HubSpot vs Zapier

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

Zapier (rank #27) holds a narrow lead over HubSpot (rank #93) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (64 vs 56). The gap of 8 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Zapier shows 6,768 stars across 296 public repos, 13 active in the last 90 days and 23 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but HubSpot's footprint is roughly 7.9x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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