Recurly vs SAP

Recurly and SAP (SAP SE, a global software company, is one of the largest vendors of ERP and other enterprise applications.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

SAP (rank #122) holds a modest lead over Recurly (rank #317) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (54 vs 44). The gap of 10 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Recurly carries 1,564 GitHub stars across 53 public repos, with 26 repositories active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors on record. SAP shows 12,850 stars across 309 public repos, 96 active in the last 90 days and 60 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but SAP's footprint is roughly 8.2x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Recurly is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. SAP 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.