Amplitude vs Heap

Amplitude and Heap (Product Insights) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Amplitude (rank #93) holds a meaningful lead over Heap (rank #569) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (56 vs 35). The gap of 21 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Heap shows 215 stars across 65 public repos, 6 active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Amplitude's footprint is roughly 14.7x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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