Expensify, Inc vs Perk

Expensify, Inc and Perk (We're fixing business travel.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Expensify, Inc (rank #165) holds a modest lead over Perk (rank #372) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (51 vs 42). The gap of 9 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Expensify, Inc carries 9,942 GitHub stars across 66 public repos, with 18 repositories active in the last 90 days and 141 external contributors on record. Perk shows 34 stars across 25 public repos, 5 active in the last 90 days and 6 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Expensify, Inc's footprint is roughly 292.4x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Expensify, Inc is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. Perk 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.