Productboard vs SolarWinds

Productboard (Make things that matter, together. See also @productboardlabs) and SolarWinds both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

SolarWinds (rank #569) holds a narrow lead over Productboard (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (35 vs 33). The gap of 2 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Productboard carries 90 GitHub stars across 87 public repos, with 8 repositories active in the last 90 days and 2 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 SolarWinds's footprint is roughly 12.2x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Productboard is worth a look for teams already invested in its stack. SolarWinds 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.