CrowdStrike vs Marqeta

CrowdStrike and Marqeta both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

CrowdStrike (rank #55) holds a meaningful lead over Marqeta (rank #662) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (60 vs 32). The gap of 28 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), CrowdStrike is ahead of Marqeta. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), CrowdStrike is ahead of Marqeta. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), CrowdStrike is clearly ahead of Marqeta. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), CrowdStrike is clearly ahead of Marqeta.

CrowdStrike carries 5,991 GitHub stars across 267 public repos, with 74 repositories active in the last 90 days and 23 external contributors on record. Marqeta shows 84 stars across 18 public repos, 3 active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but CrowdStrike's footprint is roughly 71.3x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

CrowdStrike is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Marqeta makes more sense for teams already using its adjacent tools. The table below breaks the scores down pillar by pillar; the linked profiles cover the underlying repos, docs and community signals in full.