HubSpot vs Palo Alto Networks

HubSpot and Palo Alto Networks (We ensure each day is safer and more secure than the one before.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

HubSpot and Palo Alto Networks sit at essentially the same overall ecosystem score (56), which is unusual and worth reading through the pillars below.

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

HubSpot carries 53,481 GitHub stars across 381 public repos, with 35 repositories active in the last 90 days and 4 external contributors on record. Palo Alto Networks shows 6,403 stars across 525 public repos, 66 active in the last 90 days and 13 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but HubSpot's footprint is roughly 8.4x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

HubSpot is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Palo Alto Networks looks better where momentum 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.