Dropbox vs Razorpay

Dropbox and Razorpay both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Razorpay (rank #30) holds a modest lead over Dropbox (rank #257) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (63 vs 47). The gap of 16 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Dropbox carries 61,045 GitHub stars across 247 public repos, with 29 repositories active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors on record. Razorpay shows 3,811 stars across 177 public repos, 38 active in the last 90 days and 32 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Dropbox's footprint is roughly 16.0x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Dropbox is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Razorpay 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.