Hotjar vs Thomson Reuters

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

Hotjar (rank #317) holds a modest lead over Thomson Reuters (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (44 vs 33). The gap of 11 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 Thomson Reuters. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Hotjar is clearly ahead of Thomson Reuters. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Hotjar is slightly ahead of Thomson Reuters. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Hotjar is ahead of Thomson Reuters. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Hotjar is slightly ahead of Thomson Reuters.

Hotjar carries 52 GitHub stars across 2 public repos, with 1 repositories active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors on record. Thomson Reuters shows 436 stars across 143 public repos, 8 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Thomson Reuters's footprint is roughly 8.4x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Hotjar is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Thomson Reuters makes more sense for teams already using its adjacent tools. The table below breaks the scores down pillar by pillar; the linked profiles cover the underlying repos, docs and community signals in full.