Semrush vs SolarWinds

Semrush (We do love open source and have an opportunity to make it better from now.) and SolarWinds both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Semrush (rank #317) holds a modest lead over SolarWinds (rank #569) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (44 vs 35). The gap of 9 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 Semrush. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Semrush is ahead of SolarWinds. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Semrush is slightly ahead of SolarWinds. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Semrush is slightly ahead of SolarWinds. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), SolarWinds is clearly ahead of Semrush.

Semrush carries 454 GitHub stars across 11 public repos, with 2 repositories active in the last 90 days and 7 external contributors on record. SolarWinds shows 1,101 stars across 104 public repos, 35 active in the last 90 days and 18 external contributors.

Semrush is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. SolarWinds 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.