GoCardless vs SAP

GoCardless and SAP (SAP SE, a global software company, is one of the largest vendors of ERP and other enterprise applications.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

SAP (rank #122) holds a modest lead over GoCardless (rank #372) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (54 vs 42). The gap of 12 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. SAP shows 12,850 stars across 309 public repos, 96 active in the last 90 days and 60 external contributors.

GoCardless is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. SAP 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.