Okta, Inc vs Workday

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

Okta, Inc (rank #73) holds a modest lead over Workday (rank #278) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (58 vs 46). The gap of 12 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 Workday. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Workday is slightly ahead of Okta, Inc. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Okta, Inc is slightly ahead of Workday. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Okta, Inc is slightly ahead of Workday. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Okta, Inc is ahead of Workday.

Okta, Inc carries 6,250 GitHub stars across 88 public repos, with 44 repositories active in the last 90 days and 52 external contributors on record. Workday shows 1,102 stars across 57 public repos, 19 active in the last 90 days and 11 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Okta, Inc's footprint is roughly 5.7x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Okta, Inc is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Workday looks better where education 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.