Close vs Pipedrive Inc

Close (The inside sales CRM of choice for SMBs) and Pipedrive Inc (Pipedrive is a powerful sales management tool, crafted in New York, NY and Tallinn, Estonia. AngelPad alumni.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Pipedrive Inc (rank #278) holds a narrow lead over Close (rank #298) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (46 vs 45). 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), Close is slightly ahead of Pipedrive Inc. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Pipedrive Inc is slightly ahead of Close. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Close is slightly ahead of Pipedrive Inc. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Pipedrive Inc is clearly ahead of Close. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Close is clearly ahead of Pipedrive Inc.

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. Pipedrive Inc shows 414 stars across 34 public repos, 11 active in the last 90 days and 11 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Close's footprint is roughly 9.4x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Close is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Pipedrive Inc 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.