Cloudbeds vs Semrush

Cloudbeds and Semrush (We do love open source and have an opportunity to make it better from now.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Semrush (rank #318) holds a modest lead over Cloudbeds (rank #727) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (44 vs 30). 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), Semrush is slightly ahead of Cloudbeds. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Cloudbeds is slightly ahead of Semrush. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Semrush is slightly ahead of Cloudbeds. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Semrush is clearly ahead of Cloudbeds. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Semrush is ahead of Cloudbeds.

Cloudbeds carries 49 GitHub stars across 29 public repos, with 9 repositories active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors on record. Semrush shows 454 stars across 11 public repos, 2 active in the last 90 days and 7 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Semrush's footprint is roughly 9.3x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Cloudbeds is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Semrush 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.