Formbricks vs PandaDoc

Formbricks (Open Source Qualtrics Alternative) and PandaDoc (The Future of Documents) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Formbricks (rank #237) holds a modest lead over PandaDoc (rank #662) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (48 vs 32). The gap of 16 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. PandaDoc shows 102 stars across 24 public repos, 3 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 124.3x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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