Kajabi vs Pendo

Kajabi and Pendo both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Pendo (rank #485) holds a narrow lead over Kajabi (rank #666) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (38 vs 32). The gap of 6 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Kajabi carries 99 GitHub stars across 103 public repos, with 8 repositories active in the last 90 days and 11 external contributors on record. Pendo shows 266 stars across 133 public repos, 18 active in the last 90 days and 6 external contributors.

Kajabi is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. Pendo 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.