Item: Avalara
Rating: 9
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Mainly, Avalara helps us make sure we have our state sales tax reporting accurate by jurisdiction as it relates to our myriad purchases we make on a day to day and regular basis. This can defer between the hardware vs software and services and across our disparate locales.

Pros and Cons

Tax reconciliation
Jurisdiction identification
type calculation

collection and allocation

Key Insights

Do you think Avalara delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Avalara's feature set?

Yes

Did Avalara live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of Avalara go as expected?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy Avalara again?

Yes

Return on Investment

Helped with timely tax calculation
provided transparency into jurisdiction visibility
decreased surprises come audit time

Systems Integrated With

Netsuite
SAP
Smartsheet

pretty straight forward for our targeted needs and applications.

Usability

Avalara is good as what it is meant to do, and the integration into our systems are solid. The reports are pretty straight forward and generally accurate. I am not sure how accurate it would be with international VAT allocation but that might be the next place we try out the service.

Additional Capabilities

Avalara Returns

We use Avalara to help calculate and double check our perceived and actual sales tax exposure and filing requirement.

Likelihood to Recommend

It's good for what it does and what it is meant to do. I wouldn't change much given the speedy timely visibility of tax data as it related to our application.

Solid platform for what it is meant to do

Modules Used

Overall Satisfaction with Avalara