Hotjar vs Stripe Samples

Hotjar (Product Experience Insights Tools) and Stripe Samples (Sample integrations built by Stripe.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Stripe Samples (rank #141) holds a modest lead over Hotjar (rank #317) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (53 vs 44). The gap of 9 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Stripe Samples is ahead of Hotjar. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Hotjar is slightly ahead of Stripe Samples. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Stripe Samples is clearly ahead of Hotjar. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Hotjar is clearly ahead of Stripe Samples. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Stripe Samples is clearly 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. Stripe Samples shows 4,227 stars across 30 public repos, 23 active in the last 90 days and 8 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Stripe Samples's footprint is roughly 81.3x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Hotjar is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Stripe Samples 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.