Pendo vs Recurly

Pendo and Recurly both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Recurly (rank #317) holds a modest lead over Pendo (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (44 vs 33). The gap of 11 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Pendo carries 267 GitHub stars across 134 public repos, with 18 repositories active in the last 90 days and 6 external contributors on record. Recurly shows 1,564 stars across 53 public repos, 26 active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Recurly's footprint is roughly 5.9x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Pendo is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Recurly looks better where code quality 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.