632 150ms
Hotjar 2.5% 1,566 138ms
Contentsquare 0.2% 138 142ms
Inspectlet 0% 14 137ms
PostHog Replay 0.1% 46 165ms
Smartlook 0.1% 56 153ms
FullStory 0% 24 125ms
Lucky Orange 0% 14 204ms
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 92% and 94%. computed
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · WordPress sites (63,295) · phone 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 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.
Microsoft Clarity leads on INP: 94% of its sites pass. Contentsquare trails at 92%. computed
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · WordPress sites (63,295) · phone 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.