Dropbox vs Palo Alto Networks

Dropbox 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.

Palo Alto Networks (rank #93) holds a modest lead over Dropbox (rank #257) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (56 vs 47). 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), Palo Alto Networks is clearly ahead of Dropbox. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Palo Alto Networks is ahead of Dropbox. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Dropbox is slightly ahead of Palo Alto Networks. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Palo Alto Networks is slightly ahead of Dropbox. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Palo Alto Networks is ahead of Dropbox.

Dropbox carries 61,045 GitHub stars across 247 public repos, with 29 repositories active in the last 90 days and 2 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. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Dropbox's footprint is roughly 9.5x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Dropbox is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Palo Alto Networks 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.