Adyen vs Dropbox

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

Adyen (rank #165) holds a narrow lead over Dropbox (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 clearly ahead of Dropbox. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Dropbox is slightly ahead of Adyen. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Dropbox is clearly ahead of Adyen. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Dropbox 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. Dropbox shows 61,045 stars across 247 public repos, 29 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Dropbox's footprint is roughly 22.7x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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