Pendo vs Starling Bank

Pendo and Starling Bank both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Pendo (rank #485) holds a narrow lead over Starling Bank (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (38 vs 33). The gap of 5 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Pendo carries 266 GitHub stars across 133 public repos, with 18 repositories active in the last 90 days and 6 external contributors on record. Starling Bank shows 195 stars across 3 public repos, 3 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors.

Pendo is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Starling Bank looks better where reach 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.