Gravity Forms vs Hotjar

Gravity Forms (The most powerful form and workflow solution available for WordPress.) and Hotjar (Product Experience Insights Tools) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Hotjar (rank #317) holds a modest lead over Gravity Forms (rank #662) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (44 vs 32). The gap of 12 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 Gravity Forms. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Hotjar is ahead of Gravity Forms. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Hotjar is ahead of Gravity Forms. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Hotjar is clearly ahead of Gravity Forms. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Gravity Forms is ahead of Hotjar.

Gravity Forms carries 112 GitHub stars across 8 public repos, with 2 repositories active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors on record. Hotjar shows 52 stars across 2 public repos, 1 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors.

Gravity Forms is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Hotjar 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.