Gainsight vs Plausible Analytics

Gainsight 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 Gainsight (rank #536) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (43 vs 36). 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), Plausible Analytics is clearly ahead of Gainsight. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Plausible Analytics is clearly ahead of Gainsight. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Plausible Analytics is ahead of Gainsight. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Plausible Analytics is clearly ahead of Gainsight. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Gainsight is ahead of Plausible Analytics.

Gainsight carries 5 GitHub stars across 6 public repos, with 3 repositories active in the last 90 days and 3 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 6229.0x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Gainsight is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Plausible Analytics looks better where code quality 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.