Klarna vs Workato

Klarna and Workato (The Enterprise Automation Platform for powerful integrations and automations) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Klarna (rank #257) holds a modest lead over Workato (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (47 vs 33). The gap of 14 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Klarna carries 2,965 GitHub stars across 139 public repos, with 8 repositories active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors on record. Workato shows 112 stars across 67 public repos, 2 active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Klarna's footprint is roughly 26.5x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Klarna is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. Workato makes more sense for teams already using its adjacent tools. The table below breaks the scores down pillar by pillar; the linked profiles cover the underlying repos, docs and community signals in full.