Close vs Metabase

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

Metabase (rank #165) holds a narrow lead over Close (rank #298) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (51 vs 45). The gap of 6 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Metabase shows 50,225 stars across 100 public repos, 21 active in the last 90 days and 49 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Metabase's footprint is roughly 13.0x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Close is worth a look for teams already invested in its stack. Metabase 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.