Fivetran vs SolarWinds

Fivetran and SolarWinds both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Fivetran (rank #338) holds a narrow lead over SolarWinds (rank #569) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (43 vs 35). The gap of 8 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Fivetran carries 13,433 GitHub stars across 314 public repos, with 84 repositories active in the last 90 days and 40 external contributors on record. SolarWinds shows 1,101 stars across 104 public repos, 35 active in the last 90 days and 18 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Fivetran's footprint is roughly 12.2x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Fivetran is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. SolarWinds 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.