Close vs Zscaler, Inc.

Close (The inside sales CRM of choice for SMBs) and Zscaler, Inc. both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Close and Zscaler, Inc. sit at essentially the same overall ecosystem score (45), which is unusual and worth reading through the pillars below.

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

Close carries 3,871 GitHub stars across 190 public repos, with 25 repositories active in the last 90 days and 10 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 Close's footprint is roughly 11.5x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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