Microsoft Clarity
Microsoft Clarity is a website behavior analytics tool for heatmaps, session recordings, click behavior, scroll depth, rage clicks, dead clicks, and user experience insights. For nonprofits, it can help identify where donation pages, program pages, forms, and key website journeys confuse visitors.
- Type
- Software
- Cost model
- Free behavior analytics tool
- Nonprofit terms
- Not required for general use
- Last reviewed
- July 15, 2026
What is Microsoft Clarity?
Microsoft Clarity can be useful for nonprofits that want to understand how visitors actually use donation pages, program pages, forms, and campaign landing pages. Use this page to decide whether Clarity fits your website improvement workflow, what privacy and consent details to verify, and how your team will turn behavior insights into better supporter experiences.
Best For
Best for nonprofits that want to improve website usability, donation flow, form completion, content layout, and supporter experience using behavior data. It fits teams that can review recordings responsibly and act on usability findings without collecting unnecessary sensitive data.
Key Features
- Use heatmaps to see where visitors click, scroll, and focus attention on donation pages, forms, resource pages, and campaign landing pages
- Review session recordings to understand confusing navigation, abandoned forms, rage clicks, dead clicks, and usability friction
- Filter behavior insights by pages, devices, traffic sources, and user interactions to prioritize website improvements
- Pair behavior analytics with Google Analytics or campaign reports to connect traffic data with real visitor experience
- Improve website journeys while reviewing masking, privacy, consent, and sensitive data handling before collecting recordings
How It Fits
- Learning curve
- Dashboards and recordings are approachable, but turning behavior data into improvements requires judgment, privacy discipline, and website editing capacity.
- Setup timeShort
- Installing the tracking code can be quick; responsible setup also needs masking review, consent/cookie checks, key page selection, and reporting workflows.
- Organization sizeSmall to large nonprofits
- Useful for any nonprofit with website traffic, especially teams improving donation pages, forms, service pages, resource hubs, or campaign landing pages.
- Technical skillLow to moderate
- Installation may require CMS, tag manager, or developer access; analysis and privacy review need operations ownership.
Before You Sign Up
Cost and access
Microsoft Clarity is generally available as a free analytics tool and does not require nonprofit status. This listing does not claim a separate nonprofit discount. Review current Microsoft Clarity terms, privacy settings, data handling, and feature availability directly before installing it on a nonprofit website.
Eligibility and availability
General Clarity use does not usually require nonprofit status, but nonprofits should review visitor privacy, consent, cookie notice, session recording masking, sensitive data risks, account ownership, and compliance requirements before installing tracking code.
Check before you apply
- Confirm current Microsoft Clarity terms, free usage rules, data retention, privacy controls, masking behavior, and project access settings
- Review whether your website collects sensitive information and whether session recording should be limited, masked, or avoided on certain pages
- Check cookie notice, consent requirements, privacy policy language, and country-specific compliance before installing tracking code
- Decide who will review heatmaps and recordings, document findings, prioritize fixes, and make website changes
- Test installation through your CMS or tag manager and confirm it does not conflict with analytics, donation forms, or site performance