HubSpot vs sendinblue (now Brevo)

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

HubSpot (rank #93) holds a modest lead over sendinblue (now Brevo) (rank #372) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (56 vs 42). The gap of 14 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. 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 HubSpot's footprint is roughly 81.9x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

HubSpot is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. 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.