SAASPOCALYPSEcase · head-to-head
wedge comparison
subjects of investigation
github.comvsworkday.com
which is stronger?
→vs←
clone time
6 months
fortress6 months
workday.com
Enterprise HR, Finance & IT platform
27/ 100
wedge scorefull report ↗
moat
how deep is each moat.
github.com · aggregate
8.0/10deep moat
moat delta-0.7
workday.com · aggregate
7.3/10deep moat
8.0
capital±0
8.0
8.0
technical-1.0 →
7.0
10.0
network-5.0 →
5.0
8.0
switching+1.0 →
9.0
7.0
data-1.0 →
6.0
6.0
regulatory+1.0 →
7.0
8.2
distribution±0
8.2
floor
cost + time, side by side.
monthly floorgithub.com wins
github.com
$26 + usage
workday.com
$67 + usage
delta −$41workday.com costs ~3× more per month to keep alive.
time to cloneworkday.com wins
github.com
∞
workday.com
6 months
delta · finite vs. ∞workday.com is buildable; github.com effectively isn't.
overlap
where they fight, where they don't.
features only one ships, plus the small middle they share.
only github.com · 66
version history & creative timelinemarketplacesocial graphsocial loginsso (saml/oidc)webhooks
shared · 22
developer ecosystemintegrations
only workday.com · 33
enterprise sla / four-nines uptimellm inferencetax compliance
stack
what they're built on.
shared infra and the differentiating bits.
only github.com · 77
AxiomCloudflare WorkersFly.ioGitHubRenderS3Sentry
shared infra · 33
CloudflarePostgresCloudflare R2
only workday.com · 55
CloudFrontNext.jsResendSupabaseVercel
the verdict
ATTACK WORKDAY FIRST
same comparison surface, two different walls. neither is a layup — workday is the thinner wall. circle back to github only if you genuinely need what it does that the other doesn't.
the case
matched moat depthsmaller stack
full reportfortress · 20
→ read the github.com report
full reportfortress · 27
→ read the workday.com report
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