Avalara vs Marqeta

Avalara and Marqeta both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Marqeta (rank #625) holds a narrow lead over Avalara (rank #696) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (33 vs 31). The gap of 2 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Marqeta is slightly ahead of Avalara. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Marqeta is slightly ahead of Avalara. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Avalara is slightly ahead of Marqeta. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Marqeta is ahead of Avalara. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Marqeta is 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. Marqeta shows 84 stars across 18 public repos, 3 active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Marqeta's footprint is roughly 4.0x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Avalara is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Marqeta 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.