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Adyen vs Qualtrics

Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.

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

Adyen (rank #165) holds a modest lead over Qualtrics (rank #693) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (51 vs 31). The gap of 20 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 Qualtrics. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Adyen is slightly ahead of Qualtrics. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Adyen is clearly ahead of Qualtrics. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Qualtrics is clearly ahead of Adyen. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Adyen is clearly ahead of Qualtrics.

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. Qualtrics shows 20 stars across 20 public repos, 7 active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Adyen's footprint is roughly 134.2x 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. Qualtrics 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.

Side-by-side metrics

MetricAdyenQualtrics
Ranking
Overall rank#165#693
Pillars
Overall5131
Code8027
Education4740
Community4614
Reach782
Momentum4718
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars2,68420
Forks1,97813
Public repos6520
Active repos (90d)497
External contributors393
Avg polish8928
Avg AI-readiness4419

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