Razorpay vs Starling Bank

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

Razorpay (rank #31) holds a meaningful lead over Starling Bank (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (63 vs 33). The gap of 30 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Razorpay carries 3,812 GitHub stars across 177 public repos, with 38 repositories active in the last 90 days and 33 external contributors on record. Starling Bank shows 195 stars across 3 public repos, 3 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Razorpay's footprint is roughly 19.5x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Razorpay 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.