Increase vs Spendesk

Increase (Build your bank) and Spendesk (The 7-in-1 spend management solution) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Increase (rank #55) holds a meaningful lead over Spendesk (rank #536) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (60 vs 36). The gap of 24 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Increase carries 45 GitHub stars across 12 public repos, with 11 repositories active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors on record. Spendesk shows 10 stars across 39 public repos, 1 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Increase's footprint is roughly 4.5x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Increase is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Spendesk looks better where education 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.