Avalara review
We use Avalara to generate sales tax liability reports and tax-exempt customer certificates.
Avalara
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Avalara
Starting at $21 per month
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Popular Features
View all 11 featuresSales and Use Taxes (214)
8.7
87%
Tax Exemption Processing (147)
8.1
81%
Tax Data Reporting (180)
8.1
81%
3rd-Party Software Integrations (158)
7.7
77%
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Pricing
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- Setup fee optional
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Offerings
- Free Trial
- Free/Freemium Version
- Premium Consulting / Integration Services
Starting price (does not include set up fee)
- $21 per month
Features Scorecard
Type of tax
7.3
73%
Tax Reporting & Compliance
7.8
78%
Product Details
What is Avalara?
Avalara aims to help businesses get tax compliance right. Avalara customers can manage tax obligations from state, local, and other tax authorities around the world through the platform. Avalara states that the value proposition for users is that its tool provide efficient and more accurate solutions for managing those requirements.
The Avalara Tax Compliance Suite — Avalara AvaTax, Avalara Returns, and Avalara CertCapture — offers solutions for various transaction taxes, including sales and use, VAT, excise, communications, and others. Through the suite, users can calculate taxes, file and remit returns, and comply with document management requirements. More than 700 integrations are available for accounting systems, ERP and CRM providers, ecommerce platforms, and more. The company also offers Professional Services including Tax Advisory Services, Implementation Services, Managed Services, and Support Plans and Training to help customers prepare for and achieve compliance.
Avalara Features
Type of tax Features
- Supported: Sales and Use Taxes
- Supported: Cross-border Taxes
- Supported: VAT / GST Taxes
- Supported: Energy and Fuel Taxes
Tax Reporting & Compliance Features
- Supported: Geolocation for Tax Assessment
- Supported: 3rd-Party Software Integrations
- Supported: Tax Data Reporting
- Supported: Compliance Administration Management
- Supported: Tax Exemption Processing
- Supported: Tax Document Management
- Supported: Complex Tax Scenario Management
Additional Features
- Supported: Centralized tax management: Unify sales and use tax calculation, document management, and returns preparation under a single platform.
- Supported: Integrations: AvaTax connects with more than 700 prebuilt integrations to connect with your accounting, ecommerce, POS, and other systems, plus an advanced API.
- Supported: Cloud-based: A software-as-a-service solution, AvaTax updates take effect as soon as they are deployed, helping to ensure you are using the most current information.
- Supported: Exemption management: Request certificates from vendors and store them electronically for easy access and to effectively track expiration dates. Send automatic renewal requests before certificates expire.
- Supported: Returns filing and remittance: Returns preparation and remittance in multiple jurisdictions. Avalara Returns can track and manage due dates and payment requirements, enabling you to pay all your returns with a single source of payment.
- Supported: Lodging: Manage lodging tax for your hotel or rental property with a solution that plugs into your reservation software to deliver lodging tax calculations in real time as well as prepares, files, and remits your lodge tax returns.
- Supported: Communications: Delivers tax calculations on a broad array of communications transactions by directly connecting to your current billing or ERP system, or to an in-house build via API.
- Supported: Beverage Alcohol: Simplifying regulatory compliance for suppliers, distributors, and retailers in the beverage alcohol industry.
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Taxes happen -- everywhere and every day. Good thing Avalara technology makes sure you pay the right amount of tax, every time. Isn't it time we did the same for your business?
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Avalara Integrations
- Shift4Shop (formerly 3dcart)
- BigCommerce
- Drupal
- Microsoft Dynamics GP
- NetSuite ERP
- PrestaShop
- QuickBooks Online
- Sage 500 ERP
- Sage Intacct
- SAP Business One
- Shopify Plus
- Zuora
- Stripe
- Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (formerly Dynamics NAV)
- Yahoo! eCommerce
- part of Yahoo Small Business
- Magento Commerce Cloud (formerly Magento)
- Epicor Manufacturing Express Edition
- Pinnacle Cart
- Quickbooks
Avalara Competitors
Avalara Technical Details
| Deployment Types | SaaS |
|---|---|
| Operating Systems | Unspecified |
| Mobile Application | Mobile Web |
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is Avalara?
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.
How much does Avalara cost?
Avalara starts at $21.
What are Avalara's top competitors?
TaxJar and Sovos Intelligent Compliance Cloud (formerly Sovos S1 Platform) are common alternatives for Avalara.
What is Avalara's best feature?
Reviewers rate Sales and Use Taxes highest, with a score of 8.7.
Who uses Avalara?
The most common users of Avalara are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees) and the Computer Software industry.
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April 23, 2022
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- Navision
Somewhat difficult initially
- Accounting
- ERP
- eCommerce
Luckily, our IT Manager was able to easily integrate Avalara across all of our necessary platforms.
April 21, 2022
If Avalara Owns It-Try It!
- We use PENTA, but that is not an option for integration, so we just use uploads
We do not integrate the system with our software, it is all standalone.
April 21, 2022
Absolutely Fantastic tool for Sales Tax
- Intact
- QBooks
n/a.. I was not involved in this process
April 21, 2022
Great tool for calculating taxes and staying compliant
- Sage (erp)
- Shopify (ecommerce)
Very simple integration with both systems.
April 21, 2022
Let Avalara take the stress out of sales tax
- Infor Visual ERP
Integration was a breeze with the help of Synergy.
April 21, 2022
Takes a load off our minds - especially at month-end!
- BigCommerce (ecommerce website)
- Roostock/Financial Force
- Infor
Infor is a lot less integrated and takes a lot more admin to do the same things as we did in Rootstock.
April 21, 2022
I LOVE AVALARA!!!
- ETERM/ECLIPSE
April 20, 2022
Avalara makes my job less taxing. I am able to make my field employees jobs less taxing.
- DMSI Agility (ERP)
- Vertex Returns - not good fit
March 04, 2022
Very good, but could easily be even better
- SAP
it was difficult -- then again, SAP is difficult with everything.
March 04, 2022
Avalara works as explained
- SAP - ERP Software
- B2B Ecommerce
- B2C Ecommerce
There is complexity in implementing the integration and in a few cases supporting it
February 21, 2022
Simple and Efficient Tax Solution
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- N/A
To be honest, we currently use Avalara as a standalone platform and it is not currently integrated with any of our other platforms or tech that we use. Even without any integrations, Avalara has proven itself to be a phenomenal tool and an easy investment decision to make.
January 27, 2022
Run away.
- WooCommerce
January 20, 2022
WooCommerce Integration Works Well; Dealing With Avalara Will Text Your Patience and Increase Your Stress
- Woocommerce
- Quickbooks Desktop
The setup was easy enough. The people you get to talk to while setting up your account and onboarding are generally helpful and easy to work with. However, from my experience, don't expect to ever talk to a human again—especially a helpful one—after they have you set up and locked in with a subscription.
January 17, 2022
Stay away from Avalara for your own good!
- Magento 1.9
- Shopify Basic
Shopify Basic was not integrated at all, had to manually import transactions. Magento integration had errors.
December 23, 2021
A helpful program that takes the guesswork out of tax filing
- Epicor
Very easy
December 23, 2021
Avid Avalara User
- Netsuite
- Stripe
December 16, 2021
User Friendly, Hassle-Free Sales Tax SAAS.
- Netsuite
Not difficult at all.
December 11, 2021
CATASTROPHIC FAILURES IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE -
- Couldn't even log on to their portal despite numerous requests and promises.
[In my experience] impossible.
December 10, 2021
New Guy Likes What He Sees.
- Point of Sale
- Ecommerce
Smooth so far.
December 07, 2021
Outstanding product and exceptional Onboarding Specialist
- Accounting.
Not at all.
December 02, 2021
Avalara is a breeze
- ConnectWise
- QuickBooks
- QuoteWerks
Any difficulties we had were easily remedied.
- Microsoft D365
November 27, 2021
Good small business option
- Ecommerce
Not difficult.
November 06, 2021
Grey is the BEST SST and Avalara Rep
- Bigcommerce
super easy