Close vs Tealium Inc.

Close (The inside sales CRM of choice for SMBs) and Tealium Inc. (Tealium is the data hub for digital business.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Close (rank #298) holds a narrow lead over Tealium Inc. (rank #430) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (45 vs 40). The gap of 5 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 Tealium Inc.. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Close is clearly ahead of Tealium Inc.. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Tealium Inc. is clearly ahead of Close. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Tealium Inc. is ahead of Close. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Close is slightly ahead of Tealium 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. Tealium Inc. shows 212 stars across 130 public repos, 13 active in the last 90 days and 6 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Close's footprint is roughly 18.3x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Close is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Tealium Inc. looks better where community 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.