Factorial vs Sprout Social

Factorial (HR Software for small and medium companies) and Sprout Social both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Factorial (rank #237) holds a narrow lead over Sprout Social (rank #401) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (48 vs 41). The gap of 7 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Factorial is ahead of Sprout Social. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Factorial is ahead of Sprout Social. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Factorial is ahead of Sprout Social. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Sprout Social is ahead of Factorial.

Factorial carries 117 GitHub stars across 70 public repos, with 19 repositories active in the last 90 days and 53 external contributors on record. Sprout Social shows 313 stars across 68 public repos, 4 active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors.

Factorial is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Sprout Social 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.