Onfido vs Paddle

Onfido and Paddle both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Paddle (rank #372) holds a narrow lead over Onfido (rank #401) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (42 vs 41). The gap of 1 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Onfido carries 1,268 GitHub stars across 85 public repos, with 14 repositories active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors on record. Paddle shows 997 stars across 54 public repos, 22 active in the last 90 days and 6 external contributors.

Onfido is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Paddle 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.