Hotjar vs Squarespace

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

Hotjar (rank #317) holds a narrow lead over Squarespace (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 clearly ahead of Squarespace. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Hotjar is clearly ahead of Squarespace. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Hotjar is slightly ahead of Squarespace. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Hotjar is clearly ahead of Squarespace. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Squarespace 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. Squarespace shows 2,038 stars across 98 public repos, 6 active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Squarespace's footprint is roughly 39.2x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Hotjar is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Squarespace 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.