Appcues vs SolarWinds

Appcues and SolarWinds both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Appcues (rank #257) holds a modest lead over SolarWinds (rank #569) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (47 vs 35). The gap of 12 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 SolarWinds. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Appcues is ahead of SolarWinds. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), SolarWinds is slightly ahead of Appcues. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), SolarWinds is ahead of Appcues. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), SolarWinds is clearly 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. SolarWinds shows 1,101 stars across 104 public repos, 35 active in the last 90 days and 18 external contributors.

Appcues is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. SolarWinds looks better where momentum 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.