Close vs Intuit

Close (The inside sales CRM of choice for SMBs) and Intuit (Powering prosperity around the world.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Intuit (rank #237) holds a narrow lead over Close (rank #298) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (48 vs 45). The gap of 3 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Intuit shows 18,182 stars across 150 public repos, 27 active in the last 90 days and 40 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Intuit's footprint is roughly 4.7x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Close is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Intuit 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.