Bizee review (2026)

On a screen, it is the noisiest offer any provider makes. The checkout we tested in March 2026 included nine add-on toggles, two interstitial pages between cart and payment, and a plan-comparison nudge that followed the cursor. Founders who push through without upgrading can get out in about seven minutes with a filing, a registered agent for year one, and nothing else. Founders who don't can easily pay $300 for things they had no intention of buying.

Bizee is the right answer if you can read a checkout page like a contract. It is the wrong answer if you cannot.

Our methodology

We incorporated test LLCs through Bizee in Wyoming, Delaware, and Texas in March 2026, alongside matched tests on Northwest and ZenBusiness. Each checkout was screen-recorded. We counted add-on toggles, timed the full purchase, and pulled the resulting filings from each Secretary of State to confirm what got filed and in whose name. Pricing was verified against bizee.com on April 14, 2026.

Rankings were locked in our editorial tracker before any outreach to Bizee's affiliate team. Bizee had no opportunity to preview this review.

What's actually included

The Silver plan, at $0 service fee, covers:

• Preparation and filing of the Articles of Organization
• Registered agent service, free for year one, renewing at $119/year
• Order tracking for the state filing
• Email support

The notable exclusions on Silver:

• No operating agreement
• No EIN (Bizee will upsell you on ordering one for $70; the IRS issues them free in about five minutes)
• No annual-report filing
• No phone support

Gold ($199 one-time + state fee) adds EIN, operating agreement, business-banking-account opening, and Bizee's lifetime alert system. Platinum ($299 one-time) adds expedited filing, a free business contract template pack, and a domain.

Price breakdown

Exact dollars, verified April 2026:

• Silver: $0 + state filing fee. RA free year one. RA renews at $119/year.
• Gold: $199 one-time + state fee. RA free year one, then $119/year.
• Platinum: $299 one-time + state fee. RA free year one, then $119/year.
• EIN standalone: $70. (Skip. Get one from the IRS for free.)
• Operating agreement standalone: $40.
• BOI report filing: $99 as an add-on in states where it applies.

On a five-year horizon in Wyoming: $0 (Silver) + $100 (state) + $0 (RA year one) + $119 × 4 = $576. That is the lowest five-year total among the three services we reviewed, by a meaningful margin ($63 less than Northwest, $519 less than ZenBusiness Pro).

Privacy handling

Because Silver includes registered agent service, Bizee's address goes on the registered-agent line of the public filing in every state where that is permitted. That is good. However, Bizee's checkout default for the LLC's principal office is the customer's home address unless the customer edits the field. Northwest, by contrast, offers a pre-populated option to use its address for the principal office in states where that is legal.

The other thing to know: the year-two $119 registered-agent renewal is disclosed, but it is disclosed in fine print on the Silver-plan cart summary, and the email reminders before renewal are less aggressive than Northwest's. Several Trustpilot reviewers report being surprised by the charge. Our test account was notified by email 14 days before renewal, which is adequate but not generous.

Upsell density

We counted nine add-on toggles across the checkout flow, including:

1. Silver / Gold / Platinum tier toggle (pre-selected to Gold on two of our three test runs)
2. EIN ($70)
3. Operating agreement ($40)
4. Banking-account opening
5. Bookkeeping referral
6. Trademark registration
7. BOI filing add-on
8. Business license research
9. Domain name

The two interstitial pages that sit between the cart and the payment screen are the most pushy in the category. One is a full-page "Are you sure?" that asks you to reconsider downgrading from Gold to Silver. The other is a banking offer from a partner bank, with an opt-out link that is legible but deliberately unobtrusive.

This is not a dark pattern, exactly — every option can be declined, and prices are stated clearly — but it is the heaviest flow of the three services we tested. Budget a full seven minutes and keep your thumb off the accept buttons.

Support

Silver plan support is email only. Replies to our test tickets came back in 11 hours and 26 hours respectively — within the advertised range but not fast. Gold and Platinum add phone support, staffed 9am–6pm Central on weekdays. Our two Gold-plan test calls were answered in under three minutes.

Quality was uneven. One rep accurately described Wyoming's "first-Tuesday" annual-report due date; another gave us an incorrect date for the Texas Public Information Report. This is the weak point: Bizee's support has the widest range of any provider we tested. It is not consistently bad. It is inconsistently good.

Speed

Bizee files with the state within two business days of purchase on Silver, one business day on Gold, and same-day on Platinum when purchased before noon Central. State processing time then dominates. Our Wyoming Silver-plan test filing cleared in 34 hours; the Texas Silver-plan filing cleared in 6 business days. Platinum's same-day submission saved about a day compared to Silver, which is useful if you are filing on a Friday or before a holiday.

Pros

• Lowest year-one cost including registered agent service ($0 + state fee)
• Has filed more than a million entities since 2004 — longer operating history than ZenBusiness
• Three simple tiers, easier to reason about than ZenBusiness's matrix of add-ons
• Platinum's same-day filing can shave a business day off state processing

Cons

• Nine add-on toggles plus two interstitial pages at checkout — the noisiest flow in the category
• Support quality is inconsistent; Silver support is email only
• Registered agent renews at $119/year after the free first year, disclosed but understated in the checkout
• IncFile → Bizee rebrand broke some inbound links and muddled Trustpilot continuity
• EIN upsell ($70) is a service you can get from the IRS directly, for free, in minutes

When to use it

Use Bizee if:

• You want the lowest year-one out-of-pocket cost and you know registered agent will cost $119/year starting year two
• You can read a checkout flow carefully and decline add-ons you did not come for
• You are forming in a state where the Secretary of State's own online filing is painful and you want a service to mediate (e.g., California, New York)
• You specifically need same-day filing submission and are willing to pay Platinum's $299 for it

When to skip it

Skip Bizee if:

• You want predictable, flat pricing without a free-first-year-then-renewal dynamic. Northwest is $125/year every year.
• You want privacy to be the default in the filing, not a consequence of which toggle you happen to click. Northwest again.
• You want a post-formation compliance dashboard. ZenBusiness is better here.
• You know you are going to click the Gold-plan toggle at checkout. At that point, you are paying $199, and the other providers are more worth the money.

Further reading

• Our methodology for ranking LLC formation services
• Northwest Registered Agent review — the privacy-first pick
• ZenBusiness review — the beginner-friendly pick
• What an LLC actually is if you're still weighing whether to form one
• Wyoming LLC filing guide — where Bizee's five-year cost math is most attractive