Adyen vs Stripe Samples

Adyen and Stripe Samples (Sample integrations built by Stripe.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Stripe Samples (rank #141) holds a narrow lead over Adyen (rank #165) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (53 vs 51). The gap of 2 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 Stripe Samples. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Stripe Samples is clearly ahead of Adyen. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Stripe Samples is slightly ahead of Adyen. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Stripe Samples is slightly ahead of Adyen. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Stripe Samples is slightly 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 Samples shows 4,227 stars across 30 public repos, 23 active in the last 90 days and 8 external contributors.

Adyen is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. Stripe Samples 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.