Avalara vs Productboard

Avalara and Productboard (Make things that matter, together. See also @productboardlabs) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Productboard (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), Productboard is slightly ahead of Avalara. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Avalara is clearly ahead of Productboard. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Avalara is slightly ahead of Productboard. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Avalara is slightly ahead of Productboard. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Productboard 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. Productboard shows 90 stars across 87 public repos, 8 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Productboard's footprint is roughly 4.3x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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