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Avalara AvaTax
What Avalara AvaTax is
Avalara AvaTax calculates taxes in real time for sales and purchasing workflows, covering sales tax, consumer use tax, VAT, communications, occupancy and lodging, and excise tax. It supports automated return filing and tax registration, and is available on web and through an API. The product connects with ERPs, ecommerce platforms, accounting systems, and sales or purchasing systems; its REST API supports tax calculation, document modification, and address validation. Avalara says AvaTax matches addresses to tax regions, offers tax research and exemption certificate management, and provides reporting and audit trails. Core Compliance is $79 a month per state, while Core Compliance + SST Services is $69 a month per state for qualifying sellers. Qualified sellers may receive state-funded services in up to 25 states. A tax calculation and returns package starts at $699 a year per state, and other pricing can depend on annual transaction volume.
Who it suits
AvaTax is aimed at small businesses, finance and accounting professionals, enterprise tax departments, developers, and partners. It may suit organizations that need tax calculation and filing across multiple tax types or connections to business systems.
What it does well
- Calculates sales and purchasing taxes in real time.
- Covers six listed tax types.
- Supports automated return filing and tax registration.
- REST API supports calculation and address validation.
What to know first
- No free plan is listed.
- Core Compliance costs $79 a month per state.
- SST services are for qualifying sellers.
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Core Compliance | Monthly · Annual revenue less than $50M · 12,000+ U.S. tax jurisdictions | $79 a month |
| Core Compliance + SST Services | Monthly · Annual revenue less than $50M · Up to 25 states for qualifying sellers · 12,000+ U.S. tax jurisdictions | $69 a month |
| Custom | Annual revenue $50M+ | On request |
| Tax Calculation and Returns Compliance Package | Plans start at $699 per state, per year. · Pricing varies with products, integrated applications, transaction volume, jurisdictions, and SST enrollment | $699 a year |
| Tax Calculation (AvaTax) | Annual usage-based tiers; price depends on annual tax-calculation transaction volume. · No per-jurisdiction surcharges or hidden platform fees stated | On request |
| Core Compliance + SST Services Monthly | $69 state/month | $69 a month |
| Core Compliance + SST Services Annual | $699 state/year | $699 a year |
| Core Compliance Monthly | $79 state/month | $79 a month |
The first 8 of 9 plans, as avalara.com lists them, read 20 Sept 2026. The maker's own page has the final word. Every plan
Verdict
AvaTax combines tax calculation, filing, and business-system connections, with plans priced by state or usage depending on the option. Check eligibility and pricing basis carefully, since qualifying sellers may have access to state-funded services and transaction volume can affect pricing.
Facts from Avalara AvaTax's own pages
- Annual transactions
- Avalara processes more than 54 billion transactions annually. · avalara.com, 28 Sept 2026
- API
- The AvaTax REST API supports tax calculation, document modification, and address validation; the page also describes custom integrations through the API. · avalara.com, 29 Sept 2026
- API access
- Yes · avalara.com, 20 Sept 2026
- API capabilities
- Avalara APIs support natural-language discovery and calling through MCP servers. · avalara.com, 28 Sept 2026
- Calculation accuracy
- The page reports 99.999% accuracy in tax calculations. · avalara.com, 28 Sept 2026
- Core monthly price
- Core Compliance costs $79 per state per month. · avalara.com, 28 Sept 2026
- Customer count
- Avalara is trusted by more than 200,000 direct and indirect customers. · avalara.com, 28 Sept 2026
- Custom tax rules
- Users can configure custom business rules and specialized tax and fee content. · avalara.com, 28 Sept 2026
- Exemption validation
- The product provides real-time exemption certificate validation and management. · avalara.com, 28 Sept 2026
- Filing support level
- automated · avalara.com, 20 Sept 2026
- Free plan
- No · avalara.com, 20 Sept 2026
- Free service limit
- Up to 25 states may cover tax calculation, filing, remittance, and audit protection. · avalara.com, 28 Sept 2026
- Free state services
- Qualified sellers can receive state-funded services in up to 25 states. · avalara.com, 28 Sept 2026
- Headquarters
- Seattle, Washington · avalara.com, 23 Sept 2026
- Implementation
- Every customer gets access to a sandbox before going live, and the page says Avi, Avalara's AI implementation assistant, guides configuration. · avalara.com, 29 Sept 2026
- Integrations
- Avalara states it has more than 1,400 signed partner integrations and names Shopify, NetSuite, QuickBooks, Sage, Microsoft Dynamics 365, SAP, Adobe Commerce, BigCommerce, WooCommerce, Salesforce, and Oracle among them. · avalara.com, 29 Sept 2026
- Intended users
- The product page identifies small businesses, midmarket finance and accounting professionals, enterprise tax departments, developers, and partners as audiences. · avalara.com, 29 Sept 2026
- Jurisdictions covered
- 12000 · avalara.com, 20 Sept 2026
- Jurisdiction coverage
- Core Compliance includes calculation across more than 12,000 U.S. tax jurisdictions. · avalara.com, 28 Sept 2026
- Partner integrations
- Avalara has more than 1,400 signed partner integrations. · avalara.com, 28 Sept 2026
- Pricing basis
- AvaTax pricing is based on annual tax-calculation transactions, with one API call counted as one transaction and one invoice counting as one transaction regardless of its line-item count. · avalara.com, 29 Sept 2026
- Purpose
- AvaTax calculates tax in real time for sales and purchasing workflows across jurisdictions and tax types. · avalara.com, 29 Sept 2026
- Reporting
- The product page describes AI-driven reporting, natural-language search, dashboards, and audit-ready trails. · avalara.com, 29 Sept 2026
- Return filing
- Yes · avalara.com, 20 Sept 2026
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