Formbricks vs Meltwater

Formbricks (Open Source Qualtrics Alternative) and Meltwater (We harness the world’s data in real time to unlock our customer’s competitive edge.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Formbricks (rank #237) holds a modest lead over Meltwater (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (48 vs 33). The gap of 15 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Meltwater shows 196 stars across 22 public repos, 6 active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Formbricks's footprint is roughly 64.7x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Formbricks is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Meltwater 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.