Duo Security vs Pleo

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

Duo Security (rank #278) holds a modest lead over Pleo (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (46 vs 33). The gap of 13 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Pleo shows 36 stars across 34 public repos, 5 active in the last 90 days and 8 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Duo Security's footprint is roughly 41.0x 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. Pleo looks better where momentum 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.