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Real user monitoring and session replay tools in 2026

Measure performance and errors in real users' browsers and apps, and replay what they did. This list has 28 real user monitoring and session replay tools. Of these, 5 are open source, 14 have a free plan and 6 can be self-hosted. Checked by hand on 30 September 2026.

  1. 1

    Akamai mPulse

    Akamai real user monitoring that measures page and app performance from real visitors and links it to business metrics such as conversions and bounce rate.

    Paid Real user monitoring
  2. 2

    Atatus

    Full-stack observability SaaS with APM, real user monitoring, logs, infrastructure and synthetic monitoring, priced without per-user fees.

    Paid APMReal user monitoringLogsInfrastructure
  3. 3

    Blue Triangle

    Real user and synthetic monitoring for e-commerce sites that ties page speed, errors and third-party tags to lost revenue and conversions.

    Paid Real user monitoringSynthetic checks
  4. 4

    Boomerang

    Open source JavaScript library, maintained by Akamai, that measures page load and user-perceived performance in real browsers and beacons the timings to a server you choose.

    Free Open source (BSD-3-Clause) Self-hosted Real user monitoring
  5. 5

    Calibre

    Web performance monitoring with real user monitoring, scheduled synthetic page speed tests and Chrome UX Report data, plus budgets and alerts.

    Paid Real user monitoringSynthetic checks
  6. 6

    Catchpoint

    Enterprise internet performance monitoring: synthetic tests run from backbone, cloud and ISP nodes worldwide, alongside real user and BGP monitoring.

    Paid Synthetic checksUptime checksReal user monitoring
  7. 7

    Cloudflare Web Analytics

    Privacy-first, cookie-free site analytics from Cloudflare that also reports real-user Core Web Vitals per page; works on sites not proxied by Cloudflare too.

    Free Real user monitoring
  8. 8

    Contentsquare

    Digital experience analytics platform with session replay, heatmaps, journey analysis and error and speed analysis; Hotjar is now part of it.

    Free plan Session replayReal user monitoring
  9. 9

    CoreDash

    Real user monitoring for Core Web Vitals with element-level attribution, CrUX cross-checks, alerts and an MCP server so coding agents can read the data.

    Paid Real user monitoring
  10. 10

    DebugBear

    Website performance monitoring that combines real user Core Web Vitals data, scheduled Lighthouse lab tests and Google CrUX data, with alerts on regressions.

    Paid Real user monitoringSynthetic checks
  11. 11

    Embrace

    Mobile and web app monitoring built on OpenTelemetry: crashes, ANRs, network calls and full user session timelines for iOS, Android, React Native and Unity.

    Free plan Free: 1M sessions/year, 5 users ErrorsReal user monitoringMobile appOpenTelemetry
  12. 12

    Fullstory

    Digital experience analytics built on session replay: records web and mobile sessions, flags frustration signals and errors, and lets you search and segment users by behaviour.

    Free plan Free: 30,000 sessions/mo, 12-month retention Session replayReal user monitoring
  13. 13

    Glassbox

    Enterprise session replay and digital experience analytics for web and mobile apps, with struggle detection and data retention aimed at regulated industries.

    Paid Session replayReal user monitoring
  14. 14

    Grafana Faro

    Open source web SDK for frontend observability: captures page performance, Web Vitals, errors, logs and traces from browsers and sends them to Grafana Cloud or a self-run Alloy and Loki stack.

    Free plan Open source (Apache-2.0) Self-hosted Real user monitoringErrorsOpenTelemetry
  15. 15

    LogRocket

    Session replay for web and mobile apps, with error monitoring and product analytics attached, so an error comes with a recording of what the user did.

    Paid ErrorsReal user monitoring
  16. 16

    Luciq

    Mobile app observability, formerly Instabug (renamed 2025): crash reporting, app performance, in-app bug reports and user feedback for iOS and Android.

    Paid ErrorsMobile appReal user monitoring
  17. 17

    Microsoft Clarity

    Free session recordings and heatmaps from Microsoft, with rage-click and dead-click detection and JavaScript error markers on recordings. No traffic caps.

    Free Session replayReal user monitoring
  18. 18

    OpenReplay

    Open source session replay with developer tools attached: console logs, network requests and performance data alongside each recording, plus co-browsing. Self-host free or use a managed instance.

    Free plan Open source (AGPL-3.0) Self-hosted Session replayReal user monitoringErrors
  19. 19

    PostHog

    Open source product suite with session replay, product analytics, feature flags, error tracking and LLM analytics sharing one event store. Hosted with a monthly free allowance, or self-hosted.

    Free plan Free: 5K session recordings and 1M events per month Open source (MIT) Self-hosted Session replayReal user monitoringErrors
  20. 20

    Quantum Metric

    Enterprise digital analytics with session replay, friction and error detection, and performance data for web and mobile, used by large retail, travel and banking sites.

    Paid Session replayReal user monitoring
  21. 21

    Raygun

    Crash reporting, real user monitoring and APM with usage-based pricing on errors, sessions and traces. Covers .NET, JavaScript and mobile platforms.

    Paid ErrorsReal user monitoringAPM
  22. 22

    Request Metrics

    Real user monitoring focused on Core Web Vitals and page speed for websites, with lab tests, SEO tracking and email alerts when performance slips.

    Free plan Free: 1 user, Core Web Vitals monitoring, email alerts Real user monitoring
  23. 23

    rrweb

    Open source library that records DOM changes in the browser and replays them as a session video; the recording engine inside many session replay products.

    Free Open source (MIT) Self-hosted Session replay
  24. 24

    RUMvision

    Real user monitoring for Core Web Vitals: breaks down LCP, INP and CLS by page template, device and third-party script, with regression alerts and CrUX competitor comparisons.

    Paid Real user monitoring
  25. 25

    Sematext

    Hosted infrastructure monitoring, log management, synthetic checks and real user monitoring, with a plan chosen per app.

    Free plan LogsInfrastructureSynthetic checksReal user monitoring
  26. 26

    Sentry

    Captures exceptions and crashes from web, mobile and backend SDKs, groups them into issues with stack traces and releases, and alerts owners. Adds tracing, replays and logs.

    Free plan Free: Developer: 5K errors/month, 1 user Self-hosted ErrorsAPMTracesReal user monitoring
  27. 27

    Smartlook

    Session recording, heatmaps and funnels for web and mobile apps, owned by Cisco. Being wound down, with its features moving into Splunk Observability Cloud.

    Free plan end-of-sale Session replayReal user monitoring
  28. 28

    SpeedCurve

    Web performance monitoring that pairs real user monitoring with scheduled synthetic tests, tracking Core Web Vitals and page speed against budgets and competitors.

    Paid Real user monitoringSynthetic checks

Side by side

Tool Pricing Free plan Open source Self-hosted Core Web VitalsSession replayJavaScript errorsMobile SDKsResource timingSegmentationAlertsPrivacy maskingJourneys or funnels
Akamai mPulse Paid No No No Yes-YesYesYesYesYes-Yes
Atatus Paid No No No YesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Blue Triangle Paid No No No Yes-YesYesYesYesYes-Yes
Boomerang Free Yes Yes Yes YesNoYesNoNoNoNoYesNo
Calibre Paid No No No Yes----Yes-Yes-
Catchpoint Paid No No No YesYesYesYesYesYes-YesYes
Cloudflare Web Analytics Free Yes No No Yes----Yes-Yes-
Contentsquare Free plan Yes No No -YesYesYes-YesYesYesYes
CoreDash Paid No No No Yes---YesYesYesYes-
DebugBear Paid No No No Yes-Yes-YesYesYesYesYes
Embrace Free plan 1M sessions/year, 5 users No No Yes-YesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Fullstory Free plan 30,000 sessions/mo, 12-month retention No No YesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Glassbox Paid No No No YesYesYesYes-YesYesYesYes
Grafana Faro Free plan Yes Yes Yes YesYesYesNoNoNoNoYesNo
LogRocket Paid No No No YesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Luciq Paid No No No YesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Microsoft Clarity Free Yes No No YesYesYesYes-Yes-YesYes
OpenReplay Free plan Yes Yes Yes -YesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
PostHog Free plan 5K session recordings and 1M events per month Yes Yes YesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Quantum Metric Paid No No No YesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Raygun Paid No No No Yes-YesYesYesYesYesYes-
Request Metrics Free plan 1 user, Core Web Vitals monitoring, email alerts No No Yes-Yes-YesYesYesYesYes
rrweb Free Yes Yes Yes NoYesYesNoNoNoNoYesNo
RUMvision Paid No No No Yes----YesYes--
Sematext Free plan Yes No No Yes---YesYesYes--
Sentry Free plan Developer: 5K errors/month, 1 user No Yes YesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes-
Smartlook Free plan Yes No No -YesYesYes-Yes-YesYes
SpeedCurve Paid No No No Yes-Yes---Yes-Yes

Yes: confirmed in the tool's documentation. No: documented as not offered. -: not confirmed. Plans and prices change; check each tool's own site before you decide.

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