BigCommerce vs Marqeta

BigCommerce and Marqeta both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

BigCommerce (rank #103) holds a meaningful lead over Marqeta (rank #662) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (55 vs 32). The gap of 23 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

BigCommerce carries 3,505 GitHub stars across 281 public repos, with 25 repositories active in the last 90 days and 51 external contributors on record. Marqeta shows 84 stars across 18 public repos, 3 active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but BigCommerce's footprint is roughly 41.7x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

BigCommerce is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Marqeta 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.