Patreon vs Spreedly

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

Patreon (rank #536) holds a narrow lead over Spreedly (rank #728) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (36 vs 30). The gap of 6 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Patreon is slightly ahead of Spreedly. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Patreon is ahead of Spreedly. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Patreon is slightly ahead of Spreedly. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Patreon is clearly ahead of Spreedly. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Spreedly is 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. Spreedly shows 418 stars across 67 public repos, 10 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors.

Patreon is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Spreedly 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.