Fivetran vs Formbricks
Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.
Fivetran and Formbricks (Open Source Qualtrics Alternative) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.
Formbricks (rank #237) holds a narrow lead over Fivetran (rank #338) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (48 vs 43). The gap of 5 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.
On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Fivetran is slightly ahead of Formbricks. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Formbricks is clearly ahead of Fivetran. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Formbricks is slightly ahead of Fivetran. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Fivetran is slightly ahead of Formbricks. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Fivetran is clearly ahead of Formbricks.
Fivetran carries 13,433 GitHub stars across 314 public repos, with 84 repositories active in the last 90 days and 40 external contributors on record. Formbricks shows 12,675 stars across 18 public repos, 9 active in the last 90 days and 6 external contributors.
Fivetran is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Formbricks 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.
Side-by-side metrics
| Metric | Fivetran | Formbricks |
|---|---|---|
| Ranking | ||
| Overall rank | #338 | #237 |
| Pillars | ||
| Overall | 43 | 48 |
| Code | 57 | 53 |
| Education | 46 | 67 |
| Community | 46 | 47 |
| Reach | 39 | 36 |
| Momentum | 54 | 24 |
| Builder experience | 0 | 0 |
| Signals | ||
| Stars | 13,433 | 12,675 |
| Forks | 2,907 | 2,459 |
| Public repos | 314 | 18 |
| Active repos (90d) | 84 | 9 |
| External contributors | 40 | 6 |
| Avg polish | 66 | 57 |
| Avg AI-readiness | 41 | 37 |