Recurly vs Zapier

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

Zapier (rank #27) holds a modest lead over Recurly (rank #317) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (64 vs 44). The gap of 20 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Zapier shows 6,768 stars across 296 public repos, 13 active in the last 90 days and 23 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Zapier's footprint is roughly 4.3x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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