Hotjar's average revenue per user is just under €50 per month
David Darmanin · EP 558: 2 yr Old HotJar Passes $500k MRR Helping 10,000 Customers See What Website Visitors Are Doing with CEO David Darmanin · Feb 2, 2017 · at 5:57
David Darmanin, CEO of Hotjar, discusses the company's average monthly revenue per user and freemium pricing dynamics.
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“We're just shy of the 50 euro range. So it's relatively low. We are a volume company, but that's typical when you do freemium. But if we do well, we expect that number to constantly go up. So when we started, it was in the 30 euro range.”
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