Heap vs Productboard

Heap (Product Insights) and Productboard (Make things that matter, together. See also @productboardlabs) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Heap (rank #567) holds a narrow lead over Productboard (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (35 vs 33). 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), Productboard is slightly ahead of Heap. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Heap is clearly ahead of Productboard. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Productboard is slightly ahead of Heap. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Heap is slightly ahead of Productboard. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Productboard is clearly ahead of Heap.

Heap carries 215 GitHub stars across 65 public repos, with 6 repositories active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors on record. Productboard shows 90 stars across 87 public repos, 8 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors.

Heap is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Productboard 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.