Pendo vs Semrush

Pendo 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 Pendo (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (44 vs 33). The gap of 11 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Pendo carries 267 GitHub stars across 134 public repos, with 18 repositories active in the last 90 days and 6 external contributors on record. Semrush shows 454 stars across 11 public repos, 2 active in the last 90 days and 7 external contributors.

Pendo is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Semrush 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.