Avalara vs ONESOURCE Indirect Tax

Avalara (AF Score 77) and ONESOURCE Indirect Tax (AF Score 76) are two of the most cross-shopped sales tax and VAT platforms in our directory. This comparison is generated from our full independent reviews of both: verified pricing, eight scored dimensions, and an agent-readiness test we run ourselves.

What each costs

Avalara
Price
$69 to $79/state/mo (published)
How it's priced
Per-state plans under $50M revenue; quote above that
ONESOURCE Indirect Tax
Price
Quote only; ~$280k/yr 2022 model
How it's priced
Quote only: annual subscription by module and countries

The verdict at a glance

Avalara scores higher overall (77 to 76), but the right pick depends on what you weight.

Avalara is a sales and use tax platform (AvaTax calculation, Managed Returns filing and exemption certificate management) for growing and mid-market companies that collect tax in many U.S. states, with VAT, 1099 and property tax sold as separate products.

ONESOURCE Indirect Tax is Thomson Reuters' enterprise suite for sales and use tax, VAT and GST: the Determination engine calculates tax inside ERPs, and companion products handle exemption certificates, returns, e-invoicing and reconciliation for multinationals.

Quick facts

  • Avalara AF score. 77/100
  • Avalara implementation. Medium
  • Avalara best fit. Sellers filing in 5 to 25 states
  • ONESOURCE Indirect Tax AF score. 76/100
  • ONESOURCE Indirect Tax implementation. High
  • ONESOURCE Indirect Tax best fit. Multinationals on SAP or Oracle

Dimension by dimension

  • Compliance depth. Avalara 84, ONESOURCE Indirect Tax 83. Edge: Avalara.
  • Scalability. Avalara 86, ONESOURCE Indirect Tax 81. Edge: Avalara.
  • AI / agent readiness. Avalara 87, ONESOURCE Indirect Tax 60. Edge: Avalara.
  • Support. Avalara 62, ONESOURCE Indirect Tax 70. Edge: ONESOURCE Indirect Tax.
  • Implementation. Avalara 72, ONESOURCE Indirect Tax 58. Edge: Avalara.
  • Pricing transparency. Avalara 69, ONESOURCE Indirect Tax 38. Edge: Avalara.
  • Tax content & coverage. Avalara 89, ONESOURCE Indirect Tax 90. Edge: ONESOURCE Indirect Tax.
  • Integrations & data flow. Avalara 91, ONESOURCE Indirect Tax 85. Edge: Avalara.

Pick Avalara if

  • U.S. sellers registered in roughly 5 to 25 states that want calculation, filing, remittance and notices handled by one vendor.
  • Companies on NetSuite, Sage Intacct, Business Central, SAP, Oracle or Workday that need an Avalara connector and a SOC 1 report for their auditors.
  • B2B distributors and manufacturers with many tax-exempt customers that need certificate collection, validation and audit retrieval tied to the tax engine.

Pick ONESOURCE Indirect Tax if

  • Multinationals on SAP, Oracle Fusion or Dynamics 365 that want one engine for US sales tax, Canadian GST and PST, and VAT
  • Tax teams that want calculation, VAT returns and e-invoicing from a single vendor across dozens of countries
  • High-volume or data-residency-bound operations that need tax calculated at the edge with Determination Anywhere

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