Avalara vs Mirakl

Avalara and Mirakl (The Marketplace Company) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Mirakl (rank #510) holds a narrow lead over Avalara (rank #693) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (37 vs 31). The gap of 6 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Mirakl is slightly ahead of Avalara. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Avalara is slightly ahead of Mirakl. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Mirakl is ahead of Avalara. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Avalara is slightly ahead of Mirakl. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Mirakl 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. Mirakl shows 110 stars across 22 public repos, 8 active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Mirakl's footprint is roughly 5.2x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Avalara is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Mirakl 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.