ActiveCampaign vs Paddle

ActiveCampaign and Paddle both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Paddle (rank #372) holds a narrow lead over ActiveCampaign (rank #485) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (42 vs 38). The gap of 4 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

ActiveCampaign carries 6,653 GitHub stars across 88 public repos, with 6 repositories active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors on record. Paddle shows 997 stars across 54 public repos, 22 active in the last 90 days and 6 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but ActiveCampaign's footprint is roughly 6.7x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

ActiveCampaign is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Paddle 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.