Amplitude vs Metabase

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

Amplitude (rank #93) holds a narrow lead over Metabase (rank #165) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (56 vs 51). The gap of 5 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 Metabase. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Metabase is clearly ahead of Amplitude. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Amplitude is slightly ahead of Metabase. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Metabase is ahead of Amplitude. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Amplitude is ahead of Metabase.

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. Metabase shows 50,225 stars across 100 public repos, 21 active in the last 90 days and 49 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Metabase's footprint is roughly 15.9x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Amplitude is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. Metabase 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.