Cloudbeds vs Patreon

Cloudbeds and Patreon both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Patreon (rank #538) holds a narrow lead over Cloudbeds (rank #727) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (36 vs 30). The gap of 6 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Cloudbeds carries 49 GitHub stars across 29 public repos, with 9 repositories active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors on record. Patreon shows 845 stars across 63 public repos, 1 active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Patreon's footprint is roughly 17.2x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Cloudbeds is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Patreon 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.