AWeber vs Patreon

AWeber (Powerfully-simple #emailmarketing for small businesses.) and Patreon both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

AWeber and Patreon sit at essentially the same overall ecosystem score (36), which is unusual and worth reading through the pillars below.

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

AWeber carries 503 GitHub stars across 22 public repos, with 0 repositories active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors on record. Patreon shows 846 stars across 62 public repos, 0 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors.

AWeber is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Patreon 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.