jotform vs Perk

jotform (Free Online Form Builder & Form Creator) and Perk (We're fixing business travel.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Perk (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), Perk is slightly ahead of jotform. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Perk is ahead of jotform. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Perk is ahead of jotform. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), jotform is ahead of Perk. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Perk is ahead of jotform.

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. Perk shows 34 stars across 25 public repos, 5 active in the last 90 days and 6 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but jotform's footprint is roughly 32.5x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

jotform is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Perk looks better where community 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.