Smartsheet vs Zapier

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

Zapier (rank #27) holds a meaningful lead over Smartsheet (rank #338) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (64 vs 43). The gap of 21 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Zapier is clearly ahead of Smartsheet. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Smartsheet is ahead of Zapier. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Smartsheet is slightly ahead of Zapier. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Zapier is clearly ahead of Smartsheet. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Zapier 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. Zapier shows 6,768 stars across 296 public repos, 13 active in the last 90 days and 23 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Zapier's footprint is roughly 45.1x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Smartsheet is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Zapier 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.