Gravity Forms vs Heap

Gravity Forms (The most powerful form and workflow solution available for WordPress.) and Heap (Product Insights) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Heap (rank #567) holds a narrow lead over Gravity Forms (rank #668) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (35 vs 32). 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), Heap is ahead of Gravity Forms. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Gravity Forms is slightly ahead of Heap. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Gravity Forms is slightly ahead of Heap. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Heap is slightly ahead of Gravity Forms. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Gravity Forms is clearly ahead of Heap.

Gravity Forms carries 112 GitHub stars across 8 public repos, with 2 repositories active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors on record. Heap shows 215 stars across 65 public repos, 6 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors.

Gravity Forms is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Heap 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.