Formbricks vs Spendesk

Formbricks (Open Source Qualtrics Alternative) and Spendesk (The 7-in-1 spend management solution) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Formbricks (rank #237) holds a modest lead over Spendesk (rank #536) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (48 vs 36). The gap of 12 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 Spendesk. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Spendesk is slightly ahead of Formbricks. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Formbricks is clearly ahead of Spendesk. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Formbricks is ahead of Spendesk. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Spendesk 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. Spendesk shows 10 stars across 39 public repos, 1 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Formbricks's footprint is roughly 1267.5x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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