Factorial vs Formbricks

Factorial (HR Software for small and medium companies) and Formbricks (Open Source Qualtrics Alternative) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Factorial and Formbricks sit at essentially the same overall ecosystem score (48), which is unusual and worth reading through the pillars below.

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

Factorial carries 117 GitHub stars across 70 public repos, with 19 repositories active in the last 90 days and 53 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 108.3x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Factorial 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.