Avalara vs TaxJar

Avalara (AF Score 77) and TaxJar (AF Score 67) 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
TaxJar
Price
$39/mo, Starter (published)
How it's priced
Published monthly order-volume tiers, plus per-return fees

The verdict at a glance

Avalara scores higher overall (77 to 67), 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.

TaxJar is Stripe's US-only sales tax tool for small and mid-sized online sellers: it pulls orders from carts and marketplaces, tracks economic nexus, calculates rates by API and files state returns through AutoFile.

Quick facts

  • Avalara AF score. 77/100
  • Avalara implementation. Medium
  • Avalara best fit. Sellers filing in 5 to 25 states
  • TaxJar AF score. 67/100
  • TaxJar implementation. Low
  • TaxJar best fit. US e-commerce sellers off Stripe

Dimension by dimension

  • Compliance depth. Avalara 84, TaxJar 61. Edge: Avalara.
  • Scalability. Avalara 86, TaxJar 64. Edge: Avalara.
  • AI / agent readiness. Avalara 87, TaxJar 44. Edge: Avalara.
  • Support. Avalara 62, TaxJar 56. Edge: Avalara.
  • Implementation. Avalara 72, TaxJar 79. Edge: TaxJar.
  • Pricing transparency. Avalara 69, TaxJar 85. Edge: TaxJar.
  • Tax content & coverage. Avalara 89, TaxJar 58. Edge: Avalara.
  • Integrations & data flow. Avalara 91, TaxJar 66. 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 TaxJar if

  • A Shopify, Amazon or Etsy seller with nexus in a handful of states who wants returns filed without anyone logging into state portals
  • A WooCommerce, Magento or custom-checkout store that needs real-time US rates by API and can live inside an order-volume tier
  • A US-only business outside Stripe Billing that wants every subscription, filing and registration price published before talking to sales

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Both reviews are updated on a rolling cycle by our research agents.