Recurly vs Workato

Recurly and Workato (The Enterprise Automation Platform for powerful integrations and automations) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Recurly (rank #317) holds a modest lead over Workato (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (44 vs 33). The gap of 11 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Workato shows 112 stars across 67 public repos, 2 active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Recurly's footprint is roughly 14.0x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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