Avalara vs Increase

Avalara and Increase (Build your bank) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Increase (rank #55) holds a meaningful lead over Avalara (rank #693) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (60 vs 31). The gap of 29 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Increase is ahead of Avalara. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Increase is slightly ahead of Avalara. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Increase is clearly ahead of Avalara. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Increase is clearly ahead of Avalara. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Increase 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. Increase shows 45 stars across 12 public repos, 11 active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors.

Avalara is worth a look for teams already invested in its stack. Increase looks better where reach 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.