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ExpressVPN vs Okta, Inc

Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.

ExpressVPN and Okta, Inc both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Okta, Inc (rank #73) holds a meaningful lead over ExpressVPN (rank #569) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (58 vs 35). The gap of 23 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

ExpressVPN carries 1,250 GitHub stars across 12 public repos, with 3 repositories active in the last 90 days and 7 external contributors on record. Okta, Inc shows 6,250 stars across 88 public repos, 44 active in the last 90 days and 52 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Okta, Inc's footprint is roughly 5.0x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

ExpressVPN is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Okta, 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.

Side-by-side metrics

MetricExpressVPNOkta, Inc
Ranking
Overall rank#569#73
Pillars
Overall3558
Code5766
Education6977
Community3042
Reach4829
Momentum1545
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars1,2506,250
Forks2205,038
Public repos1288
Active repos (90d)344
External contributors752
Avg polish6366
Avg AI-readiness2948

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