GoCardless vs Spreedly

GoCardless and Spreedly (Simple and secure PCI compliance and payment forwarding.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

GoCardless (rank #372) holds a modest lead over Spreedly (rank #728) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (42 vs 30). 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), Spreedly is slightly ahead of GoCardless. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), GoCardless is slightly ahead of Spreedly. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), GoCardless is ahead of Spreedly. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Spreedly is clearly ahead of GoCardless. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), GoCardless is clearly ahead of Spreedly.

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. Spreedly shows 418 stars across 67 public repos, 10 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but GoCardless's footprint is roughly 16.7x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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