Razorpay vs Stripe

Razorpay and Stripe both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Stripe (rank #1) holds a modest lead over Razorpay (rank #31) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (76 vs 63). The gap of 13 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Stripe shows 44,536 stars across 97 public repos, 64 active in the last 90 days and 120 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Stripe's footprint is roughly 11.7x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Razorpay is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Stripe looks better where education 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.