Cloudbeds vs Formbricks

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

Formbricks (rank #238) holds a modest lead over Cloudbeds (rank #727) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (48 vs 30). The gap of 18 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 Cloudbeds. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Cloudbeds is slightly ahead of Formbricks. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Formbricks is ahead of Cloudbeds. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Formbricks is clearly ahead of Cloudbeds. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Formbricks is slightly ahead of Cloudbeds.

Cloudbeds carries 49 GitHub stars across 29 public repos, with 9 repositories active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors on record. Formbricks shows 12,727 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 259.7x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Cloudbeds is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. 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.