Element vs UserTesting

Element (Founded by the creators of Matrix, we build digitally sovereign, secure and interoperable real-time communication solutions for large organisations.) and UserTesting (Real. Human. Insight.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Element (rank #190) holds a modest lead over UserTesting (rank #692) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (50 vs 31). The gap of 19 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Element carries 34,753 GitHub stars across 139 public repos, with 35 repositories active in the last 90 days and 102 external contributors on record. UserTesting shows 15 stars across 119 public repos, 0 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Element's footprint is roughly 2316.9x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Element is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. UserTesting looks better where education 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.