Plausible Analytics vs Workday

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

Workday (rank #278) holds a narrow lead over Plausible Analytics (rank #338) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (46 vs 43). The gap of 3 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Workday shows 1,102 stars across 57 public repos, 19 active in the last 90 days and 11 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Plausible Analytics's footprint is roughly 28.3x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Plausible Analytics is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Workday looks better where education 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.