Marqeta vs Semrush

Marqeta and Semrush (We do love open source and have an opportunity to make it better from now.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Semrush (rank #317) holds a modest lead over Marqeta (rank #662) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (44 vs 32). The gap of 12 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Marqeta carries 84 GitHub stars across 18 public repos, with 3 repositories active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors on record. Semrush shows 454 stars across 11 public repos, 2 active in the last 90 days and 7 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Semrush's footprint is roughly 5.4x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Marqeta is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Semrush 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.