Airtable vs Qualtrics

Airtable (Airtable is a modern database created for everyone) and Qualtrics both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Airtable (rank #165) holds a modest lead over Qualtrics (rank #693) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (51 vs 31). 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), Airtable is ahead of Qualtrics. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Airtable is clearly ahead of Qualtrics. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Airtable is ahead of Qualtrics. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Qualtrics is clearly ahead of Airtable. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Qualtrics is ahead of Airtable.

Airtable carries 3,237 GitHub stars across 35 public repos, with 3 repositories active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors on record. Qualtrics shows 20 stars across 20 public repos, 7 active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Airtable's footprint is roughly 161.8x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Airtable is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Qualtrics 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.