Dialpad vs Starling Bank

Dialpad and Starling Bank both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Dialpad (rank #317) holds a modest lead over Starling Bank (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (44 vs 33). The gap of 11 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Dialpad carries 111 GitHub stars across 25 public repos, with 5 repositories active in the last 90 days and 19 external contributors on record. Starling Bank shows 195 stars across 3 public repos, 3 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors.

Dialpad is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Starling Bank 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.