Formbricks vs Semrush

Formbricks (Open Source Qualtrics Alternative) and Semrush (We do love open source and have an opportunity to make it better from now.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Formbricks (rank #237) holds a narrow lead over Semrush (rank #317) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (48 vs 44). The gap of 4 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 Semrush. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Formbricks is slightly ahead of Semrush. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Formbricks is ahead of Semrush. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Formbricks is slightly ahead of Semrush. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Semrush is 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. Semrush shows 454 stars across 11 public repos, 2 active in the last 90 days and 7 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Formbricks's footprint is roughly 27.9x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Formbricks is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Semrush looks better where momentum 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.