Pendo vs Sprout Social

Pendo and Sprout Social both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Sprout Social (rank #401) holds a narrow lead over Pendo (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (41 vs 33). The gap of 8 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Sprout Social is clearly ahead of Pendo. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Pendo is ahead of Sprout Social. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Pendo is clearly ahead of Sprout Social. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Sprout Social is ahead of Pendo. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Sprout Social is clearly 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. Sprout Social shows 313 stars across 68 public repos, 4 active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors.

Pendo is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Sprout Social looks better where momentum 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.