SolarWinds vs Sprout Social

SolarWinds and Sprout Social both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Sprout Social (rank #401) holds a narrow lead over SolarWinds (rank #569) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (41 vs 35). The gap of 6 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), SolarWinds is slightly ahead of Sprout Social. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Sprout Social is slightly ahead of SolarWinds. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), SolarWinds is ahead of Sprout Social. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Sprout Social is slightly ahead of SolarWinds. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), SolarWinds is slightly ahead of Sprout Social.

SolarWinds carries 1,101 GitHub stars across 104 public repos, with 35 repositories active in the last 90 days and 18 external contributors on record. Sprout Social shows 313 stars across 68 public repos, 4 active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but SolarWinds's footprint is roughly 3.5x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

SolarWinds is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Sprout Social 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.