Airtable vs Increase

Airtable (Airtable is a modern database created for everyone) and Increase (Build your bank) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Increase (rank #55) holds a modest lead over Airtable (rank #165) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (60 vs 51). The gap of 9 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Airtable carries 3,237 GitHub stars across 35 public repos, with 3 repositories active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors on record. Increase shows 45 stars across 12 public repos, 11 active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Airtable's footprint is roughly 71.9x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Airtable is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Increase looks better where community 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.