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Coursera vs HubSpot

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

Coursera and HubSpot both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

HubSpot (rank #93) holds a meaningful lead over Coursera (rank #726) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (56 vs 30). The gap of 26 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Coursera carries 1,367 GitHub stars across 81 public repos, with 1 repositories active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors on record. HubSpot shows 54,434 stars across 381 public repos, 37 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but HubSpot's footprint is roughly 39.8x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Coursera is worth a look for teams already invested in its stack. HubSpot looks better where reach 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

MetricCourseraHubSpot
Ranking
Overall rank#726#93
Pillars
Overall3056
Code4056
Education3752
Community1735
Reach4195
Momentum3055
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars1,36754,434
Forks5967,125
Public repos81381
Active repos (90d)137
External contributors02
Avg polish4454
Avg AI-readiness2537

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