GoCardless vs Razorpay

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

Razorpay (rank #30) holds a meaningful lead over GoCardless (rank #372) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (63 vs 42). The gap of 21 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 GoCardless. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), GoCardless is slightly ahead of Razorpay. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Razorpay is ahead of GoCardless. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Razorpay is clearly ahead of GoCardless. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Razorpay is ahead of GoCardless.

GoCardless carries 6,977 GitHub stars across 161 public repos, with 19 repositories active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors on record. Razorpay shows 3,811 stars across 177 public repos, 38 active in the last 90 days and 32 external contributors.

GoCardless is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. 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.