Fivetran vs Recurly

Fivetran and Recurly both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Recurly (rank #317) holds a narrow lead over Fivetran (rank #338) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (44 vs 43). The gap of 1 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 Fivetran. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Recurly is ahead of Fivetran. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Fivetran is ahead of Recurly. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Fivetran is clearly ahead of Recurly. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Recurly is ahead of Fivetran.

Fivetran carries 13,433 GitHub stars across 314 public repos, with 84 repositories active in the last 90 days and 40 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 Fivetran's footprint is roughly 8.6x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Fivetran 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.