Akeneo vs Close

Akeneo and Close (The inside sales CRM of choice for SMBs) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Close (rank #298) holds a narrow lead over Akeneo (rank #338) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (45 vs 43). The gap of 2 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Akeneo carries 2,126 GitHub stars across 51 public repos, with 7 repositories active in the last 90 days and 15 external contributors on record. Close shows 3,871 stars across 190 public repos, 25 active in the last 90 days and 10 external contributors.

Akeneo is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. Close 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.