Avalara vs. Sovos Intelligent Compliance Cloud

Avalara

774 Reviews and Ratings

Sovos Intelligent Compliance Cloud

5 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Avalara	Score8.1 out of 10	N/A	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.	N/A
Sovos Intelligent Compliance Cloud	Score8.1 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.	N/A

Pricing

Avalara

Sovos Intelligent Compliance Cloud

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Pricing Offerings
Avalara	Sovos Intelligent Compliance Cloud
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes	No

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No setup fee

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Community Pulse
Key User Insights
	Avalara	Sovos Intelligent Compliance Cloud
Considered Both Products	Avalara SABRINA DEYOUNG Senior Compliance Auditor in Manufacturing at SoundOff Signal (Machinery, 201-500 employees) Chose Avalara 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. Incentivized Helpful? Bruce Griffith Senior Accountant in Finance and Accounting at AdventSource Inc. (Religious Institutions, 11-50 employees) Chose Avalara 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 … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Avalara They are about equal. We might switch if Avalara support and account management lags. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Avalara 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 … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User 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. Incentivized Helpful? Mollie SwannDeyoung Tax & Compliance Manager in Finance and Accounting at The Biltmore Company (Hospitality, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Avalara 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 … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Avalara 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 … Incentivized Helpful? Mike Chiapetto Software Consultant in Information Technology at Turtle & Hughes, Inc. (Wholesale, 501-1000 employees) Chose Avalara 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. Incentivized Helpful?	Sovos No answer on this topic
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	Delivers good value for the price
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	Happy with the feature set
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	Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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	Implementation went as expected
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Features

Avalara

Sovos Intelligent Compliance Cloud

Comparison of Type of tax features of Avalara and Sovos Intelligent Compliance Cloud
Feature	Avalara 7.4 339 Ratings	Sovos Intelligent Compliance Cloud 8.0 1 Ratings
Sales and Use Taxes	9.0332 Ratings	8.01 Ratings
Cross-border Taxes	7.471 Ratings	8.01 Ratings
VAT / GST Taxes	5.960 Ratings	8.01 Ratings
Energy and Fuel Taxes	7.426 Ratings	00 Ratings

Comparison of Tax Reporting & Compliance features of Avalara and Sovos Intelligent Compliance Cloud
Feature	Avalara 8.5 317 Ratings	Sovos Intelligent Compliance Cloud 8.0 1 Ratings
Geolocation for Tax Assessment	9.2191 Ratings	8.01 Ratings
3rd-Party Software Integrations	7.7253 Ratings	8.01 Ratings
Tax Data Reporting	8.7283 Ratings	8.01 Ratings
Compliance Administration Management	9.2216 Ratings	8.01 Ratings
Tax Exemption Processing	8.4229 Ratings	8.01 Ratings
Tax Document Management	8.1219 Ratings	8.01 Ratings
Complex Tax Scenario Management	8.2151 Ratings	8.01 Ratings

User Ratings
	Avalara	Sovos Intelligent Compliance Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend	8.2 (451 ratings)	8.0 (2 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	10.0 (30 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Usability	8.9 (443 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Availability	8.0 (9 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Performance	8.0 (9 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Support Rating	3.1 (21 ratings)	7.0 (1 ratings)
In-Person Training	8.0 (2 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Online Training	9.0 (4 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Implementation Rating	10.0 (198 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Configurability	9.0 (6 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Ease of integration	9.0 (12 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Product Scalability	10.0 (8 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale	7.5 (9 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale	8.0 (9 ratings)	- (0 ratings)