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Dropbox vs sendinblue (now Brevo)

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

Dropbox and sendinblue (now Brevo) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Dropbox (rank #257) holds a narrow lead over sendinblue (now Brevo) (rank #372) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (47 vs 42). The gap of 5 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Dropbox carries 61,045 GitHub stars across 247 public repos, with 29 repositories active in the last 90 days and 2 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 Dropbox's footprint is roughly 93.5x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Dropbox is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. 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.

Side-by-side metrics

MetricDropboxsendinblue (now Brevo)
Ranking
Overall rank#257#372
Pillars
Overall4742
Code4847
Education5176
Community4615
Reach3731
Momentum580
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars61,045653
Forks8,223328
Public repos24737
Active repos (90d)290
External contributors20
Avg polish5242
Avg AI-readiness3340

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