HubSpot vs Pendo

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

HubSpot (rank #93) holds a meaningful lead over Pendo (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (56 vs 33). 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), HubSpot is clearly ahead of Pendo. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Pendo is ahead of HubSpot. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Pendo is ahead of HubSpot. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), HubSpot is clearly ahead of Pendo. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), HubSpot is clearly ahead of Pendo.

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. Pendo shows 267 stars across 134 public repos, 18 active in the last 90 days and 6 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but HubSpot's footprint is roughly 200.3x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

HubSpot is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Pendo looks better where community 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.