Agorapulse vs beehiiv

Agorapulse and beehiiv (Next-gen newsletter platform on a mission to help creators and businesses seamlessly create, monetize, and grow their audiences.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

beehiiv (rank #510) holds a narrow lead over Agorapulse (rank #662) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (37 vs 32). The gap of 5 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Agorapulse carries 308 GitHub stars across 80 public repos, with 16 repositories active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors on record. beehiiv shows 33 stars across 13 public repos, 4 active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Agorapulse's footprint is roughly 9.3x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Agorapulse is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. beehiiv 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.