Matomo Analytics vs Zapier

Matomo Analytics (Matomo is hiring 🚀 Matomo.org/jobs MISSION: « To create, as a community, the leading open analytics platform that gives every user full control of their data ») and Zapier both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Zapier (rank #27) holds a meaningful lead over Matomo Analytics (rank #338) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (64 vs 43). The gap of 21 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Matomo Analytics carries 30,600 GitHub stars across 90 public repos, with 46 repositories active in the last 90 days and 34 external contributors on record. Zapier shows 6,774 stars across 296 public repos, 13 active in the last 90 days and 22 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Matomo Analytics's footprint is roughly 4.5x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Matomo Analytics is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Zapier looks better where reach 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.