CCH® SureTax® vs. Quaderno

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
CCH® SureTax®
Score 7.5 out of 10
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CCH SureTax is designed by tax experts to help businesses comply even with the most complex sale and use tax requirements. Always up-to-date on 100,000+ annual tax legislation changes, this cloud-based sales tax automation platform aims to ensure customers accurately calculate, collect, and remit taxes to the correct authorities every time.N/A
Quaderno
Score 4.0 out of 10
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Quaderno, in the Canary Islands, provides automatic tax compliance for SaaS, eCommerce, and digital businesses worldwide. From US sales tax to VAT to GST, they state their merchants can effortlessly comply with tax laws in any country.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsQuaderno counts a transaction when a document is created. This includes invoices, receipts, credit notes, and expenses. All pricing plans are based on number of transactions. All plans include: - Worldwide tax compliance - International tax alerts - Unlimited users - Automatic tax receipts - Quaderno Checkout - First-class support - Multichannel tax reports - Unlimited integrations* * Hobby plan is limited to 1 integration (Not including Zapier)
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Community Pulse
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Considered Both Products
CCH® SureTax®
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I have not used or evaluated any other companies so I cannot compare.
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CCH SureTax is the only sales tax management system I have used. I participated in a few demos of newer systems but they were not trusted by the business.
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I currently use or have used the products above or versions of them - I use Rev.io the billing platform, not the PSA, I no longer use Sage 100, we are currently using Sage 300, more on the server version than the cloud version - but we have it configured to talk to both.
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100% better. Avalara is a self-starter kit where businesses are forced to create and develop their own bundles and product types. The support that you get from the AvaTax is not as user-friendly. SureTax is full of seasoned experts and full of industry leaders. Law firms that …
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In my opinion, both of those products are superior to Sure Tax and offer a far more robust system offering. That includes seeing tax rules and rates, running many different reports, and custom extract reporting.
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We used Avalara from 2007 through 2012. We had continual connection issues with their system going down at least once a month. When your sales tax system goes down, everything within your ERP that uses sales tax also goes down. We are constantly entering quotes, orders, …
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I think Avalara is who we will eventually move to. We originally selected CCH® SureTax® based on the price and this is where it got us.
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Don't have any other product to compare SureTax to.
Chose CCH® SureTax®
regret using other, if it was not for the amount of time an resources invested i would switch
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Unfamiliar with other products
Chose CCH® SureTax®
We researched them and had a few conversations because other areas of our company are using software from Avalara and we hoped to bundle but we couldn't meet their data deadlines at all so we had to keep looking around. There's really not much more I can say about it as that …
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We decided on SureTax because of some prior relationships our CEO had. The technical implementation team had a much better impression of the advice and explanations and guidance we received from Avalara
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As I've said a number of times, prior to discovering CCH® SureTax, I had not been aware of any company that provided the ability to accurately calculate and utilize API connectivity to allow for an almost entirely hands-off automated billing and payment of telecommunications …
Chose CCH® SureTax®
Avalara is a big name but fall short of expectation their software, got the attitude that they don't care and would not see through the implementation stage. They are not good for new comers.
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CCH SureTax has better options for handling local sales tax jurisdictions including certificate management.
Chose CCH® SureTax®
CCH SureTax was more accurate and truly understood telecom tax and the challenges. This is still a newer item that Avalara is still developing.
Quaderno

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Features
CCH® SureTax®Quaderno
Type of tax
Comparison of Type of tax features of Product A and Product B
CCH® SureTax®
7.4
Ratings
6% below category average
Quaderno
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Ratings
Sales and Use Taxes7.90 Ratings00 Ratings
Cross-border Taxes9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
VAT / GST Taxes5.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Energy and Fuel Taxes7.60 Ratings00 Ratings
Tax Reporting & Compliance
Comparison of Tax Reporting & Compliance features of Product A and Product B
CCH® SureTax®
6.8
Ratings
14% below category average
Quaderno
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Ratings
Geolocation for Tax Assessment8.90 Ratings00 Ratings
3rd-Party Software Integrations6.20 Ratings00 Ratings
Tax Data Reporting6.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Compliance Administration Management6.60 Ratings00 Ratings
Tax Exemption Processing7.60 Ratings00 Ratings
Tax Document Management6.60 Ratings00 Ratings
Complex Tax Scenario Management5.30 Ratings00 Ratings
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CCH® SureTax®Quaderno
Small Businesses
TaxJar
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Score 8.6 out of 10
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Score 8.6 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
LOVAT
LOVAT
Score 10.0 out of 10
LOVAT
LOVAT
Score 10.0 out of 10
Enterprises
ADP SmartCompliance
ADP SmartCompliance
Score 8.6 out of 10
ADP SmartCompliance
ADP SmartCompliance
Score 8.6 out of 10
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User Ratings
CCH® SureTax®Quaderno
Likelihood to Recommend
7.5
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Likelihood to Renew
9.3
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Usability
8.2
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Support Rating
6.4
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Configurability
6.6
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User Testimonials
CCH® SureTax®Quaderno
Likelihood to Recommend
SureTax has been the perfect solution; not only are they readily available to fix any and all of your questions, but they are also extremely attentive regarding the information requested. They are the best when it comes to entrepreneurs who are entering into a space that they are not fully aware of from a state and local tax compliance perspective. They can be better from the perspective of developing their client interface.
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Pros
  • The product is optimized to handle invoices with large number of line items. We've fast response times even on invoices with hundreds of thousands of line items.
  • It is a SaaS solution which saves costs, increases maintainability and is entirely web based
  • REST API is efficient, logically laid out and effortless to use
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Cons
  • In my opinion, the productivity website is clunky and limited. It's better than it used to be but still needs lots of work.
  • It seems a little too difficult to get an answer when sometimes all I need is a quick what taxes apply in this area.
  • In my experience, sales people are WAY TOO PUSHY. They need to understand that us users aren't always the decision makers and that there can be 3 levels of approval that the "negotiations" have to go through. So getting pushy and frustrated with us users is not the way to get the service agreements extended.
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Likelihood to Renew
We switched our tax service from Avalara to SureTax years ago. Prior to this, we manually prepared the data and ran a report uploading and then got the tax result every time. With Suretax providing enough and flexable APIs, we redesigned and implemented our new application to communicate with SureTax seamlessly and automatically. This greatly reduced our workload, improves the system efficiency, and increased the data accuracy.
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Usability
SureTax is very reliable in with the integration with Microsoft Dynamics GP. It provides accurate tax calculations in accordance with tax updates. SureTax also has a user-friendly interface that makes it easy to navigate. It is easy to add customers and also run reports on the website. The overall manageability of it is great!
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Support Rating
It has taken much longer than we would like to get certain issues - and problems - resolved. And the initial product support as we designed the implementation left much to be desired
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Alternatives Considered
I currently use or have used the products above or versions of them - I use Rev.io the billing platform, not the PSA, I no longer use Sage 100, we are currently using Sage 300, more on the server version than the cloud version - but we have it configured to talk to both. So CCH® SureTax® is just another tool in the toolbelt as it stacks up against the rest. Everything has its place and time. Sage300 handles the bulk of the accounting, Rev.io does the billing, CCH® SureTax® handles the tax. That's the simplest way to explain it. I don't have to spell out how much complexity goes behind those statements. If you're an accountant, you know.
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Return on Investment
  • positive impact on resources due to accessibility by more team members
  • positive impact on resources due to willingness of other team members to use this GUI - it's more inviting
  • positive impact on timing due to strict deadlines so I simply CANNOT be pulled off to help with other projects which often happened when deadlines were later in the month
  • once the prepayment module is put into production that is also going to help with tracking (for states like FL, GA etc. where the number only changes once/year because we're told SureTax will "remember" that month to month and keep it filled in on each return)
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ScreenShots

CCH® SureTax® Screenshots

Screenshot of Transaction level viewScreenshot of Nexus dashboardScreenshot of Exempt Certificate ManagerScreenshot of Reporting viewScreenshot of Returns dashboardScreenshot of A return screenshot

Quaderno Screenshots

Screenshot of Quaderno dashboardScreenshot of Integration pageScreenshot of Annual turnoverScreenshot of InvoicesScreenshot of International taxesScreenshot of US Sales Tax