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Apollo.io vs sendinblue (now Brevo)

Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.

Apollo.io (Apollo's github repo. Be awed) and sendinblue (now Brevo) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

sendinblue (now Brevo) (rank #372) holds a narrow lead over Apollo.io (rank #602) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (42 vs 34). The gap of 8 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 ahead of Apollo.io. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), sendinblue (now Brevo) is slightly ahead of Apollo.io. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Apollo.io is slightly ahead of sendinblue (now Brevo). On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Apollo.io is slightly ahead of sendinblue (now Brevo). On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Apollo.io is ahead of sendinblue (now Brevo).

Apollo.io carries 73 GitHub stars across 41 public repos, with 7 repositories active in the last 90 days and 5 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 sendinblue (now Brevo)'s footprint is roughly 8.9x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Apollo.io is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. sendinblue (now Brevo) looks better where code quality 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.

Side-by-side metrics

MetricApollo.iosendinblue (now Brevo)
Ranking
Overall rank#602#372
Pillars
Overall3442
Code3547
Education7476
Community1615
Reach3231
Momentum180
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars73653
Forks46328
Public repos4137
Active repos (90d)70
External contributors50
Avg polish2842
Avg AI-readiness3440

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