ActiveCampaign vs BigCommerce

ActiveCampaign and BigCommerce both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

BigCommerce (rank #103) holds a modest lead over ActiveCampaign (rank #485) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (55 vs 38). The gap of 17 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

ActiveCampaign carries 6,653 GitHub stars across 88 public repos, with 6 repositories active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors on record. BigCommerce shows 3,505 stars across 281 public repos, 25 active in the last 90 days and 51 external contributors.

ActiveCampaign is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. BigCommerce 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.