Stripe vs Zscaler, Inc.

Stripe and Zscaler, Inc. both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Stripe (rank #1) holds a meaningful lead over Zscaler, Inc. (rank #298) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (76 vs 45). The gap of 31 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 Zscaler, Inc.. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Stripe is ahead of Zscaler, Inc.. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Stripe is clearly ahead of Zscaler, Inc.. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Stripe is slightly ahead of Zscaler, Inc.. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Stripe is clearly ahead of Zscaler, Inc..

Stripe carries 44,519 GitHub stars across 97 public repos, with 64 repositories active in the last 90 days and 124 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 Stripe's footprint is roughly 132.1x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Stripe is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Zscaler, Inc. 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.