Qualtrics vs SmartRecruiters

Qualtrics and SmartRecruiters both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

SmartRecruiters (rank #430) holds a modest lead over Qualtrics (rank #693) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (40 vs 31). The gap of 9 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Qualtrics carries 20 GitHub stars across 20 public repos, with 7 repositories active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors on record. SmartRecruiters shows 119 stars across 25 public repos, 3 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but SmartRecruiters's footprint is roughly 5.9x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Qualtrics is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. SmartRecruiters 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.