Razorpay vs Zendesk

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

Razorpay (rank #30) holds a modest lead over Zendesk (rank #165) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (63 vs 51). The gap of 12 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 Zendesk. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Razorpay is slightly ahead of Zendesk. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Zendesk is slightly ahead of Razorpay. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Razorpay is ahead of Zendesk. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Razorpay is ahead of Zendesk.

Razorpay carries 3,811 GitHub stars across 177 public repos, with 38 repositories active in the last 90 days and 32 external contributors on record. Zendesk shows 12,427 stars across 891 public repos, 87 active in the last 90 days and 10 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Zendesk's footprint is roughly 3.3x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Razorpay is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Zendesk looks better where community 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.