Top 20 session replay software by AI search visibility (2026)
Session replay software used to capture user journeys, troubleshoot UX issues, surface friction points, and pair qualitative behavior insights with product and website analytics. Ranked by a composite score: 70% visibility (% of AI answers naming the brand) + 30% citation rate (% citing the brand's domain). Full methodology →
Refreshed Jun 07, 2026At a glance
What we observed in this categoryauto-generated
Quantum Metric holds the top composite score at 31.2, narrowly ahead of Amplitude at 30.0, but the nature of their leads differs sharply. Quantum Metric achieves its position through a combination of 12.5% visibility and 75% citation rate, while Amplitude reaches near-parity with zero visibility but a perfect 100% citation rate. This gap matters because it reveals two distinct paths to AI prominence — being named in AI responses versus being trusted as a source — and no brand currently dominates both dimensions simultaneously.
The divergence between visibility and citation is the defining pattern of this category. Fullstory ranks third with matched 25% visibility and 25% citation, the only brand where both metrics align. Meanwhile, Inspectlet (rank 4) is cited 75% of the time yet has zero visibility, and LogRocket (rank 5) achieves 12.5% visibility with zero citations. This split suggests AI Mode is drawing on these brands differently — naming some as solutions and sourcing others as reference material — with no clear correlation between the two roles.
Google AI Mode is the dominant engine across all 10 ranked brands without exception, indicating the audit data reflects a single-engine landscape. The top cited sources include third-party domains — statsig.com, posthog.com, rollbar.com, reddit.com, and fullsession.io — alongside brand-owned domains like amplitude.com, quantummetric.com, and inspectlet.com. This pattern suggests AI Mode is anchoring category responses on a mix of developer-community and comparison-oriented sources rather than relying exclusively on vendor content, which likely influences which brands receive citations versus named mentions.
Movers & shakers since last refresh
Biggest visibility risers
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Fullstory 0% → 25% · rank #0 → #3+25pp
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Quantum Metric 0% → 12% · rank #0 → #1+12pp
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LogRocket 0% → 12% · rank #0 → #5+12pp
The ranking
| # | Brand | Visibility | Citation | Top engine |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
quantummetric.com
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12% | 75% | Google AI Mode |
Quantum Metric leads with a composite score of 31.2 — more than 8x the category average visibility of 3.8% — driven by a 75% citation rate despite only 12.5% direct visibility. |
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| 2 |
amplitude.com
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0% | 100% | Google AI Mode |
Amplitude reaches a 30.0 composite score entirely through a 100% citation rate, making it the most-cited brand in the category despite recording zero named visibility in AI responses. |
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| 3 |
fullstory.com
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25% | 25% | Google AI Mode |
Fullstory is the only top-5 brand where visibility and citation are equal at 25% each, entering the rankings fresh from zero visibility in the prior period with a delta of +25% on both metrics. |
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| 4 |
inspectlet.com
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0% | 75% | Google AI Mode |
Inspectlet mirrors Amplitude's pattern — zero visibility but a 75% citation rate — ranking it as the second most-cited brand while never appearing as a named recommendation in AI responses. |
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| 5 |
logrocket.com
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12% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
LogRocket shares the same composite score of 8.8 as Microsoft Clarity and Dynatrace (ranks 6–7), all with 12.5% visibility but zero citation, placing them in a mid-tier cluster with no sourcing traction. |
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| 6 |
clarity.microsoft.com
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12% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 7 |
dynatrace.com
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12% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 8 |
mouseflow.com
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0% | 25% | Google AI Mode |
| 9 |
pendo.io
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0% | 25% | Google AI Mode |
| 10 |
smartlook.com
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0% | 12% | Google AI Mode |
| 11 |
uxcam.com
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0% | 12% | Google AI Mode |
| 12 |
datadoghq.com
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0% | 12% | Google AI Mode |
| 13 |
openreplay.com
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0% | 12% | Google AI Mode |
| 14 |
hotjar.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 15 |
contentsquare.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 16 |
glassbox.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 17 |
luckyorange.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 18 |
heap.io
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 19 |
raygun.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 20 |
medallia.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
Sources AI engines trust in this category
Across the 8 buyer-intent queries we ran on session replay software, these are the domains Google AI Mode cited most often. If you're not on this list — or if your competitors are — that's a concrete PR / linkbuilding target.
How to read this ranking
Four things worth knowing before you act on the numbers above. These are the same definitions across every industry page — for category-specific observations, see the What we observed section above (where available) and the per-brand insights inline in the ranking.
Visibility = being named
A brand's visibility % is the share of AI answers that mention it by name in the response prose. This is who AI engines actively recommend to the buyer.
Citation rate = being trusted
Citation rate is the share of AI answers that include the brand's domain as a clickable source link. This is what the AI treats as authoritative evidence — different from being named.
Top engine differs by brand
The "top engine" column shows which AI surface each brand performs best on. Big gaps between a brand's score across engines usually points to specific content or schema gaps.
Rankings move month to month
AI engines re-crawl and re-rank on shorter cycles than classical search. We re-audit every brand on this list at least every 30 days and refresh this page automatically.
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Frequently asked about session replay software AI visibility
Who leads AI visibility in session replay software?
Quantum Metric leads with the highest composite score of 31.2, followed closely by Amplitude at 30.0, though both reach the top through very different combinations of visibility and citation.
Which session replay brand is cited most often by Google AI Mode?
Amplitude has the highest citation rate at 100%, followed by Quantum Metric and Inspectlet both at 75%, despite neither Amplitude nor Inspectlet appearing in any named AI visibility responses.
What sources does AI cite most for session replay software research?
Google AI Mode draws on a mix of third-party sources — including statsig.com, posthog.com, rollbar.com, and reddit.com — alongside vendor-owned domains like amplitude.com, quantummetric.com, and inspectlet.com.
Is there a meaningful gap between which brands are named versus cited in AI responses?
Yes — Amplitude and Inspectlet have zero visibility but citation rates of 100% and 75% respectively, while LogRocket has 12.5% visibility but zero citations, showing the two metrics are largely uncorrelated in this category.
Which session replay brands are new entrants to AI visibility this period?
Fullstory, Quantum Metric, and LogRocket are all identified as biggest visibility risers, each moving from zero visibility in the prior period, with Fullstory recording the largest gain at +25% visibility.
How concentrated is AI visibility across the session replay category?
Visibility is highly concentrated — the category average is just 3.8%, and only four of the top 10 brands record any visibility at all, with Fullstory leading named mentions at 25%.