Palo Alto Networks vs Stripe

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

Stripe (rank #1) holds a modest lead over Palo Alto Networks (rank #93) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (76 vs 56). The gap of 20 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Stripe is slightly ahead of Palo Alto Networks. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Stripe is clearly ahead of Palo Alto Networks. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Stripe is ahead of Palo Alto Networks. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Palo Alto Networks is slightly ahead of Stripe.

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. Stripe shows 44,519 stars across 97 public repos, 64 active in the last 90 days and 124 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Stripe's footprint is roughly 7.0x 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 reach. Stripe 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.