Checkout.com vs Razorpay

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

Razorpay (rank #31) holds a modest lead over Checkout.com (rank #152) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (63 vs 52). The gap of 11 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. 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 7.0x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Checkout.com is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Razorpay looks better where community 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.