Hotjar vs sendinblue (now Brevo)

Hotjar (Product Experience Insights Tools) and sendinblue (now Brevo) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Hotjar (rank #317) holds a narrow lead over sendinblue (now Brevo) (rank #372) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (44 vs 42). The gap of 2 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Hotjar carries 52 GitHub stars across 2 public repos, with 1 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 sendinblue (now Brevo)'s footprint is roughly 12.6x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Hotjar is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. sendinblue (now Brevo) makes more sense for teams already using its adjacent tools. The table below breaks the scores down pillar by pillar; the linked profiles cover the underlying repos, docs and community signals in full.