Intuit vs Sage

Intuit (Powering prosperity around the world.) and Sage both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Intuit (rank #237) holds a modest lead over Sage (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (48 vs 33). The gap of 15 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Intuit carries 18,182 GitHub stars across 150 public repos, with 27 repositories active in the last 90 days and 40 external contributors on record. Sage shows 2,180 stars across 122 public repos, 6 active in the last 90 days and 22 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Intuit's footprint is roughly 8.3x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Intuit is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Sage makes more sense for teams already using its adjacent tools. The table below breaks the scores down pillar by pillar; the linked profiles cover the underlying repos, docs and community signals in full.