Heap vs Smartsheet

Heap (Product Insights) and Smartsheet (Opensource SDKs for the Smartsheet collaborative work management platform) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Smartsheet (rank #338) holds a narrow lead over Heap (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), Smartsheet is ahead of Heap. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Smartsheet is ahead of Heap. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Smartsheet is clearly ahead of Heap. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Smartsheet is slightly ahead of Heap. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Smartsheet is clearly ahead of Heap.

Heap carries 215 GitHub stars across 65 public repos, with 6 repositories active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors on record. Smartsheet shows 150 stars across 11 public repos, 8 active in the last 90 days and 15 external contributors.

Heap is worth a look for teams already invested in its stack. Smartsheet looks better where community 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.