BigCommerce vs Close

BigCommerce and Close (The inside sales CRM of choice for SMBs) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

BigCommerce (rank #103) holds a modest lead over Close (rank #298) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (55 vs 45). The gap of 10 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

BigCommerce carries 3,505 GitHub stars across 281 public repos, with 25 repositories active in the last 90 days and 51 external contributors on record. Close shows 3,871 stars across 190 public repos, 25 active in the last 90 days and 10 external contributors.

BigCommerce is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Close makes more sense for teams already using its adjacent tools. The table below breaks the scores down pillar by pillar; the linked profiles cover the underlying repos, docs and community signals in full.