Amplitude vs Sprout Social

Amplitude and Sprout Social both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Amplitude (rank #93) holds a modest lead over Sprout Social (rank #401) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (56 vs 41). The gap of 15 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 Sprout Social. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Sprout Social is ahead of Amplitude. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Amplitude is clearly ahead of Sprout Social. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Sprout Social is ahead of Amplitude. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Amplitude is ahead of Sprout Social.

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. Sprout Social shows 313 stars across 68 public repos, 4 active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Amplitude's footprint is roughly 10.1x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Amplitude is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Sprout Social 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.