Hotjar vs jotform

Hotjar (Product Experience Insights Tools) and jotform (Free Online Form Builder & Form Creator) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Hotjar (rank #317) holds a modest lead over jotform (rank #727) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (44 vs 30). The gap of 14 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Hotjar carries 52 GitHub stars across 2 public repos, with 1 repositories active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors on record. jotform shows 1,105 stars across 32 public repos, 4 active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but jotform's footprint is roughly 21.3x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Hotjar is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. jotform looks better where momentum 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.