Airtable vs Zscaler, Inc.

Airtable (Airtable is a modern database created for everyone) and Zscaler, Inc. both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Airtable (rank #165) holds a narrow lead over Zscaler, Inc. (rank #298) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (51 vs 45). The gap of 6 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Airtable carries 3,237 GitHub stars across 35 public repos, with 3 repositories active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors on record. Zscaler, Inc. shows 337 stars across 58 public repos, 33 active in the last 90 days and 11 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Airtable's footprint is roughly 9.6x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Airtable is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Zscaler, Inc. looks better where momentum 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.