Plausible Analytics vs Productboard

Plausible Analytics (Simple, open source, lightweight (< 1 KB) and privacy-friendly alternative to Google Analytics.) and Productboard (Make things that matter, together. See also @productboardlabs) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Plausible Analytics (rank #338) holds a modest lead over Productboard (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (43 vs 33). The gap of 10 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 Productboard. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Plausible Analytics is clearly ahead of Productboard. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Plausible Analytics is clearly ahead of Productboard. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Plausible Analytics is clearly ahead of Productboard. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Productboard is ahead of Plausible Analytics.

Plausible Analytics carries 31,145 GitHub stars across 21 public repos, with 7 repositories active in the last 90 days and 23 external contributors on record. Productboard shows 90 stars across 87 public repos, 8 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Plausible Analytics's footprint is roughly 346.1x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Plausible Analytics is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Productboard 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.