SolarWinds vs Zapier

SolarWinds and Zapier both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Zapier (rank #28) holds a meaningful lead over SolarWinds (rank #569) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (64 vs 35). The gap of 29 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Zapier shows 6,774 stars across 296 public repos, 13 active in the last 90 days and 22 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Zapier's footprint is roughly 6.2x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

SolarWinds is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. 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.