SAP vs Shopify

SAP (SAP SE, a global software company, is one of the largest vendors of ERP and other enterprise applications.) and Shopify both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Shopify (rank #14) holds a modest lead over SAP (rank #122) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (67 vs 54). The gap of 13 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

SAP carries 12,850 GitHub stars across 309 public repos, with 96 repositories active in the last 90 days and 60 external contributors on record. Shopify shows 124,714 stars across 1,211 public repos, 75 active in the last 90 days and 87 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Shopify's footprint is roughly 9.7x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

SAP is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Shopify looks better where reach 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.