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Workday vs Zscaler, Inc.

Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.

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

Workday (rank #278) holds a narrow lead over Zscaler, Inc. (rank #298) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (46 vs 45). The gap of 1 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Workday carries 1,102 GitHub stars across 57 public repos, with 19 repositories active in the last 90 days and 11 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 Workday's footprint is roughly 3.3x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Workday is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. 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.

Side-by-side metrics

MetricWorkdayZscaler, Inc.
Ranking
Overall rank#278#298
Pillars
Overall4645
Code5476
Education7965
Community4039
Reach2837
Momentum3240
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars1,102337
Forks580199
Public repos5758
Active repos (90d)1933
External contributors1111
Avg polish5986
Avg AI-readiness3661

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