Adyen vs Formbricks

Adyen and Formbricks (Open Source Qualtrics Alternative) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Adyen (rank #165) holds a narrow lead over Formbricks (rank #237) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (51 vs 48). 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), Adyen is clearly ahead of Formbricks. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Formbricks is ahead of Adyen. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Formbricks is slightly ahead of Adyen. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Formbricks is clearly ahead of Adyen. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Adyen is clearly ahead of Formbricks.

Adyen carries 2,684 GitHub stars across 65 public repos, with 49 repositories active in the last 90 days and 39 external contributors on record. Formbricks shows 12,675 stars across 18 public repos, 9 active in the last 90 days and 6 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Formbricks's footprint is roughly 4.7x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Adyen is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. Formbricks looks better where reach 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.