Factorial vs Recurly

Factorial (HR Software for small and medium companies) and Recurly both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Factorial (rank #237) holds a narrow lead over Recurly (rank #317) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (48 vs 44). The gap of 4 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Factorial carries 117 GitHub stars across 70 public repos, with 19 repositories active in the last 90 days and 53 external contributors on record. Recurly shows 1,564 stars across 53 public repos, 26 active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Recurly's footprint is roughly 13.4x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Factorial is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Recurly looks better where code quality 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.