Adyen vs Razorpay
Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.
Adyen and Razorpay both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.
Razorpay (rank #31) holds a modest lead over Adyen (rank #165) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (63 vs 51). The gap of 12 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.
On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Adyen is ahead of Razorpay. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Razorpay is slightly ahead of Adyen. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Adyen is slightly ahead of Razorpay. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Razorpay is clearly ahead of Adyen. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Razorpay is clearly 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. Razorpay shows 3,812 stars across 177 public repos, 38 active in the last 90 days and 33 external contributors.
Adyen is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. Razorpay 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
| Metric | Adyen | Razorpay |
|---|---|---|
| Ranking | ||
| Overall rank | #165 | #31 |
| Pillars | ||
| Overall | 51 | 63 |
| Code | 80 | 68 |
| Education | 47 | 53 |
| Community | 46 | 44 |
| Reach | 7 | 58 |
| Momentum | 47 | 71 |
| Builder experience | 0 | 0 |
| Signals | ||
| Stars | 2,684 | 3,812 |
| Forks | 1,978 | 1,929 |
| Public repos | 65 | 177 |
| Active repos (90d) | 49 | 38 |
| External contributors | 39 | 33 |
| Avg polish | 89 | 69 |
| Avg AI-readiness | 44 | 49 |