Hotjar vs Userlike

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

Hotjar (rank #317) holds a modest lead over Userlike (rank #569) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (44 vs 35). 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), Hotjar is ahead of Userlike. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Hotjar is slightly ahead of Userlike. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Hotjar is ahead of Userlike. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Hotjar is clearly ahead of Userlike. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Hotjar is ahead of Userlike.

Hotjar carries 52 GitHub stars across 2 public repos, with 1 repositories active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors on record. Userlike shows 38 stars across 14 public repos, 3 active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors.

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