BigCommerce vs SolarWinds

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

BigCommerce (rank #103) holds a modest lead over SolarWinds (rank #569) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (55 vs 35). The gap of 20 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 SolarWinds. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), BigCommerce is ahead of SolarWinds. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), BigCommerce is ahead of SolarWinds. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), SolarWinds is slightly ahead of BigCommerce. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), BigCommerce is slightly ahead of SolarWinds.

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. SolarWinds shows 1,101 stars across 104 public repos, 35 active in the last 90 days and 18 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but BigCommerce's footprint is roughly 3.2x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

BigCommerce is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. SolarWinds 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.