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Culture Amp vs Patreon

Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.

Culture Amp (The employee feedback platform) and Patreon both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Patreon (rank #536) holds a narrow lead over Culture Amp (rank #693) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (36 vs 31). The gap of 5 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Culture Amp carries 1,202 GitHub stars across 179 public repos, with 17 repositories active in the last 90 days and 18 external contributors on record. Patreon shows 846 stars across 62 public repos, 0 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors.

Culture Amp 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.

Side-by-side metrics

MetricCulture AmpPatreon
Ranking
Overall rank#693#536
Pillars
Overall3136
Code5352
Education4963
Community2426
Reach2061
Momentum310
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars1,202846
Forks123220
Public repos17962
Active repos (90d)170
External contributors182
Avg polish5153
Avg AI-readiness3837

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