Checkout.com vs Kajabi

Checkout.com (A collection of libraries and plugins for Checkout.com) and Kajabi both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Checkout.com (rank #152) holds a modest lead over Kajabi (rank #662) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (52 vs 32). The gap of 20 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Checkout.com carries 542 GitHub stars across 55 public repos, with 26 repositories active in the last 90 days and 11 external contributors on record. Kajabi shows 99 stars across 103 public repos, 8 active in the last 90 days and 11 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Checkout.com's footprint is roughly 5.5x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Checkout.com is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Kajabi makes more sense for teams already using its adjacent tools. The table below breaks the scores down pillar by pillar; the linked profiles cover the underlying repos, docs and community signals in full.