Avalara AvaTax connects to the software that businesses already have and delivers sales tax decisions based on precise geo-location in more than 12,000 taxing jurisdictions in the U.S.
$21
per month
Sovos Intelligent Compliance Cloud
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
The Sovos Intelligent Compliance Cloud includes tax automation capabilities, including sales and use tax, 1099 reporting, ACA reporting, VAT solutions, and FATCA compliance.
We have used SOVOS and they are archaic compared to Avalara. Their customer service was sales focused and unable to assist with reporting issues that their reports were populating as results for State figures. Would recommend a switch ASAP to anyone thinking about the two.
We looked at Sovos pretty hard but came to the conclusion that they are geared for larger companies and were very expensive. When we contacted Avalara, their software and price structure seems to be in line with what we were looking for so we went with them, a decision I do …
Verified User
Team Lead
Chose Avalara
They are about equal. We might switch if Avalara support and account management lags.
Avalara had more integrations, was the only system at the time that worked with Shopify+, which we are re-platforming our Magento site to, and came in at a price point competitive with Vertex.
Honestly - we liked Sovos and ONESOURCE a lot better. ONESOURCE had the tightest and …
Verified User
Professional
Chose Avalara
We use them for 1099's but not for sales tax. I would say they are similar but Avalara has a better user interface.
We use Sovos-- specifically, Ship Compliant, to manage all our liquor/beer/wine licenses, permits, and returns. This system also checks our level of compliance across all jurisdictions. Avalara only recently has offered an excise tax solution, and we have been using Ship …
Avalara as a one stop shop for tax compliance blows away the competition. The level of expertise received for the price is a tremendous value. The user interface is easy to navigate, all of the transactions and returns are conveniently saved in the system for easy recall, and …
We used Taxware prior to switching to AvaTax. This was an older on-premise solution that did not have rooftop level validation or address validation. This meant that many times we were selecting the wrong tax rate for a specific address.