SAP vs Stripe

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

Stripe (rank #1) holds a meaningful lead over SAP (rank #122) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (76 vs 54). The gap of 22 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

SAP carries 12,850 GitHub stars across 309 public repos, with 96 repositories active in the last 90 days and 60 external contributors on record. Stripe shows 44,519 stars across 97 public repos, 64 active in the last 90 days and 124 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Stripe's footprint is roughly 3.5x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

SAP is worth a look for teams already invested in its stack. Stripe 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.