Adyen vs Appcues

Adyen and Appcues both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Adyen (rank #165) holds a narrow lead over Appcues (rank #257) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (51 vs 47). 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), Adyen is ahead of Appcues. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Appcues is clearly ahead of Adyen. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Adyen is ahead of Appcues. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Appcues is ahead of Adyen. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Adyen is ahead of Appcues.

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. Appcues shows 984 stars across 122 public repos, 17 active in the last 90 days and 6 external contributors.

Adyen is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. Appcues looks better where education 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.