Culture Amp vs Pirsch Analytics

Culture Amp (The employee feedback platform) and Pirsch Analytics (Pirsch is a simple, privacy-friendly, open-source alternative to Google Analytics - lightweight, cookie-free and easily integrated into any website. By @emvi.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Pirsch Analytics (rank #625) holds a narrow lead over Culture Amp (rank #696) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (33 vs 31). The gap of 2 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Culture Amp carries 1,202 GitHub stars across 179 public repos, with 15 repositories active in the last 90 days and 16 external contributors on record. Pirsch Analytics shows 1,203 stars across 24 public repos, 5 active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors.

Culture Amp is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Pirsch Analytics 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.