Crisp vs Plausible Analytics

Crisp (Crisp helps every business deliver a great customer experience. The all-in-one platform for customer support.) and Plausible Analytics (Simple, open source, lightweight (< 1 KB) and privacy-friendly alternative to Google Analytics.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Plausible Analytics (rank #338) holds a narrow lead over Crisp (rank #430) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (43 vs 40). The gap of 3 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Crisp carries 506 GitHub stars across 27 public repos, with 12 repositories active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors on record. Plausible Analytics shows 31,145 stars across 21 public repos, 7 active in the last 90 days and 23 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Plausible Analytics's footprint is roughly 61.6x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Crisp is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Plausible Analytics 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.