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Apollo.io vs Stripe Samples

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

Apollo.io (Apollo's github repo. Be awed) and Stripe Samples (Sample integrations built by Stripe.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Stripe Samples (rank #141) holds a modest lead over Apollo.io (rank #602) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (53 vs 34). The gap of 19 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Apollo.io carries 73 GitHub stars across 41 public repos, with 7 repositories active in the last 90 days and 5 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. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Stripe Samples's footprint is roughly 57.9x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Apollo.io is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Stripe Samples 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.

Side-by-side metrics

MetricApollo.ioStripe Samples
Ranking
Overall rank#602#141
Pillars
Overall3453
Code3566
Education7485
Community1647
Reach328
Momentum1852
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars734,227
Forks462,301
Public repos4130
Active repos (90d)723
External contributors58
Avg polish2876
Avg AI-readiness3434

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