Adyen vs Sage

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

Adyen (rank #165) holds a modest lead over Sage (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 Sage. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Sage is slightly ahead of Adyen. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Adyen is ahead of Sage. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Sage is ahead of Adyen. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Adyen is clearly ahead of Sage.

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. Sage shows 2,180 stars across 122 public repos, 6 active in the last 90 days and 22 external contributors.

Adyen is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Sage 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.