Close vs Pleo

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

Close (rank #298) holds a modest lead over Pleo (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (45 vs 33). The gap of 12 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 Pleo. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Pleo is slightly ahead of Close. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Close is ahead of Pleo. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Pleo is ahead of Close. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Pleo is 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. Pleo shows 36 stars across 34 public repos, 5 active in the last 90 days and 8 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Close's footprint is roughly 107.5x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Close is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Pleo looks better where momentum 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.