Avalara vs Hotjar

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

Hotjar (rank #317) holds a modest lead over Avalara (rank #693) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (44 vs 31). The gap of 13 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 Avalara. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Hotjar is clearly ahead of Avalara. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Hotjar is slightly ahead of Avalara. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Hotjar is clearly ahead of Avalara. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Hotjar is clearly ahead of Avalara.

Avalara carries 21 GitHub stars across 7 public repos, with 0 repositories active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors on record. Hotjar shows 52 stars across 2 public repos, 1 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors.

Avalara is worth a look for teams already invested in its stack. Hotjar looks better where reach 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.