Agorapulse vs Appcues

Agorapulse and Appcues both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Appcues (rank #257) holds a modest lead over Agorapulse (rank #662) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (47 vs 32). The gap of 15 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Agorapulse carries 308 GitHub stars across 80 public repos, with 16 repositories active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors on record. Appcues shows 984 stars across 122 public repos, 17 active in the last 90 days and 6 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Appcues's footprint is roughly 3.2x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Agorapulse is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Appcues 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.