HubSpot vs SoundCloud

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

HubSpot (rank #93) holds a modest lead over SoundCloud (rank #536) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (56 vs 36). The gap of 20 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. SoundCloud shows 8,606 stars across 56 public repos, 17 active in the last 90 days and 4 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but HubSpot's footprint is roughly 6.2x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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