Semrush vs Perk

Semrush (We do love open source and have an opportunity to make it better from now.) and Perk (We're fixing business travel.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Semrush (rank #317) holds a narrow lead over Perk (rank #372) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (44 vs 42). The gap of 2 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Semrush is ahead of Perk. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Perk is slightly ahead of Semrush. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Semrush is slightly ahead of Perk. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Perk is 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. Perk shows 34 stars across 25 public repos, 5 active in the last 90 days and 6 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Semrush's footprint is roughly 13.4x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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