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A side-by-side editorial comparison of Formbricks and Hatz AI — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
| Feature | Formbricks | Hatz AI |
|---|---|---|
| Sector | Support | Support |
| Velocity score | 5.0 | 6.3 |
| Sparks · 30d | 0 | 1 |
| Top themes | surveys, open-source, release-candidates, access-control | msp, multi-tenant, ai-platform, mcp-integrations |
| Last editorial update | 2h ago | 3d ago |
| Website | Visit → | — |
Formbricks stabilizes its 5.0 release with backports and access-control fixes
Formbricks is in release-candidate mode across the 5.0 line, now branching into 5.1.0-rc.1. The recent entries are almost entirely fixes and backports — billing-role access, SSO restoration, audit cleanup — rather than new capability.
Hatz is building the governed multi-tenant control plane for MSPs running AI.
Hatz AI is shipping fast on two axes: a multi-tenant MSP control plane (per-tenant integration and custom-MCP enable/disable, provisioning templates that fix a tenant's models, apps, and permissions at creation, usage dashboards, download restrictions) and a broadening model and integration layer (Opus 4.8, an LLM Gateway extended to Anthropic, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Auto model-selection modes, and a steady stream of official MCP integrations). Recent releases emphasize admin control over which capabilities each tenant gets.
Formbricks is in release-candidate mode across the 5.0 line, now branching into 5.1.0-rc.1. The recent entries are almost entirely fixes and backports — billing-role access, SSO restoration, audit cleanup — rather than new capability.
The work signals a major-version transition being hardened in place: roles and billing-only access, SSO reliability, and security-audit resolution. New survey features (CSAT/CES filters) are trickling in but the dominant motion is stabilization.
Expect a clean 5.0.x/5.1.0 GA once the backport queue drains, with role-based access and SSO fixes as the substance of the release.
Hatz AI is shipping fast on two axes: a multi-tenant MSP control plane (per-tenant integration and custom-MCP enable/disable, provisioning templates that fix a tenant's models, apps, and permissions at creation, usage dashboards, download restrictions) and a broadening model and integration layer (Opus 4.8, an LLM Gateway extended to Anthropic, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Auto model-selection modes, and a steady stream of official MCP integrations). Recent releases emphasize admin control over which capabilities each tenant gets.
Hatz is positioning as the governance and provisioning layer for MSPs delivering AI to many client tenants — not just another chat product, but the control plane that decides which models, tools, and integrations each tenant can touch. Model and integration breadth is table stakes; the differentiation is per-tenant control.
Expect more tenant-governance depth — finer permission and policy controls, more provisioning automation — alongside the continuing cadence of new model and MCP-integration additions.
Other Support products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either Formbricks or Hatz AI.
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Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. Hatz AI is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 5.0), with 1 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Hatz AI is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 5.0), with 1 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other Support products to evaluate alongside.
Top Formbricks alternatives in Support are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Formbricks alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/formbricks for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
Top Hatz AI alternatives in Support are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Hatz AI alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/hatz-ai for the full list with editorial commentary on each.