HubSpot vs Sprout Social

HubSpot and Sprout Social both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

HubSpot (rank #93) holds a modest lead over Sprout Social (rank #401) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (56 vs 41). The gap of 15 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 Sprout Social. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), HubSpot is ahead of Sprout Social. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), HubSpot is clearly ahead of Sprout Social. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Sprout Social 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. Sprout Social shows 313 stars across 68 public repos, 4 active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but HubSpot's footprint is roughly 170.9x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

HubSpot is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Sprout Social 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.