Formbricks vs Zapier

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

Zapier (rank #27) holds a modest lead over Formbricks (rank #237) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (64 vs 48). 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), Zapier is ahead of Formbricks. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Zapier is slightly ahead of Formbricks. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Formbricks is ahead of Zapier. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Zapier is clearly ahead of Formbricks. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Zapier 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. Zapier shows 6,768 stars across 296 public repos, 13 active in the last 90 days and 23 external contributors.

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