Onfido vs UserTesting

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

Onfido (rank #399) holds a modest lead over UserTesting (rank #692) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (41 vs 31). The gap of 10 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Onfido carries 1,268 GitHub stars across 85 public repos, with 14 repositories active in the last 90 days and 3 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 Onfido's footprint is roughly 84.5x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Onfido 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.