Metabase vs SolarWinds

Metabase and SolarWinds both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Metabase (rank #165) holds a modest lead over SolarWinds (rank #569) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (51 vs 35). The gap of 16 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Metabase carries 50,225 GitHub stars across 100 public repos, with 21 repositories active in the last 90 days and 49 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 Metabase's footprint is roughly 45.6x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Metabase is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. SolarWinds 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.