Sprout Social vs Stripe Samples

Sprout Social and Stripe Samples (Sample integrations built by Stripe.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Stripe Samples (rank #141) holds a modest lead over Sprout Social (rank #401) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (53 vs 41). The gap of 12 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Sprout Social carries 313 GitHub stars across 68 public repos, with 4 repositories active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors on record. Stripe Samples shows 4,227 stars across 30 public repos, 23 active in the last 90 days and 8 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Stripe Samples's footprint is roughly 13.5x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Sprout Social is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Stripe Samples 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.