Hotjar vs Podium

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

Hotjar (rank #317) holds a narrow lead over Podium (rank #372) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (44 vs 42). The gap of 2 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Hotjar carries 52 GitHub stars across 2 public repos, with 1 repositories active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors on record. Podium shows 86 stars across 25 public repos, 7 active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors.

Hotjar is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Podium 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.