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Zapier vs Zscaler, Inc.

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

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

Zapier (rank #27) holds a modest lead over Zscaler, Inc. (rank #298) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (64 vs 45). The gap of 19 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Zapier carries 6,768 GitHub stars across 296 public repos, with 13 repositories active in the last 90 days and 23 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 Zapier's footprint is roughly 20.1x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Zapier is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. 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

MetricZapierZscaler, Inc.
Ranking
Overall rank#27#298
Pillars
Overall6445
Code6876
Education7365
Community3739
Reach6337
Momentum5440
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars6,768337
Forks1,358199
Public repos29658
Active repos (90d)1333
External contributors2311
Avg polish7986
Avg AI-readiness4361

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