Fillout vs Hotjar

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

Hotjar (rank #317) holds a narrow lead over Fillout (rank #510) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (44 vs 37). The gap of 7 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Fillout carries 2 GitHub stars across 9 public repos, with 3 repositories active in the last 90 days and 3 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 Hotjar's footprint is roughly 26.0x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Fillout is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. 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.