Hotjar vs Patreon

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

Hotjar (rank #317) holds a narrow lead over Patreon (rank #536) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (44 vs 36). The gap of 8 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Hotjar carries 52 GitHub stars across 2 public repos, with 1 repositories active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors on record. Patreon shows 846 stars across 62 public repos, 0 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Patreon's footprint is roughly 16.3x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Hotjar is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Patreon looks better where community 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.