KAYAK vs Plausible Analytics

KAYAK 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 narrow lead over KAYAK (rank #485) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (43 vs 38). The gap of 5 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), KAYAK is slightly ahead of Plausible Analytics. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Plausible Analytics is ahead of KAYAK. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Plausible Analytics is clearly ahead of KAYAK. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Plausible Analytics is slightly ahead of KAYAK. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Plausible Analytics is slightly ahead of KAYAK.

KAYAK carries 3,186 GitHub stars across 72 public repos, with 4 repositories active in the last 90 days and 1 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 9.8x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

KAYAK is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. 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.