Productboard vs Semrush

Productboard (Make things that matter, together. See also @productboardlabs) 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 Productboard (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 slightly ahead of Productboard. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Semrush is clearly ahead of Productboard. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Semrush is ahead of Productboard. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Semrush is ahead of Productboard. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Productboard is ahead of Semrush.

Productboard carries 90 GitHub stars across 87 public repos, with 8 repositories active in the last 90 days and 2 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 5.0x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Productboard is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Semrush looks better where education 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.