BigCommerce vs Datto, Inc.

BigCommerce and Datto, Inc. both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

BigCommerce (rank #103) holds a meaningful lead over Datto, Inc. (rank #662) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (55 vs 32). The gap of 23 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 Datto, Inc.. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Datto, Inc. is slightly ahead of BigCommerce. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), BigCommerce is clearly ahead of Datto, Inc.. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), BigCommerce is ahead of Datto, Inc.. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), BigCommerce is clearly ahead of Datto, Inc..

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. Datto, Inc. shows 1,115 stars across 63 public repos, 1 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but BigCommerce's footprint is roughly 3.1x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

BigCommerce is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Datto, Inc. 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.