Clio vs Remote

Clio and Remote (Remote helps with international payroll, benefits, taxes, stock options, and compliance for businesses big and small!) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Remote (rank #278) holds a modest lead over Clio (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (46 vs 33). The gap of 13 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Clio carries 518 GitHub stars across 19 public repos, with 4 repositories active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors on record. Remote shows 811 stars across 51 public repos, 17 active in the last 90 days and 21 external contributors.

Clio is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Remote 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.