HubSpot vs SolarWinds

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

HubSpot (rank #93) holds a meaningful lead over SolarWinds (rank #569) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (56 vs 35). The gap of 21 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 SolarWinds. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), HubSpot is slightly ahead of SolarWinds. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), HubSpot is slightly ahead of SolarWinds. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), HubSpot is clearly ahead of SolarWinds. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), SolarWinds is slightly 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. SolarWinds shows 1,101 stars across 104 public repos, 35 active in the last 90 days and 18 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but HubSpot's footprint is roughly 48.6x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

HubSpot is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. SolarWinds 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.