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Microsoft Clarity vs Tinylytics
A side-by-side editorial comparison of Microsoft Clarity and Tinylytics — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
Shared themes:web-analyticsmcp
Microsoft Clarity vs Tinylytics: at a glance
What is Microsoft Clarity?
Clarity turns its AI-traffic work toward agents on sites, with a 5.2M-session study.
Microsoft Clarity's product releases sit almost entirely on AI visibility: citation topics, branded vs non-branded query splits, scrape-to-referral attribution, custom brand terms and page-type classification in Bot Activity. October has brought no product release so far, only two blog posts: a study of AI-powered visits across 5.2 million sessions, and an account of cutting clarity.js by 4.5% with an automated AI experiment loop.
What is Tinylytics?
Tinylytics adds account-wide IP ignores and monitoring-only sites
Tinylytics now lets users ignore IP addresses across all their sites at once and switch a site to monitoring only, with new embed options. October brought a simpler embed script, exclusion of cloud-network and Tor traffic, an Ultra-only SEO audit that uses an AI model to rank fixes, and automatic form tracking.
Microsoft Clarity vs Tinylytics: editorial side-by-side
Microsoft Clarity
5.0ANALYTICS
Clarity turns its AI-traffic work toward agents on sites, with a 5.2M-session study.
◆ Current state
Microsoft Clarity's product releases sit almost entirely on AI visibility: citation topics, branded vs non-branded query splits, scrape-to-referral attribution, custom brand terms and page-type classification in Bot Activity. October has brought no product release so far, only two blog posts: a study of AI-powered visits across 5.2 million sessions, and an account of cutting clarity.js by 4.5% with an automated AI experiment loop.
◆ Where it's heading
Each release adds another filter or segmentation layer to the same AI-visibility surface, moving it from raw counts toward per-page and per-brand reporting. The agent study extends the subject from AI crawlers and citations to agents acting on sites, including searches, forms and checkout. The MCP server posts suggest Clarity also wants this data queried by agents, not just read in dashboards.
◆ Prediction
Expect agent sessions to appear as their own segment in Clarity reporting, following the path from crawler data to scrape-to-referral. The entries don't confirm such a feature or show whether Clarity will charge for any of this.
Tinylytics
5.0ANALYTICS
Tinylytics adds account-wide IP ignores and monitoring-only sites
◆ Current state
Tinylytics now lets users ignore IP addresses across all their sites at once and switch a site to monitoring only, with new embed options. October brought a simpler embed script, exclusion of cloud-network and Tor traffic, an Ultra-only SEO audit that uses an AI model to rank fixes, and automatic form tracking.
◆ Where it's heading
Most recent releases are about cleaner numbers: bot filtering, network exclusions and now account-level IP rules. The SEO audit and MCP tooling are the only moves outside that, both on the higher plans.
◆ Prediction
More account-level settings that apply across sites are likely, following the IP rules; the entries do not show a new product area coming.
Alternatives to Microsoft Clarity and Tinylytics
Other Analytics products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either Microsoft Clarity or Tinylytics.
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OpenHouse
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OpenCTI
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InfluxDB
InfluxDB keeps patching its 3.11 and 3.12 lines, now with a catalog repair tool.
Basedash
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Recent activity from Microsoft Clarity and Tinylytics
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 3h agoTinylyticsAccount-wide IP ignore rules, monitoring-only sites and new embed options
- 6d agoMicrosoft ClarityWhat AI Agents Do on Websites: Insights From 5.2 Million Sessions
- 6d agoMicrosoft ClarityHow We Made clarity.js 4.5% Smaller Without Sacrificing Compatibility
- 8d agoTinylyticsA simpler embed script, cleaner stats and archiving that keeps your history
- 15d agoTinylyticsAn SEO audit with a ranked fix list, page names, and imports that keep their dates
- 20d agoTinylyticsAutomatic form tracking, a Direct row in Referrers, and more countries in email reports
- 29d agoTinylyticsStat cards, new widget looks, Developer mode, and achievements
- 1mo agoMicrosoft ClarityHow We Use an AI Skill to Ship Clarity Releases with Confidence
- 1mo agoMicrosoft ClarityCustomize Your Brand Terms in Microsoft Clarity AI Visibility
- 1mo agoTinylyticsCleaner stats: Singapore bot traffic is now filtered out
- 1mo agoMicrosoft ClarityIntroducing Page Classification in Clarity Bot Activity
- 1mo agoMicrosoft ClarityHow SaaS Teams Can Use Clarity to Understand Monetization Behavior
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Microsoft Clarity and Tinylytics?
Both compete on the same themes — web-analytics, mcp — within Analytics. Microsoft Clarity and Tinylytics are shipping at a similar cadence (velocity 5.0 vs 5.0, both within Sparkpulse's "active" band). See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is Microsoft Clarity better than Tinylytics?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Microsoft Clarity and Tinylytics are shipping at a similar cadence (velocity 5.0 vs 5.0, both within Sparkpulse's "active" band). For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other Analytics products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to Microsoft Clarity?
Top Microsoft Clarity alternatives in Analytics are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Microsoft Clarity alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/microsoft-clarity for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to Tinylytics?
Top Tinylytics alternatives in Analytics are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Tinylytics alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/tinylytics for the full list with editorial commentary on each.