Paddle vs sendinblue (now Brevo)

Paddle and sendinblue (now Brevo) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Paddle and sendinblue (now Brevo) sit at essentially the same overall ecosystem score (42), which is unusual and worth reading through the pillars below.

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

Paddle carries 997 GitHub stars across 54 public repos, with 22 repositories active in the last 90 days and 6 external contributors on record. sendinblue (now Brevo) shows 653 stars across 37 public repos, 0 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors.

Paddle is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. sendinblue (now Brevo) 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.