Close vs SAP

Close (The inside sales CRM of choice for SMBs) and SAP (SAP SE, a global software company, is one of the largest vendors of ERP and other enterprise applications.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

SAP (rank #122) holds a modest lead over Close (rank #298) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (54 vs 45). The gap of 9 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. SAP shows 12,850 stars across 309 public repos, 96 active in the last 90 days and 60 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but SAP's footprint is roughly 3.3x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Close is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. SAP looks better where code quality 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.