Amplitude vs Marqeta

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

Amplitude (rank #93) holds a meaningful lead over Marqeta (rank #662) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (56 vs 32). The gap of 24 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 Marqeta. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Marqeta is ahead of Amplitude. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Amplitude is clearly ahead of Marqeta. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Marqeta is ahead of Amplitude. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Amplitude is clearly ahead of Marqeta.

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. Marqeta shows 84 stars across 18 public repos, 3 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 37.7x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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