Intuit vs SolarWinds

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

Intuit (rank #237) holds a modest lead over SolarWinds (rank #569) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (48 vs 35). The gap of 13 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 SolarWinds. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Intuit is clearly ahead of SolarWinds. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Intuit is ahead of SolarWinds. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), SolarWinds is ahead of Intuit. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), SolarWinds is clearly ahead of Intuit.

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. 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 Intuit's footprint is roughly 16.5x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Intuit is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. 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.