Plausible Analytics vs Zoho

Plausible Analytics (Simple, open source, lightweight (< 1 KB) and privacy-friendly alternative to Google Analytics.) and Zoho (Unique and powerful suite of software to run your entire business, brought to you by a company with the long term vision to transform the way you work.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Plausible Analytics (rank #338) holds a modest lead over Zoho (rank #662) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (43 vs 32). The gap of 11 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 Zoho. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Plausible Analytics is clearly ahead of Zoho. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Plausible Analytics is clearly ahead of Zoho. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Plausible Analytics is ahead of Zoho. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Zoho is clearly 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. Zoho shows 756 stars across 244 public repos, 55 active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Plausible Analytics's footprint is roughly 41.2x 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. Zoho 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.