Braze vs Formbricks

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

Formbricks (rank #237) holds a narrow lead over Braze (rank #401) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (48 vs 41). The gap of 7 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Braze carries 488 GitHub stars across 136 public repos, with 22 repositories active in the last 90 days and 10 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 26.0x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Braze is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Formbricks looks better where community 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.