Palo Alto Networks vs Zoom

Palo Alto Networks (We ensure each day is safer and more secure than the one before.) and Zoom (Power Up Your Apps with Video, Phone, and Chat) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Palo Alto Networks (rank #93) holds a narrow lead over Zoom (rank #122) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (56 vs 54). The gap of 2 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 clearly ahead of Zoom. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Zoom is ahead of Palo Alto Networks. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Palo Alto Networks is ahead of Zoom. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Palo Alto Networks is slightly ahead of Zoom. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Palo Alto Networks is slightly ahead of Zoom.

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. Zoom shows 3,380 stars across 159 public repos, 62 active in the last 90 days and 4 external contributors.

Palo Alto Networks is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. Zoom 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.