Adyen vs BigCommerce

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

BigCommerce (rank #103) holds a narrow lead over Adyen (rank #165) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (55 vs 51). 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 slightly ahead of BigCommerce. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), BigCommerce is clearly ahead of Adyen. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), BigCommerce is slightly ahead of Adyen. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), BigCommerce is ahead of Adyen. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), BigCommerce is ahead of Adyen.

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. BigCommerce shows 3,505 stars across 281 public repos, 25 active in the last 90 days and 51 external contributors.

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