Recurly vs Workday

Recurly and Workday both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Workday (rank #278) holds a narrow lead over Recurly (rank #317) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (46 vs 44). The gap of 2 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Workday shows 1,102 stars across 57 public repos, 19 active in the last 90 days and 11 external contributors.

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