Airtable vs Avalara

Airtable (Airtable is a modern database created for everyone) and Avalara both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Airtable (rank #165) holds a modest lead over Avalara (rank #693) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (51 vs 31). The gap of 20 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Airtable carries 3,237 GitHub stars across 35 public repos, with 3 repositories active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors on record. Avalara shows 21 stars across 7 public repos, 0 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Airtable's footprint is roughly 154.1x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Airtable is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Avalara 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.