Close vs ShipBob

Close (The inside sales CRM of choice for SMBs) and ShipBob (Need to ship? ShipBob-it! You save save time and money.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Close (rank #298) holds a modest lead over ShipBob (rank #693) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (45 vs 31). The gap of 14 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. ShipBob shows 0 stars across 2 public repos, 0 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors.

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