Close vs Culture Amp

Close (The inside sales CRM of choice for SMBs) and Culture Amp (The employee feedback platform) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Close (rank #298) holds a modest lead over Culture Amp (rank #693) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (45 vs 31). The gap of 14 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Close carries 3,871 GitHub stars across 190 public repos, with 25 repositories active in the last 90 days and 10 external contributors on record. Culture Amp shows 1,202 stars across 179 public repos, 17 active in the last 90 days and 18 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Close's footprint is roughly 3.2x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Close is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Culture Amp 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.