Close vs Mailchimp

Close (The inside sales CRM of choice for SMBs) and Mailchimp (Mailchimp is an all-in-one marketing platform that helps you manage and talk to your clients, customers, and other interested parties.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Close (rank #298) holds a narrow lead over Mailchimp (rank #317) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (45 vs 44). 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), Mailchimp is slightly ahead of Close. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Close is ahead of Mailchimp. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Mailchimp is slightly ahead of Close. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Mailchimp is clearly ahead of Close. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Close is clearly ahead of Mailchimp.

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. Mailchimp shows 8,980 stars across 28 public repos, 6 active in the last 90 days and 6 external contributors.

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