Avalara vs Duo Security

Avalara and Duo Security both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Duo Security (rank #278) holds a modest lead over Avalara (rank #693) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (46 vs 31). The gap of 15 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Duo Security is clearly ahead of Avalara. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Duo Security is ahead of Avalara. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Duo Security is ahead of Avalara. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Duo Security 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. Duo Security shows 1,477 stars across 52 public repos, 15 active in the last 90 days and 6 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Duo Security's footprint is roughly 70.3x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Avalara is worth a look for teams already invested in its stack. Duo Security 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.