Patreon vs Workato

Patreon and Workato (The Enterprise Automation Platform for powerful integrations and automations) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Patreon (rank #536) holds a narrow lead over Workato (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (36 vs 33). The gap of 3 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Patreon is ahead of Workato. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Workato is ahead of Patreon. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Patreon is ahead of Workato. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Patreon is ahead of Workato. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Workato is slightly 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. Workato shows 112 stars across 67 public repos, 2 active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Patreon's footprint is roughly 7.6x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Patreon is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. Workato 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.