Elementor vs Podium

Elementor and Podium both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Elementor (rank #317) holds a narrow lead over Podium (rank #372) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (44 vs 42). The gap of 2 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Elementor carries 10,938 GitHub stars across 67 public repos, with 9 repositories active in the last 90 days and 45 external contributors on record. Podium shows 86 stars across 25 public repos, 7 active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Elementor's footprint is roughly 127.2x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Elementor is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Podium 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.