Amplitude vs BigCommerce

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

Amplitude (rank #93) holds a narrow lead over BigCommerce (rank #103) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (56 vs 55). The gap of 1 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Amplitude carries 3,167 GitHub stars across 151 public repos, with 39 repositories active in the last 90 days and 23 external contributors on record. BigCommerce shows 3,505 stars across 281 public repos, 25 active in the last 90 days and 51 external contributors.

Amplitude is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. BigCommerce 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.