Agorapulse vs Hotjar

Agorapulse and Hotjar (Product Experience Insights Tools) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Hotjar (rank #317) holds a modest lead over Agorapulse (rank #662) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (44 vs 32). The gap of 12 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Hotjar is ahead of Agorapulse. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Hotjar is clearly ahead of Agorapulse. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Agorapulse is slightly ahead of Hotjar. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Hotjar is ahead of Agorapulse. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Agorapulse is slightly ahead of Hotjar.

Agorapulse carries 308 GitHub stars across 80 public repos, with 16 repositories active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors on record. Hotjar shows 52 stars across 2 public repos, 1 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Agorapulse's footprint is roughly 5.9x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Agorapulse is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Hotjar looks better where education is the deciding factor. The table below breaks the scores down pillar by pillar; the linked profiles cover the underlying repos, docs and community signals in full.