Rippling vs sendinblue (now Brevo)

Rippling (We make it unbelievably easy to manage your team's payroll, benefits, computers, and apps.) and sendinblue (now Brevo) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

sendinblue (now Brevo) (rank #372) holds a narrow lead over Rippling (rank #455) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (42 vs 39). The gap of 3 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Rippling carries 156 GitHub stars across 11 public repos, with 1 repositories active in the last 90 days and 11 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. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but sendinblue (now Brevo)'s footprint is roughly 4.2x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Rippling is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. 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.