Smartlook vs Crazy Egg
Smartlook is a European alternative to Crazy Egg — same web analytics use case, built under EU data-protection law.
By the EU Alternatives team Last updated
Product analytics platform combining session recordings, heatmaps, funnels, and event tracking for websites and mobile apps. Trusted by 2800+ organizations.
- Jurisdiction
- EU / EEA
- GDPR by default
- Yes
- US CLOUD Act exposure
- No
- Open source
- No
- Free tier
- No
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- Jurisdiction
- US
- GDPR by default
- Requires DPA + TIA
- US CLOUD Act exposure
- Yes
Why choose Smartlook over Crazy Egg?
The decisive argument is data jurisdiction. Crazy Egg is headquartered in US, which means personal data processed through it can be subject to non-EU legal regimes — the US CLOUD Act, FISA 702, or similar laws depending on the provider. After the 2020 Schrems II ruling, EU organisations must carry out a transfer impact assessment for every such data flow.
Smartlook removes that overhead. As a Czech Republic-based provider, it operates natively under GDPR, and data stays inside the EU/EEA by default. For regulated sectors — health, public administration, finance — that's not a nice-to-have but a requirement. For everyone else, it's concentration-risk insurance: you avoid depending on a single non-EU jurisdiction that can change the rules without warning.