Skip to main content
TrustRadius: an HG Insights Company
Avalara

Avalara

Overview

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.

Read more

Learn from top reviewers

Seamless Tax Calculations with a click of a button

Rating: 10 out of 10
June 25, 2025
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We use Avalara to calculate tax on our invoices and sales orders. Avalara integrates with Chargebee and Sage Intacct, our accounting software, and also with Expedite Commerce,...
Continue reading
Verified user
Administrator
Avalara4 years of experience

Avalara Is Great At Calcuation And Filing Gets A Bit Iffy Outside Of That

Rating: 8 out of 10
June 18, 2025
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
Our company uses Avalara to calculate the sales tax on all of our quotes and invoices. Avalara retains all of our transaction information and we use Avalara to file all of our...
Continue reading
Tammy Kerr
C-Level Executive - Finance and Accounting
Controller
Sunset Technologies
Avalara12 years of experience

An Alavara Fan

Rating: 10 out of 10
June 13, 2025
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
As the volunteer bookkeeper for our congregation, HR tasks fall to me, including tracking payments to the many contractor musicians we use throughout the year. 2024 was the fi...
Continue reading
Adam Krueger
Consultant - Information Technology
retired
Mount Olive Lutheran Church
Avalara1 year of experience

Great Product for 1099 Processing

Rating: 10 out of 10
June 13, 2025
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
I prepare 1099's for clients in January of each year. Avalara assists me in the process by providing software that is compatible with QBO.
Continue reading
Kandi Johnson
Administrator - Finance and Accounting
Owner
A-OK Bookkeeping Services
Avalara5 years of experience

Avalara is an Amazing Sales Tax Service

Rating: 9 out of 10
April 14, 2025
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We use Avalara to file and submit sales tax returns for multiple states as well as utilizing Avalara Exemption Management to store exemption certificates. The business problem...
Continue reading
Verified user
Employee
Avalara3 years of experience
Log in with LinkedIn to see content from your network

How Avalara Differs From Its Competitors

Additional Capabilities

Avalara Returns CertCapture Professional Services (nexus studies, registrations, backfiling, etc.)
All of the above we have used because be recently started filing taxes in a new state and they help us in backfiling. Also, provided the training and assisted us in uploading the exemption certificate.
Continue reading

Additional Capabilities

Avalara Returns CertCapture Professional Services (nexus studies, registrations, backfiling, etc.)
We use all three services and cannot imagine not utilizing Avalara Returns and CertCapture. Those are big pieces of sales tax management. We have occasionally used professional services when we've …
Continue reading

Systems Integrated With

We are going through a major accounting transformation and Avalara is responsible for all things sales tax or VAT related
We are in the early stages, but so far the support has been fantastic.
Continue reading

Avalara Marketplace

We use the legacy program for that state and we have it in place to only ship from our location and Amazon handles the nexus for that state and pays the sales tax on our behalf and file.
Continue reading

Additional Capabilities

Avalara Returns CertCapture Professional Services (nexus studies, registrations, backfiling, etc.)
We just began the Certificate Management program along with SST returns and we are very satisfied with how automated the compliance is following set up. We have also used the Professional Services …
Continue reading

Additional Capabilities

Avalara Returns CertCapture Professional Services
having Avalara file our returns saves us a lot of time and are more accurate than completing them manually ourselves.

managing certificates in Avalara helps to keep the certificates organized and increases visibility of missing/expired certificates.
Continue reading

Additional Capabilities

Avalara Returns CertCapture Professional Services (nexus studies, registrations, backfiling, etc.)
As mentioned earlier, It auto-files the sales tax returns for each state. It has the capability to capture all customer records for Sales Tax exemption certificates and the validity of it per …
Continue reading

Additional Capabilities

Avalara Returns CertCapture Professional Services (nexus studies, registrations, backfiling, etc.)
In my past job, I used the Avalara returns and professional services (e.g., registrations and backfilling)
In my current job, our indirect tax team uses Cert Capture.
Continue reading

Systems Integrated With

We have integrated Avalara and CertCapture with our ERP. We have integrated Avalara with our online e-commerce store. We are currently integrating CertCapture with our online shopping cart.
Each integration that we did had it's own challenges, but I would not say any of them presented difficulties …
Continue reading

Avalara Business Impact

Avalara lets us know when we are getting close to having economic nexus in a state. The product keeps up with thresholds and all the changes in tax rates of individual jurisdictions, so we don't have to.
Continue reading

Awards

Products that are considered exceptional by their customers based on a variety of criteria win TrustRadius awards. Learn more about the types of TrustRadius awards to make the best purchase decision. More about TrustRadius Awards

Return to navigation

Pricing

View all pricing
Avalara

Avalara

N/A
Unavailable

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.

Entry-level set up fee?

  • Setup fee optional
For the latest information on pricing, visithttps://www.avalara.com/us/en/products/…

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Would you like us to let the vendor know that you want pricing?

15 people also want pricing

Alternatives Pricing

TaxJar

TaxJar

$19
for up to 200 orders/month
What is TaxJar?

TaxJar offers automated sales tax reporting and filing. According to the vendor, capabilities include: Accurate, Detailed Sales Tax Reports: TaxJar’s local jurisdiction reports show sales and sales tax collected not only for each state, but for local jurisdiction (counties, cities, special…

Middesk

Middesk

$1,000
per month
What is Middesk?

Middesk is a business intelligence (BI) software used to onboarded clients working in three primary verticals — Fintech, Credit Reporting, and Business Marketplaces.

Return to navigation

Product Demos

Avalara AvaTax Demo

YouTube
Return to navigation

Features

Type of tax

A list of the different types of taxes that can be filed using tax compliance software.

7.8
Avg 7.9

Tax Reporting & Compliance

Activities relating to tax filing, reporting, document management, and exemption certificate processing.

8.3
Avg 7.8
Return to navigation

Product Details

What is Avalara?

Avalara delivers tax compliance solutions that aim to serve as a catalyst for creating business value and accelerating commerce. For more than two decades, Avalara has developed their library of tax content and integrations, that they state currently supports over 43,000 businesses and government entities across more than 75 countries. The company’s purpose-built AI agents automate end-to-end compliance processes with greater precision, from tax calculations and return filings to exemption certificate management and beyond. For more information, visit Avalara.com.

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

Avalara Screenshots

Screenshot of Screenshot of Screenshot of Screenshot of Screenshot of

Avalara Video

Why Avalara?

Avalara Integrations

Avalara Competitors

Avalara Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationNo

Avalara Downloadables

Frequently Asked Questions

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.

Vertex, Sovos Intelligent Compliance Cloud, and Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE are common alternatives for Avalara.

Reviewers rate Sales and Use Taxes and Geolocation for Tax Assessment highest, with a score of 8.9.

The most common users of Avalara are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
Return to navigation

Comparisons

View all alternatives

Compare with

TaxJar

TaxJar

Compare
Vertex

Vertex

Compare
Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE

Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE

Compare
CCH® SureTax®

CCH® SureTax®

Compare
LOVAT

LOVAT

Compare
ADP SmartCompliance

ADP SmartCompliance

Compare
Contact Vendor
Proconnect Tax Online

Proconnect Tax Online

Compare
Canopy

Canopy

Compare
Intuit Lacerte

Intuit Lacerte

Compare
Return to navigation

Reviews From Top Reviewers

View all reviews
(1-5 of 460)

Avalara Is Great At Calcuation And Filing Gets A Bit Iffy Outside Of That

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
June 18, 2025
TK
Tammy Kerr
Controller
Sunset Technologies (Computer Networking, 51-200 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Avalara
12 years of experience
Likelihood to Recommend
I find Avalara to work very well if you are using a software system that is integrated with Avalara, and it is set up to calculate the tax and file the returns. It is very streamlined and efficient. It doesn't work as well if the tax is calculated elsewhere and you have Avalara filing your returns; the options for getting the tax info into Avalara are very limited.

An Alavara Fan

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
June 13, 2025
AK
Adam Krueger
retired
Mount Olive Lutheran Church (Non-profit Organization Management, 1-10 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Avalara
1 year of experience
View profile
Likelihood to Recommend
As a non-profit that relies on volunteers, having a system that is easy to use and cost effective is crucial. Alavara fit both of those needs for us. Also, since this is a task that is completed only once a year, it needs to be simple to use, which Alavara is. And lastly, since the IRS rules are often complicated and change regularly, it is helpful to have a vendor that stays current with the changes and incorporates them into the process which Alavara does.

Great Product for 1099 Processing

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
June 13, 2025
KJ
Kandi Johnson
Owner
A-OK Bookkeeping Services (Financial Services, 1-10 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Avalara
5 years of experience
View profile
Likelihood to Recommend
Avalara is well suited to the clients who do not pay their contractors via QBO. For those clients who are paying contractors directly from QBO or Gusto, it is better to use the 1099 service through them.

Avalara is an Amazing Sales Tax Service

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
April 14, 2025
Verified User
Employee in Finance and Accounting
Consumer Goods Company, 51-200 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
Avalara
3 years of experience
Likelihood to Recommend
Avalara is well suited for us because it makes it easier for us to navigate sales tax and filing state sales tax returns for multiple states. I appreciate how simple they made this process for us, helps save us a great amount of time and allows us to focus on the business. Less appropriate, is that most of our customers are sales exempt and it can be a bit challenging at times with AvaTax overriding our tax calculation within NetSuite. Overall, that issue has been less and less, so we are moving in the right direction.

Seamless Tax Calculations with a click of a button

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
June 25, 2025
Verified User
Administrator in Finance and Accounting
Computer Software Company, 51-200 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
Avalara
4 years of experience
Likelihood to Recommend
Avalara assists in adding the calculated tax on all US territories without the need for any manual checking or calculations. It takes out the guesswork. Most users of the software rely on the program being accurate without the need for a follow-up. We have seen areas where tax calculated from the quoting tool and accounting software have differed, but in most cases, it's completely accurate.
Return to navigation