Patreon vs Razorpay

Patreon and Razorpay both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Razorpay (rank #30) holds a meaningful lead over Patreon (rank #536) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (63 vs 36). The gap of 27 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Patreon carries 846 GitHub stars across 62 public repos, with 0 repositories active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors on record. Razorpay shows 3,811 stars across 177 public repos, 38 active in the last 90 days and 32 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Razorpay's footprint is roughly 4.5x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Patreon is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Razorpay looks better where momentum 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.