Product Experience Insights Tools
Hotjar vs Kajabi
Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.
Hotjar (Product Experience Insights Tools) and Kajabi both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.
Hotjar (rank #317) holds a modest lead over Kajabi (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 ahead of Kajabi. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Hotjar is clearly ahead of Kajabi. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Hotjar is slightly ahead of Kajabi. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Hotjar is clearly ahead of Kajabi. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Kajabi 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. Kajabi shows 99 stars across 103 public repos, 8 active in the last 90 days and 11 external contributors.
Hotjar is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Kajabi 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.
Side-by-side metrics
| Metric | Hotjar | Kajabi |
|---|---|---|
| Ranking | ||
| Overall rank | #317 | #662 |
| Pillars | ||
| Overall | 44 | 32 |
| Code | 56 | 47 |
| Education | 88 | 51 |
| Community | 22 | 18 |
| Reach | 62 | 11 |
| Momentum | 24 | 44 |
| Builder experience | 0 | 0 |
| Signals | ||
| Stars | 52 | 99 |
| Forks | 10 | 42 |
| Public repos | 2 | 103 |
| Active repos (90d) | 1 | 8 |
| External contributors | 2 | 11 |
| Avg polish | 45 | 45 |
| Avg AI-readiness | 60 | 36 |