Onfido vs Sage

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

Onfido (rank #401) holds a narrow lead over Sage (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (41 vs 33). The gap of 8 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Sage shows 2,180 stars across 122 public repos, 6 active in the last 90 days and 22 external contributors.

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