Adyen vs Stripe

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

Stripe (rank #1) holds a meaningful lead over Adyen (rank #165) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (76 vs 51). The gap of 25 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Stripe is clearly ahead of Adyen. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Stripe is ahead of Adyen. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Stripe is clearly ahead of Adyen. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Stripe 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. Stripe shows 44,519 stars across 97 public repos, 64 active in the last 90 days and 124 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Stripe's footprint is roughly 16.6x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Adyen is worth a look for teams already invested in its stack. Stripe looks better where education 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.