Checkout.com vs Recurly

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

Checkout.com (rank #152) holds a narrow lead over Recurly (rank #317) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (52 vs 44). The gap of 8 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Recurly shows 1,564 stars across 53 public repos, 26 active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors.

Checkout.com is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Recurly looks better where code quality 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.