Developer ecosystem comparison
vs

Klaviyo vs Sage

Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.

Klaviyo and Sage both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

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

Klaviyo carries 573 GitHub stars across 117 public repos, with 23 repositories active in the last 90 days and 17 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 Sage's footprint is roughly 3.8x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Klaviyo is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Sage 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.

Side-by-side metrics

MetricKlaviyoSage
Ranking
Overall rank#237#625
Pillars
Overall4833
Code5456
Education5652
Community4934
Reach4123
Momentum3412
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars5732,180
Forks339430
Public repos117122
Active repos (90d)236
External contributors1722
Avg polish5752
Avg AI-readiness4238

Fork ecosystems

Loading fork ecosystem…
Loading fork ecosystem…
View Klaviyo developer profileView Sage developer profile