Formbricks vs Qualtrics

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

Formbricks (rank #237) holds a modest lead over Qualtrics (rank #693) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (48 vs 31). The gap of 17 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Qualtrics shows 20 stars across 20 public repos, 7 active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Formbricks's footprint is roughly 633.8x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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