Formbricks vs Zscaler, Inc.

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

Formbricks (rank #237) holds a narrow lead over Zscaler, Inc. (rank #298) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (48 vs 45). The gap of 3 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Zscaler, Inc. is clearly ahead of Formbricks. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Formbricks is slightly ahead of Zscaler, Inc.. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Formbricks is slightly ahead of Zscaler, Inc.. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Zscaler, Inc. is slightly ahead of Formbricks. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Zscaler, Inc. 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. Zscaler, Inc. shows 337 stars across 58 public repos, 33 active in the last 90 days and 11 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Formbricks's footprint is roughly 37.6x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Formbricks is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Zscaler, Inc. looks better where code quality 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.