Duo Security vs Gainsight

Duo Security and Gainsight both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Duo Security (rank #278) holds a modest lead over Gainsight (rank #536) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (46 vs 36). The gap of 10 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Duo Security carries 1,477 GitHub stars across 52 public repos, with 15 repositories active in the last 90 days and 6 external contributors on record. Gainsight shows 5 stars across 6 public repos, 3 active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Duo Security's footprint is roughly 295.4x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Duo Security is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. Gainsight 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.