ClickUp vs SolarWinds

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

SolarWinds (rank #569) holds a narrow lead over ClickUp (rank #602) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (35 vs 34). The gap of 1 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

ClickUp carries 7 GitHub stars across 5 public repos, with 1 repositories active in the last 90 days and 0 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 SolarWinds's footprint is roughly 157.3x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

ClickUp is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. SolarWinds looks better where momentum 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.