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Automated tax compliance for global businesses

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Avalara - 2026 Pricing, Features, Reviews & Alternatives

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Last updated: September 2026

Avalara overview

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Based on 357 verified user reviews

What is Avalara?

Avalara is a sales tax program with key features that include tax calculation, tax compliance, tax filing, and more.

Who uses Avalara?

By industry, Avalara reviewers are most commonly professionals in retail (16%). The most frequent use case for Avalara cited by reviewers is sales tax (97% of reviewers).

What do users say about Avalara pricing?

Some users report that Avalara offers good value for the money and find it reasonably priced, while many users indicate it is expensive, especially for small businesses, and they find the pricing structure confusing and upgrades costly.

Starting price

69flat rate /
per month
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Pros & Cons

Comprehensive and flexible reporting

Intuitive and accessible platform

Bugs and Issues

Customer Support

Billing and Charges

Avalara’s user interface

Ease of use rating:

Avalara reviews

Overall rating

4.0

/5

357

Positive reviews

63

%

Rating breakdown
  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend0.63/10
Rating distribution

5

4

3

2

1

179

92

27

16

43

Pros
“Assuming you have no issues or questions, the functionality and automation of the sales tax calculation, tax filing and tracking of customer tax exemptions are fantastic, especially if you can integrate Avalara with your ERP system.”
CM

Cameron M.

IT Manager

“It saves time in that it is able to automatically identify customers who have tax exemption certificates on file and processes transactions based on valid Tax Exemption Certificates on file that are valid. ”
CM

Cameron M.

IT Manager

“The learning curve is steep at first, particularly when setting up and connecting AvaTax with ECM Pro — it took real time for our small business team to get fully comfortable with the platform.”
PK

Prabhat K.

Accounts Payable and Floor Manager

Cons
“What I liked least about Avalara is that, despite its strong automation capabilities, the platform can sometimes feel complex and not very intuitive for new users.”
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Mrugen B.

Financial Accounting

“Their entire purpose is to file tax returns accurately and compliantly, yet our filings were submitted incorrectly and non-compliant. When I raised the issue, the team refused to take responsibility or offer a resolution.”
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Chelsea B.

Founder

“Someone from the company contacts me after I post but every interaction fades into the ether and nobody takes responsibility for fixing the problem.”
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Brian T.

Owner

Who uses Avalara?

Based on 357 verified user reviews.

Company size

Small Businesses

Midsize Businesses

Enterprises

Top industries

Accounting
Computer Software
Consumer Goods
Warehousing
Others

Use cases

Sales Tax
Accounting

Avalara's key features

Most critical features, based on insights from Avalara users:

Tax management
Billing & invoicing
Multi-Currency
Purchase order management

All Avalara features

Features rating:

Accounting
Accounting integration
Accounts payable
Accounts receivable
Address validation
Alerts/Notifications
API
Audit trail
Bank reconciliation
Billing & invoicing
Compliance management
Consumer Use Tax
Corporate/Business
Data import/export
Document management
Electronic filing
Exemption management
Financial reporting
For ecommerce
General ledger
K-1 Reporting
Multi-Currency
Purchase order management
Reporting/Analytics
Sales tax management
Taxability Verification
Tax calculation
Tax compliance
Tax filing
Tax management
Third-Party integrations
Transaction tracking
Value added tax (vat)
Workflow automation

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Avalara pricing

Value for money rating:

Pricing plans

Pricing details:

Free plan
Free trial
Subscription

Core Compliance

79

Per month

Core Compliance + SST Services

69

Per month

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User opinions about Avalara price and value

Value for money rating:

To see what individual users think of Avalara's price and value, check out the review snippets below.

“Assuming you have no issues or questions, the functionality and automation of the sales tax calculation, tax filing and tracking of customer tax exemptions are fantastic, especially if you can integrate Avalara with your ERP system.”
CM

Cameron M.

IT Manager

“It saves time in that it is able to automatically identify customers who have tax exemption certificates on file and processes transactions based on valid Tax Exemption Certificates on file that are valid. ”
CM

Cameron M.

IT Manager

Avalara integrations (31)

Integrations rated by users

We looked at 357 user reviews to identify which products are mentioned as Avalara integrations and how users feel about them.

Integration rating: 4.3 (7)

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NetSuite

Integration rating: 5.0 (5)

Integration rating: 2.0 (4)

Integration rating: 4.7 (3)

Integration rating: 4.0 (3)

Integration rating: 2.5 (2)

Our primary website and ecommerce store run on Shopify, so maintaining consistent business information and directing customers to the correct website is important.

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Michael M.

Owner

Avalara customer support

What do users say about Avalara customer support?

Customer support rating:

We analyzed verified user reviews to identify positive and negative aspects of Avalara customer support.

A small group of reviewers found Avalara's support team knowledgeable, responsive, and helpful during onboarding and troubleshooting.

Widespread user sentiment is that customer support is slow to respond, with long wait times and delayed resolutions.

A significant portion of users report difficulty reaching knowledgeable support staff and frequent handoffs without clear answers.

Common user feedback highlights inconsistent communication, unresolved issues, and frustration with support during implementation.

Support options

Faqs/forum
Email/help desk
Phone support
Knowledge base
Chat

Training options

Live online
Videos
Webinars
Documentation
In person

To see what individual users say about Avalara's customer support, check out the review snippets below.

“Support response times can vary depending on the issue complexity.”

SP

Sonu P.

Systems Analyst

“Calling in takes forever and trouble tickets, it seems the biggest goal is to close as fast as possible which isn't always the best customer service.”

TT

Tausha T.

Business Resource Manager

“The service didn’t work properly, and support was useless — they were supposed to help me seamlessly transition my Shopify orders into Avalara, but it never happened, and I ended up doing everything manually.”

IP

Iryna P.

owner

Avalara FAQs

Q. Who are the typical users of Avalara?

Avalara has the following typical customers:
Small Business, Mid-size Business, Large Enterprises, Freelancers

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Q. What is Avalara used for?

Avalara is the agentic AI platform for global tax and compliance. For more than two decades, Avalara has built one of the most expansive libraries of tax content and integrations in the industry, processing more than 54 billion transactions annually and supporting over 200,000 direct and indirect customers across more than 75 countries. The company's purpose-built AI agents automate end-to-end compliance with greater precision, from tax calculations and return filings to exemption certificate management and beyond. For more information, visit avalara.com.


Q. What level of support does Avalara offer?

Avalara offers the following support options:
FAQs/Forum, Email/Help Desk, Phone Support, Knowledge Base, Chat

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