Adyen vs AfterShip

Adyen and AfterShip (We are passionate about making eCommerce better. We are a group of geeks who build great automation tools for retailers and shoppers.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Adyen (rank #165) holds a narrow lead over AfterShip (rank #298) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (51 vs 45). 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 is clearly ahead of AfterShip. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), AfterShip is ahead of Adyen. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), AfterShip is ahead of Adyen. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Adyen is slightly ahead of AfterShip.

Adyen carries 2,684 GitHub stars across 65 public repos, with 49 repositories active in the last 90 days and 39 external contributors on record. AfterShip shows 3,397 stars across 81 public repos, 6 active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors.

Adyen is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. AfterShip 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.