The best replacement for avro is thrift.

The best alternatives to avro are rated as following:
★★★★★  thrift
★★★★  json
★★★★  parquet
★★★  protobuf
★★  sequence files
★★  msgpack
★★  kryo
★  hcatalog
  java serialization
  rcfile
  google protocol buffers
  laguna seca

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Speaking about avro, one probably shouldn't forget about hive.

Other search terms related to avro and their ratings are:
★★★★★ hive
★★ hbase
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