Brex vs Increase

Brex and Increase (Build your bank) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Increase (rank #55) holds a modest lead over Brex (rank #257) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (60 vs 47). The gap of 13 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Brex carries 10,822 GitHub stars across 84 public repos, with 28 repositories active in the last 90 days and 13 external contributors on record. Increase shows 45 stars across 12 public repos, 11 active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Brex's footprint is roughly 240.5x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Brex is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Increase 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.