Appcues vs Smartsheet

Appcues and Smartsheet (Opensource SDKs for the Smartsheet collaborative work management platform) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Appcues (rank #257) holds a narrow lead over Smartsheet (rank #338) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (47 vs 43). The gap of 4 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Appcues carries 984 GitHub stars across 122 public repos, with 17 repositories active in the last 90 days and 6 external contributors on record. Smartsheet shows 150 stars across 11 public repos, 8 active in the last 90 days and 15 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Appcues's footprint is roughly 6.6x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Appcues is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. Smartsheet 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.