Formbricks vs VTEX

Formbricks (Open Source Qualtrics Alternative) and VTEX (The Enterprise Digital Commerce Platform ⚠️ To invite someone to this Github Org. Follow: https://vai.vtex.com/access-request) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

VTEX (rank #152) holds a narrow lead over Formbricks (rank #237) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (52 vs 48). 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), VTEX is ahead of Formbricks. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), VTEX is ahead of Formbricks. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Formbricks is slightly ahead of VTEX. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Formbricks is ahead of VTEX. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), VTEX 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. VTEX shows 1,617 stars across 266 public repos, 47 active in the last 90 days and 51 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Formbricks's footprint is roughly 7.8x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Formbricks is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. VTEX 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.