Braze vs Zapier

Braze (Braze, Inc.) and Zapier both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Zapier (rank #28) holds a meaningful lead over Braze (rank #401) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (64 vs 41). The gap of 23 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Braze carries 488 GitHub stars across 136 public repos, with 22 repositories active in the last 90 days and 10 external contributors on record. Zapier shows 6,774 stars across 296 public repos, 13 active in the last 90 days and 22 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Zapier's footprint is roughly 13.9x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Braze is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Zapier 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.