Palo Alto Networks vs Salesforce

Palo Alto Networks (We ensure each day is safer and more secure than the one before.) and Salesforce (Noteworthy Open Source projects made available by Salesforce. Available under Open Source or Creative Commons licensing. No warranty or support implied) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Salesforce (rank #82) holds a narrow lead over Palo Alto Networks (rank #93) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (57 vs 56). The gap of 1 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 ahead of Salesforce. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Salesforce is slightly ahead of Palo Alto Networks. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Salesforce is ahead of Palo Alto Networks. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Palo Alto Networks is ahead of Salesforce. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Palo Alto Networks is clearly ahead of Salesforce.

Palo Alto Networks carries 6,403 GitHub stars across 525 public repos, with 66 repositories active in the last 90 days and 13 external contributors on record. Salesforce shows 68,892 stars across 417 public repos, 75 active in the last 90 days and 6 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Salesforce's footprint is roughly 10.8x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Palo Alto Networks is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Salesforce looks better where community 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.