Adyen Examples vs Brex

Adyen Examples (Official examples for Adyen products and services) and Brex both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Brex (rank #257) holds a narrow lead over Adyen Examples (rank #401) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (47 vs 41). 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), Adyen Examples is clearly ahead of Brex. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Adyen Examples is slightly ahead of Brex. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Brex is clearly ahead of Adyen Examples. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Brex is ahead of Adyen Examples.

Adyen Examples carries 669 GitHub stars across 34 public repos, with 14 repositories active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors on record. Brex shows 10,822 stars across 84 public repos, 28 active in the last 90 days and 13 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Brex's footprint is roughly 16.2x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Adyen Examples is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. Brex 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.