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Replay
Session replay explained: what a recording captures, how to review sessions without losing hours, and where replay fits alongside analytics, heatmaps and funnels.
Session replay rebuilds what a visitor saw and did from the structure of the page and the interactions recorded in the browser: clicks, scrolls, inputs, navigation and errors. Because it is a reconstruction rather than a screen recording, it is light enough to record routinely, can mask sensitive fields, and lets you jump straight to the moment something went wrong.
The hard part is not recording; it is knowing which recordings to watch. These articles cover what replay is and is not good for, a review routine that finds the handful of sessions worth your attention, how replay changes bug reporting, and how it fits next to the traffic, funnel and heatmap reports most teams already have.
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Where to start
- What session replay is, and how it actually helps you debug
The fundamentals: how a replay is reconstructed, what it shows that logs and stack traces cannot, and the problems it will not solve.
- Session replay without the noise
The routine that makes replay worth the time: start from a question, use a five-recording triage loop, and write the product note while the session is fresh.
- Bug reports with session replay attached: stop asking for screenshots
Replay applied to support: every bug report arrives with the session, console log and errors behind it, so nobody has to ask for a screenshot.
- When product teams need more than Google Analytics
Replay in context. Why product teams add session-level evidence to their traffic analytics, and what to look for when they do.
- Is there a free analytics platform with session replay, heatmaps and surveys in one?
If you are choosing tools: what an all-in-one platform with replay, heatmaps and surveys should include, and when separate tools are the better answer.
Replay
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Bug reports with session replay attached: stop asking for screenshots
How to get every bug report to arrive with the replay, console log and errors behind it, then triage by bug instead of by ticket.
Is there a free analytics platform with session replay, heatmaps and surveys in one?
The short answer, what all-in-one should actually include, and how the usual options compare.
What session replay is, and how it actually helps you debug
A replay is not a video recording. Understanding what it actually captures is what turns it from a curiosity into the fastest way to reproduce a bug.
Session replay without the noise
A simple review system for finding the five recordings that explain what broke, what confused users, and what deserves product time.
When product teams need more than Google Analytics
How to evaluate a Google Analytics alternative when you need behavior analytics, session recordings, heatmaps, and feedback tied to product decisions.
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