Productboard vs Smartsheet

Productboard (Make things that matter, together. See also @productboardlabs) and Smartsheet (Opensource SDKs for the Smartsheet collaborative work management platform) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Smartsheet (rank #338) holds a modest lead over Productboard (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (43 vs 33). The gap of 10 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Productboard carries 90 GitHub stars across 87 public repos, with 8 repositories active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors on record. Smartsheet shows 150 stars across 11 public repos, 8 active in the last 90 days and 15 external contributors.

Productboard is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Smartsheet 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.