Kajabi vs Plausible Analytics

Kajabi and Plausible Analytics (Simple, open source, lightweight (< 1 KB) and privacy-friendly alternative to Google Analytics.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Plausible Analytics (rank #338) holds a modest lead over Kajabi (rank #662) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (43 vs 32). 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), Plausible Analytics is ahead of Kajabi. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Plausible Analytics is ahead of Kajabi. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Plausible Analytics is clearly ahead of Kajabi. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Plausible Analytics is clearly ahead of Kajabi. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Kajabi is slightly ahead of Plausible Analytics.

Kajabi carries 99 GitHub stars across 103 public repos, with 8 repositories active in the last 90 days and 11 external contributors on record. Plausible Analytics shows 31,145 stars across 21 public repos, 7 active in the last 90 days and 23 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Plausible Analytics's footprint is roughly 314.6x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Kajabi is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Plausible Analytics looks better where community 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.