Akeneo vs Productboard

Akeneo and Productboard (Make things that matter, together. See also @productboardlabs) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Akeneo (rank #338) holds a modest lead over Productboard (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (43 vs 33). The gap of 10 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Akeneo is clearly ahead of Productboard. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Akeneo is ahead of Productboard. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Akeneo is clearly ahead of Productboard. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Productboard is ahead of Akeneo. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Productboard is slightly 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. Productboard shows 90 stars across 87 public repos, 8 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Akeneo's footprint is roughly 23.6x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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