Avalara vs Close

Avalara and Close (The inside sales CRM of choice for SMBs) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Close (rank #298) holds a modest lead over Avalara (rank #693) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (45 vs 31). The gap of 14 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Avalara carries 21 GitHub stars across 7 public repos, with 0 repositories active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors on record. Close shows 3,871 stars across 190 public repos, 25 active in the last 90 days and 10 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Close's footprint is roughly 184.3x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Avalara is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Close looks better where momentum 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.