Heap vs Yext

Heap (Product Insights) and Yext both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Yext (rank #510) holds a narrow lead over Heap (rank #569) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (37 vs 35). 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), Yext is ahead of Heap. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Heap is clearly ahead of Yext. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Yext is ahead of Heap. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Heap is ahead of Yext. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Yext is 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. Yext shows 296 stars across 171 public repos, 12 active in the last 90 days and 9 external contributors.

Heap is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Yext looks better where code quality 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.