jotform vs Podium

jotform (Free Online Form Builder & Form Creator) and Podium both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Podium (rank #371) holds a modest lead over jotform (rank #727) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (42 vs 30). 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), Podium is ahead of jotform. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Podium is clearly ahead of jotform. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), jotform is slightly ahead of Podium. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Podium is ahead of jotform. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), jotform is clearly ahead of Podium.

jotform carries 1,105 GitHub stars across 32 public repos, with 4 repositories active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors on record. Podium shows 86 stars across 25 public repos, 7 active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but jotform's footprint is roughly 12.8x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

jotform is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Podium looks better where education 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.