Index › Finance › Tax and compliance › Sales tax automation › Small business · November 2026 Edition
Sales tax automation for small business buyers
Asked as “sales tax compliance software”, and as “sales tax calculation and filing tool”, on behalf of a small B2B company. 56 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each.
Standing · first-choice share
30%
Contested · TaxCloud 29%
30TaxJar29TaxCloud12Avalara AvaTax29others
30% of first choices, contested.
Since October 2026▼−3Since October 2026: 33% → 30%, −3 points. Inside the 10-point floor: within noise.TaxJar held the lead, −3 points on 33%, inside the 10-point floor.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.
Small business
TaxJar30%Contested▼−3Since October 2026: 33% → 30%, −3 points. Inside the 10-point floor: within noise.This pageMid-market
Avalara AvaTax36%Contested▲+4Since October 2026: 32% → 36%, +4 points. Inside the 10-point floor: within noise.Standing →Enterprise
Vertex55%Clear leader▲+7Since October 2026: 48% → 55%, +7 points. Inside the 10-point floor: within noise.Standing →
TaxJar30%Contested▼−3Since October 2026: 33% → 30%, −3 points. Inside the 10-point floor: within noise.This pageMid-marketAvalara AvaTax36%Contested▲+4Since October 2026: 32% → 36%, +4 points. Inside the 10-point floor: within noise.Standing →EnterpriseVertex55%Clear leader▲+7Since October 2026: 48% → 55%, +7 points. Inside the 10-point floor: within noise.Standing →The standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all fourteen models, for a small B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince October 2026
01TaxJar30%17%64endorsed leader▼−3Since October 2026: 33% → 30%, −3 points. Inside the 10-point floor: within noise.33% → 30%
TaxJar30%17%64endorsed leader▼−3Since October 2026: 33% → 30%, −3 points. Inside the 10-point floor: within noise.33% → 30%02
TaxCloud29%9%44accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 31% → 29%, −2 points. Inside the 10-point floor: within noise.31% → 29%
TaxCloud29%9%44accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 31% → 29%, −2 points. Inside the 10-point floor: within noise.31% → 29%03
Kintsugi12%0%28accepted challenger▲+10Since October 2026: 2% → 12%, +10 points. Past the 10-point floor: movement.2% → 12%
Kintsugi12%0%28accepted challenger▲+10Since October 2026: 2% → 12%, +10 points. Past the 10-point floor: movement.2% → 12%04Avalara AvaTax12%56%54criticized challenger▼−3Since October 2026: 15% → 12%, −3 points. Inside the 10-point floor: within noise.15% → 12%
Avalara AvaTax12%56%54criticized challenger▼−3Since October 2026: 15% → 12%, −3 points. Inside the 10-point floor: within noise.15% → 12%05
Anrok5%8%25accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 7% → 5%, −2 points. Inside the 10-point floor: within noise.7% → 5%
Anrok5%8%25accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 7% → 5%, −2 points. Inside the 10-point floor: within noise.7% → 5%06
Zamp4%4%23accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 4% → 4%, ±0 points. Inside the 10-point floor: within noise.4% → 4%
Zamp4%4%23accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 4% → 4%, ±0 points. Inside the 10-point floor: within noise.4% → 4%07
Stripe Tax2%24%25accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 10-point floor: within noise.2% → 2%
Stripe Tax2%24%25accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 10-point floor: within noise.2% → 2%08Sovos Intelligent Compliance Cloud2%36%11criticized challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 10-point floor: within noise.0% → 2%
09
QuickBooks Online2%55%11criticized challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 10-point floor: within noise.0% → 2%
QuickBooks Online2%55%11criticized challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 10-point floor: within noise.0% → 2%Show the four products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
13Vertex0%71%17criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 10-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Vertex0%71%17criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 10-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%12
Shopify Tax0%46%13criticized challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 10-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%
Shopify Tax0%46%13criticized challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 10-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%11
Zoho Books0%15%13accepted challenger▼−5Since October 2026: 5% → 0%, −5 points. Inside the 10-point floor: within noise.5% → 0%
Zoho Books0%15%13accepted challenger▼−5Since October 2026: 5% → 0%, −5 points. Inside the 10-point floor: within noise.5% → 0%10
Numeral0%4%23accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 10-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Numeral0%4%23accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 10-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%The floor is 10 points of share, measured: how far the models move a leader on their own when the same questions are asked twice with nothing changed. A larger change is movement; a smaller one can't be told apart from repeat variation, and both are shown. Each index measures its own floor from its own repeat, over its own categories, so the floor differs from one index to the next. Both editions asked the same fourteen models. How the floor is measured
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its product page.
For buyers
Head to headHead-to-head pages are published for mid-market buyers, so these open on mid-market figures, not small business.
All twenty-one head-to-head pages: the top seven products, each against each
Avalara AvaTax vs TaxJarAvalara AvaTax vs KintsugiAvalara AvaTax vs NumeralTaxCloud vs TaxwireTaxCloud vs AnrokTaxCloud vs TaxJarTaxCloud vs KintsugiTaxCloud vs NumeralTaxwire vs AnrokTaxwire vs TaxJarTaxwire vs KintsugiTaxwire vs NumeralAnrok vs TaxJarAnrok vs KintsugiAnrok vs NumeralTaxJar vs KintsugiTaxJar vs NumeralKintsugi vs Numeral
Recommended versus criticized
Every product with at least 10 labels here, on both axes. The 30% line names a quadrant, not the verdict above: that one needs more than 40%.
Criticized challengerCriticized default
Negative label rate →
01020304050607S08
0910111213Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative50%
Key
01TaxJar30%
TaxJar30%02TaxCloud29%
TaxCloud29%03Kintsugi12%
Kintsugi12%04Avalara AvaTax12%
Avalara AvaTax12%05Anrok5%
Anrok5%06Zamp4%
Zamp4%07Stripe Tax2%
Stripe Tax2%08Sovos Intelligent Compliance Cloud2%
09QuickBooks Online2%
QuickBooks Online2%10Numeral0%
Numeral0%11Zoho Books0%
Zoho Books0%12Shopify Tax0%
Shopify Tax0%13Vertex0%
Vertex0%What they warned about
Two of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity Sonar, Grok 4.20, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Qwen 3.7 Flash, Kimi K2, GLM 4.7 FlashX, MiniMax M2.5 and Muse Glimmer 30B changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.
Avalara AvaTax56%
30 of 54 labels negative · 13 of 14 models · 5 hard negative
“For smaller sellers, it often feels like overkill: pricing is opaque, setup is heavy, and the toolset is bloated with features most SMBs will never use.” Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt
TaxJar17%
11 of 64 labels negative · 9 of 14 models · 2 hard negative
“Frequently criticized for poor customer support... many users report it as unreliable for anything beyond simple setups” Grok 4.20, negative prompt
Vertex71%
12 of 17 labels negative · 9 of 14 models · 2 hard negative
“Avoid enterprise platforms like Avalara AvaTax or Vertex until you reach substantial scale” Gemini 3.5 Flash, budget prompt
Shopify Tax46%
6 of 13 labels negative · 6 of 14 models
“Native cart and accounting modules (e.g., Shopify Tax, Stripe Tax, QuickBooks Online) ... operate primarily within single-channel data silos with limited multichannel aggregation” Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt
What they cite
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted.
Sites the answers cite
75 of 84 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 785 links across 103 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. 14 of the 252 answers across every segment cited this index's own page for the category; the method page measures whether that reading tilts an answer.
vendor site · TaxCloud46 answers · 76 citations · 14 models
39 answers · 49 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Capterra38 answers · 49 citations · 12 models
vendor site · Zamp37 answers · 66 citations · 12 models
vendor site · TaxJar36 answers · 48 citations · 13 models
vendor site · Numeral26 answers · 28 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Avalara25 answers · 44 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Stripe23 answers · 36 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Sourceforge22 answers · 25 citations · 8 models
21 answers · 21 citations · 8 models
vendor site · Taxwire16 answers · 20 citations · 9 models
16 answers · 16 citations · 9 models
Pages the answers cite
The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.
33 answers · 10 models
28 answers · 10 models
28 answers · 11 models
26 answers · 11 models
22 answers · 9 models
21 answers · 8 models
16 answers · 9 models
14 answers · 6 models
14 answers · 7 models
13 answers · 8 models
Search against answers
Each company's standing in the answers beside its site's footprint in Google search, one row a site: the products the models named on it with their shares, and the share they add up to; monthly searches on Google, and DataForSEO's estimate of AI search demand (modeled from search signals, directional, not a count of queries to any assistant), for the most-searched of the company's and its products' names (the name is in each row's hover text); estimated monthly organic visits to the site; and its best position in Google's top ten for “best sales tax compliance software”, “sales tax compliance software”, “sales tax tools”. US estimates from DataForSEO and Google's Ads Transparency Center. A small company's site, or a mid-sized company's site for its flagship, is marked company; a product on a large parent's site (Google, Microsoft) has no site figures. A column with no figures for this category is left out, and an empty cell means none were seen, not none exist. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
| Company and products | Share | Own site cited | Name searches, Google | AI search demand, est. | Organic visits | Paid search a month, est. | Google ads, last 30 days | Best Google position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TaxJar taxjar.com | 30% | 160 | 6,600 | 63 | 181,783 | $119 | 55 | 2 |
| TaxCloud taxcloud.com | 29% | 103 | 1,000 | 24 | 229,957 | 44 | 8 | |
| Kintsugi trykintsugi.com | 12% | 52 | 90,500 | 3,219 | 38,197 | $1,359 | 63 | |
| Avalara avalara.com Avalara AvaTax 12%, Avalara Select 0% | 12% | 172 | 27,100 | 703 | 2,604,517 company | $21,470 | 108 | 1 |
| Anrok anrok.com | 5% | 78 | 3,600 | 43 | 12,295 | $1,852 | 85 | 5 |
| Zamp zamp.com | 4% | 49 | 2,900 | 262 | 24,260 | $588 | 8 | |
| Stripe parent site Stripe Tax 2% | 2% | 77 | 823,000 | 102,741 | ||||
| EXEMPTAX | 2% | |||||||
| Sovos sovos.com Sovos Intelligent Compliance Cloud 2% | 2% | 77 | 3,600 | 220 | 95,951 company | 93 | ||
| QuickBooks quickbooks.ninja QuickBooks Online 2% | 2% | 692 | 1,000,000 | 54,681 | 253 company |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 15 sites; 3 of them are among the sites the models cited here (avalara.com, taxcloud.com, taxjar.com). The first result for “best sales tax compliance software” is avalara.com.
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.ShowHide
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.
ShowHideModelDirect“What is the best sales tax compliance software for a small B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which sales tax calculation and filing tool would you recommend to a small business that sells to other businesses?”Comparative“What are the top sales tax tools for a small team and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best sales tax compliance software for a small company with a tight budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 30 person company evaluating a sales tax compliance software. What should we look at?”Negative“Which sales tax tools should a small business avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5no first choiceZampChangedTaxJarTaxCloudno first choiceagainst: Avalara AvaTax, QuickBooks Automated Sales Tax, Shopify Tax
Seven alternatives
Anrok, Kintsugi, Quaderno, QuickBooks Automated Sales Tax, TaxCloud, TaxJar, ZampThree alternatives
Anrok, Avalara AvaTax, TaxwireFour alternatives
Kintsugi, Numeral, QuickBooks Automated Sales Tax, ZampTwo alternatives
Kintsugi, Xero TaxGPT-5.4 miniTaxJarAvalara AvaTax, TaxJarChangedTaxJaragainst: Sovos Intelligent Compliance Cloud, VertexTaxCloud, TaxJaragainst: Avalara AvaTaxno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
Anrok, Avalara AvaTaxOne alternative
AnrokTwo alternatives
Avalara AvaTax, TaxCloudGemini 3.5 FlashAnrokagainst: Stripe Tax, TaxJarAnrok, Avalara AvaTaxChangedagainst: TaxJarAnrokagainst: Avalara AvaTaxTaxCloudagainst: Anrok, Avalara AvaTax, Vertexno first choiceagainst: Avalara AvaTaxagainst: Avalara AvaTax, Lemon Squeezy, Paddle, QuickBooks Online, TaxJar, Vertex, WooCommerce
Three alternatives
Avalara AvaTax, Numeral, ZampTwo alternatives
Taxwire, ZampFive alternatives
Numeral, Quaderno, TaxCloud, TaxJar, ZampSix alternatives
BreezyFile, Numeral, Quaderno, QuickBooks Automated Sales Tax, Shopify Tax, Stripe TaxFour alternatives
Anrok, Numeral, TaxJar, ZampPerplexity SonarTaxCloudagainst: Avalara AvaTax, TaxJar, VertexQuickBooks OnlineChangedagainst: Avalara AvaTaxTaxJaragainst: Avalara AvaTaxTaxCloudagainst: Stripe Taxno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
Anrok, ZampTwo alternatives
TaxCloud, Xero with Avalara-powered taxFive alternatives
Kintsugi, Numeral, Stripe Tax, TaxCloud, ZampOne alternative
TaxJarGrok 4.20TaxCloudagainst: Avalara AvaTaxAvalara AvaTaxChangedStripe Tax, TaxJaragainst: Avalara AvaTax, Sovos Intelligent Compliance Cloud, VertexTaxJaragainst: Avalara AvaTax, VertexStripe Tax, TaxJaragainst: Avalara AvaTax, BigCommerce/WooCommerce, CCH, QuickBooks Automated Sales Tax, Shopify's native tax features, Sovos Intelligent Compliance Cloud, TaxCloud, TaxJar, Vertex
Two alternatives
TaxJar, Zoho BooksTwo alternatives
TaxJar, Zoho BooksTwo alternatives
Anrok, TaxCloudThree alternatives
Stripe Tax, TaxCloud, Zoho BooksTwo alternatives
Avalara AvaTax, Thomson Reuters ONESOURCEMistral SmallKintsugiKintsugi, TaxCloudChangedAvalara with AvaTaxagainst: QuickBooks Online, Xero Tax, Zoho BooksZampagainst: Avalara AvaTaxAvalara AvaTax, Sovos Intelligent Compliance Cloud, TaxJaragainst: Anrok, Numeral, QuickBooks Online, Shopify Tax, Sovos Intelligent Compliance Cloud, Stripe Tax, TaxCloud, TaxJar, Zamp
Four alternatives
Avalara AvaTax, Numeral, TaxCloud, ZampTwo alternatives
EXEMPTAX, Sovos Intelligent Compliance CloudThree alternatives
Kintsugi, Sovos Intelligent Compliance Cloud, TaxJarThree alternatives
Numeral, TaxJar, Zoho BooksTwo alternatives
Quaderno, VertexDeepSeek V4 FlashAvalara AvaTax, TaxJaragainst: TaxCloudAvalara AvaTaxChangedagainst: TaxJarTaxCloud, TaxJarTaxCloudTaxJaragainst: Avalara AvaTax, Vertexagainst: Avalara AvaTax, BigCommerce, QuickBooks Online Tax, Shopify Tax, Stripe Tax, TaxCloud
Two alternatives
Kintsugi, ZampTwo alternatives
Kintsugi, Stripe TaxFour alternatives
Avalara AvaTax, Kintsugi, Numeral, ZampTwo alternatives
Kintsugi, TaxJarThree alternatives
Anrok, Numeral, TaxCloudLlama 4 Maverickno first choiceno first choiceHeldTaxCloudagainst: Avalara AvaTaxKintsugino first choiceagainst: Avalara AvaTax, TaxJar, Vertex
Two alternatives
Numeral, Stripe TaxQwen 3.7 FlashEXEMPTAXagainst: Avalara AvaTaxTaxJarChangedagainst: Avalara AvaTax, QuickBooks OnlineQuaderno, TaxJaragainst: Avalara AvaTaxTaxCloudTaxCloudagainst: Avalara Small Business, Shopify’s default tax settingsagainst: Oracle, SAP
Three alternatives
Anrok, Kintsugi, TaxCloudTwo alternatives
Kintsugi, TaxCloudThree alternatives
QuickBooks Online, TaxJar, Xero TaxThree alternatives
Kintsugi, Numeral, TaxJarKimi K2TaxCloudagainst: Avalara AvaTaxTaxJarChangedTaxCloudagainst: Avalara AvaTax, QuickBooks Online, Xero Tax, Zoho BooksKintsugi, TaxCloudTaxCloud, TaxJaragainst: Avalara AvaTax, TaxJar
Two alternatives
Kintsugi, TaxJarThree alternatives
Avalara AvaTax, EXEMPTAX, TaxCloudTwo alternatives
Quaderno, TaxJarThree alternatives
Numeral, Stripe Tax, TaxJarFour alternatives
Avalara AvaTax, Numeral, Stripe Tax, ZampGLM 4.7 FlashXTaxJarAvalara AvaTaxChangedTaxJaragainst: Avalara AvaTax, VertexTaxJarno first choiceagainst: Avalara AvaTax, QuickBooks Automated Sales Tax, Shopify Tax, TaxJar
Two alternatives
Avalara AvaTax, TaxCloudFour alternatives
Epicor Tax Connect, Kintsugi, QuickBooks Online, TaxJarSeven alternatives
Anrok, Quaderno, QuickBooks Automated Sales Tax, Sovos Intelligent Compliance Cloud, Stripe Tax, Xero Tax, Zoho BooksThree alternatives
Kintsugi, TaxCloud, Zoho BooksMiniMax M2.5KintsugiTaxJarChangedTaxJar, Zoho Booksagainst: VertexTaxCloudno first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
Stripe Tax, TaxCloud, TaxJarTwo alternatives
Avalara AvaTax, QuickBooks OnlineTwo alternatives
Anrok, Avalara AvaTaxTwo alternatives
TaxJar, Zoho BooksGPT-6 LunaTaxJarTaxJarHeldTaxCloud, TaxJaragainst: Avalara AvaTaxTaxCloudno first choiceagainst: Avalara AvaTax, Shopify Tax, Stripe Tax, Vertex
Two alternatives
Avalara AvaTax, Stripe TaxOne alternative
Avalara's AvaTax + Exemption Certificate Management + Managed ReturnsThree alternatives
Anrok, Shopify Tax, Stripe TaxThree alternatives
Shopify Tax, Stripe Tax, TaxJarMuse Glimmer 30BAnrok, KintsugiTaxJarChangedTaxCloud, TaxJaragainst: Avalara AvaTaxKintsugi, TaxCloudno first choiceagainst: Avalara AvaTax, QuickBooks Online, Shopify Tax, Stripe Tax, TaxJar
Three alternatives
EXEMPTAX, TaxJar, TaxwireOne alternative
Avalara AvaTaxTwo alternatives
Numeral, ZampTwo alternatives
TaxJar, Zoho BooksBold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against
The record
One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency.
Eighty-four rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
| Prompt | Model | Version string | Time (UTC) | Searched | Sources | Latency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 12:46 | yes | 10 | 7 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 12:21 | yes | 3 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 12:17 | yes | 14 | 24 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 10:06 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:12 | yes | 11 | 29 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 11:03 | yes | 9 | 7 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 09:48 | yes | 20 | 28 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 12:49 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 12:39 | yes | 5 | 23 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 11:37 | yes | 14 | 25 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 12:39 | yes | 15 | 24 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 10:07 | yes | 9 | 44 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 09:27 | yes | 4 | 13 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 12:15 | yes | 13 | 19 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 09:29 | yes | 10 | 8 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 10:53 | yes | 4 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 09:53 | yes | 11 | 18 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 11:21 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:14 | yes | 9 | 28 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 11:19 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 08:51 | yes | 23 | 30 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 09:24 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 12:09 | yes | 9 | 68 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 09:02 | yes | 18 | 23 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 11:03 | yes | 20 | 22 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 12:55 | no | 0 | 10 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 11:37 | yes | 4 | 14 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 09:32 | yes | 14 | 16 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 09:42 | yes | 9 | 9 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 12:50 | yes | 5 | 9 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 09:38 | yes | 10 | 21 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 10:44 | yes | 10 | 5 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:11 | yes | 9 | 33 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 09:28 | yes | 5 | 7 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 10:06 | yes | 22 | 33 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 08:52 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 11:02 | yes | 5 | 24 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 12:48 | yes | 14 | 50 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 10:52 | yes | 23 | 35 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 12:40 | yes | 9 | 29 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 12:59 | yes | 6 | 23 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 10:36 | yes | 10 | 35 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 12:31 | yes | 10 | 7 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 12:11 | yes | 2 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 09:09 | yes | 10 | 20 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 11:46 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:16 | yes | 5 | 23 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 10:34 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 09:27 | yes | 23 | 21 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 11:50 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 12:48 | no | 0 | 23 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 12:26 | yes | 10 | 34 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 10:27 | yes | 12 | 26 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 09:41 | yes | 10 | 22 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 09:14 | yes | 4 | 63 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 10:46 | yes | 11 | 19 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 10:24 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 08:43 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 08:55 | no | 0 | 17 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 08:59 | yes | 10 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:05 | yes | 5 | 33 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 11:53 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 10:30 | yes | 18 | 19 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 11:49 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 08:42 | yes | 10 | 33 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 09:36 | yes | 14 | 43 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 09:33 | no | 0 | 10 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 12:55 | yes | 10 | 21 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 08:58 | yes | 2 | 11 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 10:13 | no | 0 | 1 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 12:13 | yes | 19 | 12 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 09:06 | yes | 5 | 7 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 12:37 | yes | 11 | 26 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 12:05 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:22 | yes | 5 | 28 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 11:04 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 10:01 | yes | 23 | 33 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 10:29 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 10:27 | yes | 15 | 57 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 12:51 | yes | 24 | 31 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 09:19 | yes | 23 | 723 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 11:13 | no | 0 | 67 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 09:41 | yes | 2 | 16 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 09:47 | yes | 21 | 37 s |
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Avalara read as Avalara AvaTax
Avalara (AvaTax + CertExpress) read as Avalara AvaTax
Avalara (AvaTax + Exemption Certificate Management) read as Avalara AvaTax
Avalara (AvaTax) read as Avalara AvaTax
Avalara (Avatax) read as Avalara AvaTax
Avalara (specifically AvaTax) read as Avalara AvaTax
Avalara (with AvaTax) read as Avalara AvaTax
QuickBooks read as QuickBooks Automated Sales Tax
QuickBooks Sales Tax read as QuickBooks Automated Sales Tax
QuickBooks Tax read as QuickBooks Automated Sales Tax
Quickbooks read as QuickBooks Automated Sales Tax
Shopify read as Shopify Tax
Sovos read as Sovos Intelligent Compliance Cloud
Sovos Taxify read as Sovos Intelligent Compliance Cloud
Stripe read as Stripe Tax
Thomson Reuters read as Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE
Xero read as Xero Tax
Unresolved, counted raw
Avalara Small Business
Avalara with AvaTax
Avalara's AvaTax + Exemption Certificate Management + Managed Returns
BigCommerce
BigCommerce/WooCommerce
BreezyFile
Epicor Tax Connect
Shopify's native tax features
Shopify’s default tax settings
Streamlined Sales Tax (SST) Program
Xero with Avalara-powered tax
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.