Adyen vs Pendo

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

Adyen (rank #165) holds a modest lead over Pendo (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (51 vs 33). The gap of 18 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 Pendo. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Pendo is ahead of Adyen. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Pendo is slightly ahead of Adyen. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Pendo is ahead of Adyen. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Adyen is ahead of Pendo.

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. Pendo shows 267 stars across 134 public repos, 18 active in the last 90 days and 6 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Adyen's footprint is roughly 10.1x 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. Pendo 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.