15Five vs Pendo

15Five and Pendo both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Pendo (rank #485) holds a narrow lead over 15Five (rank #693) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (38 vs 31). The gap of 7 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), 15Five is ahead of Pendo. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Pendo is ahead of 15Five. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Pendo is ahead of 15Five. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Pendo is ahead of 15Five. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), 15Five is slightly ahead of Pendo.

15Five carries 142 GitHub stars across 29 public repos, with 2 repositories active in the last 90 days and 4 external contributors on record. Pendo shows 266 stars across 133 public repos, 18 active in the last 90 days and 6 external contributors.

15Five is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. Pendo 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.