Okta, Inc vs Zendesk

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

Okta, Inc (rank #73) holds a narrow lead over Zendesk (rank #165) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (58 vs 51). The gap of 7 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 Zendesk. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Okta, Inc is clearly ahead of Zendesk. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Zendesk is slightly ahead of Okta, Inc. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Zendesk is ahead of Okta, Inc. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Zendesk is ahead of Okta, Inc.

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. Zendesk shows 12,427 stars across 891 public repos, 87 active in the last 90 days and 10 external contributors.

Okta, Inc is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Zendesk 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.