Airtable vs sendinblue (now Brevo)

Airtable (Airtable is a modern database created for everyone) and sendinblue (now Brevo) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Airtable (rank #165) holds a modest lead over sendinblue (now Brevo) (rank #372) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (51 vs 42). The gap of 9 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Airtable carries 3,237 GitHub stars across 35 public repos, with 3 repositories active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors on record. sendinblue (now Brevo) shows 653 stars across 37 public repos, 0 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Airtable's footprint is roughly 5.0x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Airtable is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. sendinblue (now Brevo) 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.