Salesforce vs Zscaler, Inc.

Salesforce (Noteworthy Open Source projects made available by Salesforce. Available under Open Source or Creative Commons licensing. No warranty or support implied) and Zscaler, Inc. both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Salesforce (rank #82) holds a modest lead over Zscaler, Inc. (rank #298) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (57 vs 45). The gap of 12 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Salesforce carries 68,892 GitHub stars across 417 public repos, with 75 repositories active in the last 90 days and 6 external contributors on record. Zscaler, Inc. shows 337 stars across 58 public repos, 33 active in the last 90 days and 11 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Salesforce's footprint is roughly 204.4x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Salesforce is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Zscaler, Inc. looks better where code quality 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.