Box vs Palo Alto Networks

Box (Box, Inc.) and Palo Alto Networks (We ensure each day is safer and more secure than the one before.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Box and Palo Alto Networks sit at essentially the same overall ecosystem score (56), which is unusual and worth reading through the pillars below.

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

Box carries 14,074 GitHub stars across 84 public repos, with 18 repositories active in the last 90 days and 33 external contributors on record. Palo Alto Networks shows 6,403 stars across 525 public repos, 66 active in the last 90 days and 13 external contributors.

Box is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Palo Alto Networks 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.