Cvent vs Formbricks

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

Formbricks (rank #237) holds a modest lead over Cvent (rank #485) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (48 vs 38). The gap of 10 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Cvent carries 206 GitHub stars across 111 public repos, with 21 repositories active in the last 90 days and 3 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 61.5x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Cvent is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. 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.