Session recording
Session recording is a general term for capturing what happened during a visit so someone can review it later. In Replayly, session recording means event-based session replay: the tracker records interface events and the player reconstructs the page. It is not a webcam, a microphone, or a full raw video of the user's screen outside the page.
Why it matters
People search for both 'session recording' and 'session replay'. They often mean the same product category. This glossary uses both, and the product UI talks about sessions and recordings interchangeably.
The implementation still matters. An event stream can apply input masking and block selectors before storage. A raw video capture cannot easily un-type a password. Replayly is built on the event-stream model.
If you are evaluating vendors, ask what is recorded, what is masked by default, and where the data is stored. The session replay feature page and the fact sheet are the Replayly answers to those questions.
Related: How Replayly records sessions. Back to the glossary.