Metabase vs UserTesting

Metabase and UserTesting (Real. Human. Insight.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Metabase (rank #161) holds a modest lead over UserTesting (rank #692) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (51 vs 31). The gap of 20 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Metabase is ahead of UserTesting. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Metabase is ahead of UserTesting. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Metabase is clearly ahead of UserTesting. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Metabase is slightly ahead of UserTesting. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Metabase is clearly ahead of UserTesting.

Metabase carries 50,344 GitHub stars across 100 public repos, with 20 repositories active in the last 90 days and 47 external contributors on record. UserTesting shows 15 stars across 119 public repos, 0 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Metabase's footprint is roughly 3356.3x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Metabase is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. UserTesting makes more sense for teams already using its adjacent tools. The table below breaks the scores down pillar by pillar; the linked profiles cover the underlying repos, docs and community signals in full.