Formbricks vs HubSpot

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

HubSpot (rank #93) holds a narrow lead over Formbricks (rank #237) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (56 vs 48). The gap of 8 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Formbricks carries 12,675 GitHub stars across 18 public repos, with 9 repositories active in the last 90 days and 6 external contributors on record. HubSpot shows 53,481 stars across 381 public repos, 35 active in the last 90 days and 4 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but HubSpot's footprint is roughly 4.2x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Formbricks is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. HubSpot 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.