Plausible Analytics vs Zapier

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

Zapier (rank #27) holds a meaningful lead over Plausible 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 Plausible Analytics. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Zapier is slightly ahead of Plausible Analytics. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Plausible Analytics is clearly ahead of Zapier. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Zapier is ahead of Plausible Analytics. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Zapier 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. Zapier shows 6,768 stars across 296 public repos, 13 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 4.6x 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. Zapier 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.