Hotjar vs Perk

Hotjar (Product Experience Insights Tools) and Perk (We're fixing business travel.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Hotjar (rank #317) holds a narrow lead over Perk (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), Hotjar is ahead of Perk. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Hotjar is clearly ahead of Perk. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Perk is ahead of Hotjar. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Hotjar is clearly ahead of Perk. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Perk 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. Perk shows 34 stars across 25 public repos, 5 active in the last 90 days and 6 external contributors.

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