Patreon vs Zapier

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

Zapier (rank #27) holds a meaningful lead over Patreon (rank #536) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (64 vs 36). The gap of 28 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Zapier is ahead of Patreon. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Zapier is ahead of Patreon. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Zapier is ahead of Patreon. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Zapier is slightly ahead of Patreon. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Zapier 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. Zapier shows 6,768 stars across 296 public repos, 13 active in the last 90 days and 23 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Zapier's footprint is roughly 8.0x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Patreon is worth a look for teams already invested in its stack. Zapier 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.