Braze vs Razorpay

Braze (Braze, Inc.) and Razorpay both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Razorpay (rank #30) holds a meaningful lead over Braze (rank #401) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (63 vs 41). The gap of 22 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Braze carries 488 GitHub stars across 136 public repos, with 22 repositories active in the last 90 days and 10 external contributors on record. Razorpay shows 3,812 stars across 177 public repos, 38 active in the last 90 days and 33 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Razorpay's footprint is roughly 7.8x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Braze is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Razorpay 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.