Avalara vs Starling Bank

Avalara and Starling Bank both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Starling Bank (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), Starling Bank is ahead of Avalara. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Avalara is slightly ahead of Starling Bank. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Avalara is ahead of Starling Bank. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Starling Bank is clearly ahead of Avalara. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Starling Bank 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. Starling Bank shows 195 stars across 3 public repos, 3 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Starling Bank's footprint is roughly 9.3x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Avalara is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Starling Bank 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.