BigCommerce vs Elementor

BigCommerce and Elementor both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

BigCommerce (rank #103) holds a modest lead over Elementor (rank #317) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (55 vs 44). The gap of 11 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Elementor shows 10,938 stars across 67 public repos, 9 active in the last 90 days and 45 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Elementor'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. Elementor 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.