Onfido vs Yext

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

Onfido (rank #401) holds a narrow lead over Yext (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), Yext is ahead of Onfido. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Onfido is clearly ahead of Yext. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Yext is slightly ahead of Onfido. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Onfido is ahead of Yext. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Onfido is slightly ahead of Yext.

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. Yext shows 296 stars across 171 public repos, 12 active in the last 90 days and 9 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Onfido's footprint is roughly 4.3x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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