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Smartsheet vs Perk

Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.

Smartsheet (Opensource SDKs for the Smartsheet collaborative work management platform) and Perk (We're fixing business travel.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Smartsheet (rank #338) holds a narrow lead over Perk (rank #372) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (43 vs 42). The gap of 1 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Smartsheet is clearly ahead of Perk. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Smartsheet is slightly ahead of Perk. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Perk is ahead of Smartsheet.

Smartsheet carries 150 GitHub stars across 11 public repos, with 8 repositories active in the last 90 days and 15 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 Smartsheet's footprint is roughly 4.4x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Smartsheet 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.

Side-by-side metrics

MetricSmartsheetPerk
Ranking
Overall rank#338#372
Pillars
Overall4342
Code4444
Education8554
Community3838
Reach3530
Momentum3448
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars15034
Forks14411
Public repos1125
Active repos (90d)85
External contributors156
Avg polish4733
Avg AI-readiness3938

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