Akeneo vs Chargebee

Akeneo and Chargebee (Billing Platform for Subscription Businesses.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Akeneo (rank #338) holds a narrow lead over Chargebee (rank #401) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (43 vs 41). 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), Akeneo is ahead of Chargebee. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Chargebee is slightly ahead of Akeneo. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Akeneo is ahead of Chargebee. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Chargebee is slightly ahead of Akeneo. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Chargebee is ahead of Akeneo.

Akeneo carries 2,126 GitHub stars across 51 public repos, with 7 repositories active in the last 90 days and 15 external contributors on record. Chargebee shows 651 stars across 45 public repos, 20 active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Akeneo's footprint is roughly 3.3x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Akeneo is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Chargebee looks better where momentum 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.