Coursera vs Stripe Samples

Coursera and Stripe Samples (Sample integrations built by Stripe.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Stripe Samples (rank #162) holds a meaningful lead over Coursera (rank #726) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (51 vs 30). The gap of 21 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Stripe Samples is clearly ahead of Coursera. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Stripe Samples is clearly ahead of Coursera. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Stripe Samples is clearly ahead of Coursera. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Coursera is clearly ahead of Stripe Samples. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Stripe Samples is 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. Stripe Samples shows 4,229 stars across 30 public repos, 18 active in the last 90 days and 7 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Stripe Samples's footprint is roughly 3.1x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Coursera is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Stripe Samples looks better where education 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.