Just read the zcash AMA and I came away a bit unconvinced. Some CN related comments in the second page
https://forum.bitcoin.com/post16238.html#p16238It looks like they are very much set with the 10% "Founder's fee" and being pretty much a Bitcoin code base with zero knowledge for enhanced privacy and fungibility. Because of their non threatening stance and some associated names, they will surely be pushed and positioned over Monero with more whales supporting it financially as well as via marketing and networking.
XMR has so much going for it in every way, just not the cash flow it truly deserves.
In the short term, it does not matter if zcash is worst or not then monero. What meters is publicity. And zcash is getting much more attention than monero.