Paddle vs Spreedly

Paddle and Spreedly (Simple and secure PCI compliance and payment forwarding.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Paddle (rank #372) holds a modest lead over Spreedly (rank #728) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (42 vs 30). The gap of 12 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 Spreedly. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Paddle is slightly ahead of Spreedly. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Paddle is clearly ahead of Spreedly. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Spreedly is ahead of Paddle. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Paddle is ahead of Spreedly.

Paddle carries 997 GitHub stars across 54 public repos, with 22 repositories active in the last 90 days and 6 external contributors on record. Spreedly shows 418 stars across 67 public repos, 10 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors.

Paddle is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Spreedly looks better where reach 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.