Checkout.com vs Smartsheet

Checkout.com (A collection of libraries and plugins for Checkout.com) and Smartsheet (Opensource SDKs for the Smartsheet collaborative work management platform) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Checkout.com (rank #152) holds a modest lead over Smartsheet (rank #338) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (52 vs 43). The gap of 9 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Checkout.com carries 542 GitHub stars across 55 public repos, with 26 repositories active in the last 90 days and 11 external contributors on record. Smartsheet shows 150 stars across 11 public repos, 8 active in the last 90 days and 15 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Checkout.com's footprint is roughly 3.6x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Checkout.com is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Smartsheet 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.