Patreon vs Zoom

Patreon and Zoom (Power Up Your Apps with Video, Phone, and Chat) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Zoom (rank #122) holds a modest lead over Patreon (rank #536) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (54 vs 36). The gap of 18 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Zoom is ahead of Patreon. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Zoom is ahead of Patreon. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Patreon is clearly ahead of Zoom. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Zoom 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. Zoom shows 3,380 stars across 159 public repos, 62 active in the last 90 days and 4 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Zoom's footprint is roughly 4.0x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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