# Avalara Select: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 1 judge label across 1 category by 1 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/avalara-select

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Sales tax automation](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/tax/sales-tax-automation/index.md) | 0% | 21 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "Best value if you file in multiple states and want more automation: Avalara Select." (GPT-5.4 mini, Sales tax automation)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Avalara Select, from 3 of the 3 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- avalara.com: 3 (its own site)
- taxjar.com: 2
- thetaxvalet.com: 1
- trykintsugi.com: 1

### Pages cited

- https://avalara.com/us/en/blog/best-sales-tax-software-for-small-businesses.html: 2
- https://avalara.com/us/en/products/pricing.html: 2
- https://taxjar.com/pricing: 2
- https://avalara.com/content/dam/assets/documents/document-buyers-guide-to-tax-compliance-automation.pdf: 1
- https://thetaxvalet.com/blog/6-costly-sales-tax-mistakes-software-wont-catch-and-how-to-avoid-them: 1
- https://trykintsugi.com/blog/best-indirect-tax-software: 1
- https://trykintsugi.com/en-gb/blog/best-cross-border-vat-compliance-software: 1
- https://trykintsugi.com/en-gb/blog/best-multi-state-sales-tax-software: 1

## In its own words

What Avalara Select's own pages state, read 2026-10-06. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: Provides environment option to allow the user to change between Sandbox and Production environments. (https://developer.avalara.com/invoice_goods_en/design_experience/select_environment)

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/finance.