Smartsheet vs Talend

Smartsheet (Opensource SDKs for the Smartsheet collaborative work management platform) and Talend both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Smartsheet (rank #338) holds a narrow lead over Talend (rank #485) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (43 vs 38). The gap of 5 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Smartsheet carries 150 GitHub stars across 11 public repos, with 8 repositories active in the last 90 days and 15 external contributors on record. Talend shows 486 stars across 148 public repos, 13 active in the last 90 days and 9 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Talend's footprint is roughly 3.2x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Smartsheet is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Talend looks better where code quality 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.