Opsis vs Microsoft Clarity: from free heatmaps to reproduced, fixed bugs
Microsoft Clarity and Opsis answer different questions. Clarity is free heatmaps, session recordings and basic analytics for understanding where users click and drop off. Opsis is the QA layer that finds the sessions that are actual defects, reproduces them in a real browser, proves them on video, and writes the fix. Many teams will run both.
At a glance
| Dimension | Opsis | Microsoft Clarity |
|---|---|---|
| Primary job | Find, prove & fix bugs | Free heatmaps & session replay |
| Session replay | Reads yours (Clarity, SDK) | Records its own |
| Heatmaps (click / scroll / attention) | Yes (Pro+) | Yes (free) |
| Tells you which sessions are bugs | Yes, signal detection + AI | Signals, you decide |
| Reproduces the bug in a browser | Yes, via Opsis MCP | – |
| Proof video of the failure | Yes | – |
| Hands you a copy-paste fix | Yes, per finding | – |
| Pricing entry | Free trial, then paid | Free (unlimited) |
Opsis
Microsoft Clarity
What Microsoft Clarity is great at
Free, unlimited heatmaps & recordings
Clarity offers session replay, heatmaps and click maps at no cost with generous traffic limits. For pure visibility into where users engage and rage, it's hard to beat on price.
Friction signals built in
Clarity flags rage clicks, dead clicks and quick-backs out of the box, plus Copilot-style summaries. That signal surface is exactly the kind of finding Opsis can read and act on.
Heatmaps show where users rage. They don't prove the bug or fix it.
Clarity tells you a hot zone of rage clicks exists; it doesn't tell you which session is a real defect, reproduce the failure in a browser, prove it on video, or write the fix. For a marketing site a heatmap may be enough; for a product team that needs to ship fixes, the heatmap-to-fix gap is what Opsis fills.
How they fit together
Point Opsis at the sessions Clarity records (or use the Opsis SDK). Opsis reads the rage and dead-click signals, reproduces the strongest failures via Opsis MCP, proves each on video, and returns a guard-railed fix. Clarity keeps heatmapping; Opsis closes the loop on the bug.
When to use which
Use Microsoft Clarity
Reach for Microsoft Clarity when you want free heatmaps, recordings and friction signals to understand where users click, rage and drop off.
Use Opsis
Reach for Opsis when you need the broken sessions reproduced on video and fixed, rather than just a heatmap of where users struggle.
Together
Best together: Clarity shows the heatmaps and friction for free, Opsis reproduces the worst failures and writes the fixes.
Questions
Is Opsis a Microsoft Clarity alternative?
Not a like-for-like one. Clarity is free heatmaps and replay for visibility; Opsis is the QA layer that reproduces the broken sessions and writes the fix. Many teams run both.
If Clarity is free, why add Opsis?
Clarity shows where users rage; it doesn't reproduce the failure or fix it. Opsis turns the worst findings into a reproduced, video-proven bug with a pasteable fix, which a heatmap alone can't do.
Does Opsis replace Clarity?
Opsis now ships its own heatmaps (Pro and up) AND adds the reproduction/proof/fix layer Clarity doesn't have. Teams that want Clarity's unlimited free tier can keep it; Opsis reads those sessions and closes the loop on the bug.