Web & Product Analytics · reliability comparison
Hotjar vs Plausible Analytics: which is more reliable? (2026)
Hotjar and Plausible Analytics are effectively tied on reliability (99.2 vs 100.0). Over the last 90 days Hotjar reported 2 incidents and Plausible Analytics reported 0, with effective uptime of 100% and 100% respectively.
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
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| Metric | Hotjar | Plausible Analytics |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 99.2 | 100.0 |
| Rank (analytics tools) | #1 | — |
| Uptime (90 days) | 100% | 100% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 2 | 0 |
| Partial / major outages | 0 | 0 |
| Avg time to resolve | — | — |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Hotjar and Plausible Analytics differ
- Plausible Analytics reported no incidents in the last 90 days, while Hotjar reported 2.
- Hotjar's longest incident on record lasted 2d 11h (Nov 14, 2025); Plausible Analytics's lasted 41m (Dec 29, 2025).
90-day uptime
Hotjar
Plausible Analytics
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Hotjar incidents
- InformationalSep 4, 2026 · resolved in 3h 41m
- InformationalAug 13, 2026 · resolved in <1m
Recent Plausible Analytics incidents
No incidents reported by Plausible Analytics in the last 90 days.
Other analytics tools to consider
- Lucky Orange · #2 · 99.98% uptime
- Google Analytics · #3 · 99.89% uptime
- Mixpanel · #4 · 99.84% uptime
- Pendo · #5 · 99.75% uptime
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