Orbit (closed)
Orbit — Developer community growth platform (now closed) for tracking member activity across channels.
Our Verdict
Historically important but closed; evaluate Common Room or Crowd.dev instead today.
Pros
- Pioneered Orbit Model for dev rel metrics
- Strong integrations while operating
- Left useful concepts the industry adopted
- Team went on to Common Room and peers
Cons
- Product is shut down, no future roadmap
- Data exports were a migration pain point
- No ongoing support or security updates
- Effectively unavailable to new buyers
When to Use Orbit (closed)
Good fit if you need
- Historical reference for developer community growth metrics
- Community orbit model for tracking contributor engagement levels
- Multi-channel community analytics aggregation (now closed)
- DevRel team measuring contributor activity pre-2024
- Community data aggregation across GitHub, Slack, Discord
Pricing
Price wrong?Orbit (closed) Pricing
- Pricing Model
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- Free Tier
- No
- Entry Price
- —
- Enterprise Available
- No
- Transparency Score
- —
Beta — estimates may differ from actual pricing
Estimated Monthly Cost
$25
Estimated Annual Cost
$300
Estimates are approximate and may not reflect current pricing. Always check the official pricing page.
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