Apollo.io vs Starling Bank

Apollo.io (Apollo's github repo. Be awed) and Starling Bank both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Apollo.io (rank #600) holds a narrow lead over Starling Bank (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (34 vs 33). The gap of 1 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Starling Bank is ahead of Apollo.io. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Apollo.io is ahead of Starling Bank. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Apollo.io is slightly ahead of Starling Bank. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Starling Bank is clearly ahead of Apollo.io. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Starling Bank is clearly ahead of Apollo.io.

Apollo.io carries 73 GitHub stars across 42 public repos, with 8 repositories active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors on record. Starling Bank shows 195 stars across 3 public repos, 3 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors.

Apollo.io is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Starling Bank 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.