Box vs sendinblue (now Brevo)

Box (Box, Inc.) and sendinblue (now Brevo) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Box (rank #93) holds a modest lead over sendinblue (now Brevo) (rank #372) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (56 vs 42). The gap of 14 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Box carries 14,074 GitHub stars across 84 public repos, with 18 repositories active in the last 90 days and 33 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 Box's footprint is roughly 21.6x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Box is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. 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.