Coursera vs Recurly

Coursera and Recurly both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Recurly (rank #317) holds a modest lead over Coursera (rank #726) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (44 vs 30). The gap of 14 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Coursera carries 1,367 GitHub stars across 81 public repos, with 1 repositories active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors on record. Recurly shows 1,564 stars across 53 public repos, 25 active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors.

Coursera is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Recurly looks better where momentum 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.