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Adyen vs SolarWinds

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

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

Adyen (rank #165) holds a modest lead over SolarWinds (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 SolarWinds. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), SolarWinds is slightly ahead of Adyen. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Adyen is ahead of SolarWinds. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), SolarWinds is clearly ahead of Adyen. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), SolarWinds 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. SolarWinds shows 1,101 stars across 104 public repos, 35 active in the last 90 days and 18 external contributors.

Adyen is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. SolarWinds 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

MetricAdyenSolarWinds
Ranking
Overall rank#165#569
Pillars
Overall5135
Code8054
Education4750
Community4633
Reach734
Momentum4762
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars2,6841,101
Forks1,978471
Public repos65104
Active repos (90d)4935
External contributors3918
Avg polish8956
Avg AI-readiness4438

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