Close vs Gainsight

Close (The inside sales CRM of choice for SMBs) and Gainsight both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Close (rank #298) holds a modest lead over Gainsight (rank #536) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (45 vs 36). 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), Close is clearly ahead of Gainsight. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Close is clearly ahead of Gainsight. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Gainsight is slightly ahead of Close. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Gainsight is clearly ahead of Close. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Close is slightly ahead of Gainsight.

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. Gainsight shows 5 stars across 6 public repos, 3 active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Close's footprint is roughly 774.2x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Close is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. Gainsight 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.