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Testimonial Hero is a service, not software. A producer interviews your customer and a team edits a finished video and case study, sold as packages from $3,800 on a 12-month term. Testimonials in Privatus Analytics is software you run yourself, for collecting and showing testimonials every day.

Checked on October 12, 2026 against Testimonial Hero's own public pages. What they offer may have changed since.

The Testimonials inbox of a shop, with filters for status, rating and tags on the left, a search box, and testimonial cards with star ratings and a highlighted sentence.

Where Testimonial Hero may suit you better

Things Testimonial Hero does that Testimonials in Privatus Analytics does not do the same way. If one of these matters most to you, choose Testimonial Hero.

  • Produced video, with a live producer, professional editing, B-roll and an on-site crew option, for enterprise B2B proof [2]
  • Written assets from the same interview, such as a case study, a one-page summary, a sales slide and quote cards [2]
  • A project portal, a dedicated project manager and event shoots that record many customers in a day [3]

How Testimonials in Privatus Analytics differs from Testimonial Hero

  • You can see what a testimonial did. Privatus Analytics is also your site's analytics, so a goal, a funnel or an experiment on the same page shows it.
  • One price covers both. Paid plans start at $9 a month, tax included, and that is the whole of Privatus Analytics.
  • You can start with everything you have. Imports never count toward your month, and the free plan's 5 new testimonials are counted fresh each month.
  • Forms, widgets and walls are not metered. Views are never billed.
  • A second brand costs nothing extra. Each brand is a site, with 3 sites on Free and as many as you need on paid plans.
  • No kind word is lost. One that arrives over your monthly number waits for you, a deleted one stays in the trash for 30 days, and every edit keeps a history.
  • Your visitors are left alone. Widgets, walls and forms set no cookies on their devices.

Fewer limits

Collect and share without counting

A produced video costs thousands of dollars each and takes about 45 days, and it does not collect text testimonials, import reviews or give you a widget. Here you collect, manage and show testimonials yourself from a free plan, and you can still hire a producer for the few that deserve it.

  • As many forms, widgets and walls as you want on every plan, and views are never billed.
  • 5 new testimonials a month on Free, 1,000 on Pro and 10,000 on Business. Imports never count.
  • A testimonial over your monthly number is kept in full and waits for the next month or an upgrade. Widgets keep showing.
The form builder, with the steps Welcome, Rating, Questions, About you, Consent and Thank you, the form's link and the answers it accepts as text, video and audio.
Triage showing one pending five-star testimonial in large type, with buttons to reject, skip, approve, tag and add to a collection, each with its keyboard shortcut.

Management made easy

One inbox for everything people said

Every testimonial from a form, an import, a request, the API or your own hands lands in one inbox. Triage them one at a time, or search, filter and act on many at once.

  • Tags, saved views and collections on every plan, with bulk actions you can undo.
  • A consent record, a verified mark and a history of every edit on each testimonial.
  • A trash that keeps a deleted testimonial for 30 days, and a spreadsheet export on every plan.

Bring them from anywhere

Import what people already said about you

Pull reviews in from 12 review platforms, from any web page and from a spreadsheet. Imports never count toward your month, and a migration from another tool is a spreadsheet away.

  • Trustpilot
  • G2
  • Capterra
  • Product Hunt
  • X
  • AppSumo
  • Tripadvisor
  • Chrome Web Store
  • Shopify App Store
  • WordPress plugin directory
  • Apple App Store
  • Google Play

How importing works

The Import tab, with a field for a link to your reviews, a choice between a one-time import and a monthly or weekly check, a spreadsheet upload and a move from another tool.
The widget editor with nine layouts to choose from, including carousel, grid, masonry, list, single quote, marquee, avatar strip, rating badge and corner popup.

Share them everywhere

Widgets, walls and pictures

Show your best testimonials on your own site with a widget, on a hosted Wall of Love, or as a picture for social posts and emails.

  • 9 widget layouts and 3 wall layouts, with a loader of about 3.0 KB that sets no cookies.
  • 7 picture templates in 8 sizes, made from any approved testimonial.
  • Rich snippets markup on Business, so a page can be eligible for star ratings in search results.

Advanced settings

Make it yours, and keep control

A brand kit, rules that tag and group testimonials by themselves, your own domain, translation and purchase-triggered requests are all settings, not support tickets. Some are on Business, and each page of the app says which plan it needs.

  • A brand kit on every plan, and custom CSS on Business.
  • Tag rules and smart collections that apply themselves, on Business.
  • Your own domain and translation into 16 languages, both on Business.
The brand kit settings with colors, fonts and a live preview of a form
Brand kit
The tag rules page listing rules that tag testimonials by what they say
Tag rules
The custom domain settings for forms and the wall
Custom domain
The translations page showing a testimonial in several languages
Translation
The Analytics tab of Testimonials, with form views, submissions, completion rate, request answer rate, widget views and wall views, and a chart of form views over 30 days.
Views, clicks and plays for every widget, wall and page, next to your site's own analytics.

Privatus Analytics and Testimonial Hero, side by side

Testimonials in Privatus AnalyticsTestimonial Hero, as read on October 12, 2026
Free plan 5 new testimonials every month, written ones, counted fresh each month. Imports do not count. 3 sites. Team members: 1 (the owner). No free plan or trial is mentioned. [2]
Lowest price Pro from $9 a month, which is the whole of Privatus Analytics. Tax is included in the price. The smallest package is $3,800 for remote filming (written only or one video), on a 12-month term. There is no monthly price. [2]
Video testimonials On Pro, up to 2 minutes a recording, and on Business up to 10 minutes. Free is text only. Produced videos of 90 to 120 seconds, with social and sales cuts in larger packages. About 45 days from start to delivery. [2]
Text testimonials On every plan. 5 new ones a month on Free, 1,000 on Pro and 10,000 on Business. Self-serve collection of text testimonials was not described on the pages we read. [1]
Importing existing reviews From 12 review platforms, from any web page and from a spreadsheet. Free runs 1 fetched import a month, and paid plans have no limit. Imports never count toward the month. Not described on the pages we read. [1]
Widgets and Wall of Love As many widgets and walls as you want on every plan. Views are never billed. Not described on the pages we read. [1]

Why Testimonials in Privatus Analytics

  • Imports never count toward your month, so you can bring everything you have.
  • Unlimited forms, widgets and walls, and views are never billed.
  • An inbox, saved views, tags and collections on every plan.
  • 12 import sources, a spreadsheet import and any web page.
  • An API and an MCP server on every plan, so an assistant can work with your testimonials.
  • Your site's analytics next to your testimonials, with no cookies on your visitors.

Other alternatives

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Sources

  1. Testimonial Hero homepage (testimonialhero.com)
  2. Testimonial Hero pricing (www.testimonialhero.com)
  3. Testimonial Hero portal (www.testimonialhero.com)

Privatus Analytics is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Testimonial Hero. Product names are trademarks of their owners and are used only to identify the products compared. Facts about Testimonial Hero come from its public website on the date shown and may have changed since. If you spot an error, tell us and we'll fix it.

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Questions and answers

Can I bring my testimonials across from Testimonial Hero?

Yes, with a spreadsheet. Export or copy your testimonials from Testimonial Hero into a CSV or Excel file and use the spreadsheet import. An import never counts toward your monthly number of new testimonials. Only bring in what the people agreed to share.

What does Testimonials in Privatus Analytics cost?

It is part of every Privatus Analytics plan. Free includes 5 new testimonials a month, Pro starts at $9 a month with 1,000 and Business at $49 a month with 10,000. Prices include tax.

Does Testimonial Hero have things Privatus Analytics does not?

Yes, and they are listed near the top of this page, each with its source. If one of them matters most to you, Testimonial Hero is the better choice for you.

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