Palo Alto Networks vs SolarWinds

Palo Alto Networks (We ensure each day is safer and more secure than the one before.) and SolarWinds both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Palo Alto Networks (rank #93) holds a meaningful lead over SolarWinds (rank #569) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (56 vs 35). The gap of 21 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 SolarWinds. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Palo Alto Networks is ahead of SolarWinds. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Palo Alto Networks is ahead of SolarWinds. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Palo Alto Networks is ahead of SolarWinds. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Palo Alto Networks is ahead of SolarWinds.

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. SolarWinds shows 1,101 stars across 104 public repos, 35 active in the last 90 days and 18 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Palo Alto Networks's footprint is roughly 5.8x 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 code quality. SolarWinds 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.