HubSpot vs Recurly

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

HubSpot (rank #93) holds a modest lead over Recurly (rank #317) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (56 vs 44). The gap of 12 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Recurly is ahead of HubSpot. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Recurly is slightly ahead of HubSpot. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), HubSpot is slightly ahead of Recurly. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), HubSpot is clearly ahead of Recurly. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Recurly is 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. Recurly shows 1,564 stars across 53 public repos, 26 active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but HubSpot's footprint is roughly 34.2x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

HubSpot is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Recurly looks better where code quality 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.