Avalara vs Onfido

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

Onfido (rank #401) holds a modest lead over Avalara (rank #693) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (41 vs 31). The gap of 10 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Onfido is slightly ahead of Avalara. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Onfido is ahead of Avalara. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Onfido is slightly ahead of Avalara. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Onfido is ahead of Avalara. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Onfido 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. Onfido shows 1,268 stars across 85 public repos, 14 active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Onfido's footprint is roughly 60.4x 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. Onfido 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.