Marqeta vs Starling Bank

Marqeta and Starling Bank both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Marqeta and Starling Bank sit at essentially the same overall ecosystem score (33), which is unusual and worth reading through the pillars below.

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

Marqeta carries 84 GitHub stars across 18 public repos, with 3 repositories active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors on record. Starling Bank shows 195 stars across 3 public repos, 3 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors.

Marqeta is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Starling Bank looks better where momentum 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.