Onfido vs StatusPal

Onfido and StatusPal (Communicate incidents and maintenance effortlessly with a status page) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Onfido (rank #401) holds a narrow lead over StatusPal (rank #510) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (41 vs 37). The gap of 4 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. StatusPal shows 10 stars across 24 public repos, 2 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Onfido's footprint is roughly 126.8x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Onfido is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. StatusPal 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.