Qualtrics vs Workday

Qualtrics and Workday both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Workday (rank #278) holds a modest lead over Qualtrics (rank #693) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (46 vs 31). The gap of 15 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Workday is clearly ahead of Qualtrics. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Workday is clearly ahead of Qualtrics. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Workday is clearly ahead of Qualtrics. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Qualtrics is clearly ahead of Workday. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Workday is ahead of Qualtrics.

Qualtrics carries 20 GitHub stars across 20 public repos, with 7 repositories active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors on record. Workday shows 1,102 stars across 57 public repos, 19 active in the last 90 days and 11 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Workday's footprint is roughly 55.1x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Qualtrics is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Workday 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.