Adyen vs Close

Adyen and Close (The inside sales CRM of choice for SMBs) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Adyen (rank #165) holds a narrow lead over Close (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 Close. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Close is ahead of Adyen. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Adyen is ahead of Close. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Adyen is slightly ahead of Close. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Close 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. Close shows 3,871 stars across 190 public repos, 25 active in the last 90 days and 10 external contributors.

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