Adyen vs Orca Security

Adyen and Orca Security both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Adyen (rank #165) holds a modest lead over Orca Security (rank #569) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (51 vs 35). The gap of 16 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 Orca Security. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Orca Security is ahead of Adyen. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Adyen is ahead of Orca Security. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Orca Security is ahead of Adyen. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Orca Security 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. Orca Security shows 230 stars across 35 public repos, 17 active in the last 90 days and 12 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Adyen's footprint is roughly 11.7x 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. Orca Security 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.