HubSpot vs Stripe

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

Stripe (rank #1) holds a modest lead over HubSpot (rank #93) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (76 vs 56). 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), Stripe is clearly ahead of HubSpot. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Stripe is clearly ahead of HubSpot. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Stripe is clearly ahead of HubSpot. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), HubSpot is clearly ahead of Stripe. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Stripe is clearly 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. Stripe shows 44,519 stars across 97 public repos, 64 active in the last 90 days and 124 external contributors.

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