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Independent, editorially-locked reviews of LLC formation services and registered agents.

• Stripe Atlas review (2026)

  The right answer for a Delaware C-Corp that will raise venture capital, and a poor answer for almost anything else. $500 flat, no upsell ladder.

  Stripe Atlas is a narrow product. It forms Delaware CCorps — and, since 2023, Delaware LLCs — and bundles the paperwork that venturebacked founders typically need alongside: EIN,…

• Stripe Atlas review: the $500 venture-track Delaware C-Corp in a box

  YC and accelerator-default, integrated banking, and the 83(b) mailing done for you. An honest look at who Stripe Atlas is and is not for.

  Stripe Atlas is a $500 flatfee product that forms a Delaware CCorporation, provisions a U.S. business bank account and a Stripe payments account, files an EIN application for you,…

• Rocket Lawyer Review (2026): Formation as the Gateway Drug

  The LLC filing is fine. The real product is a $39.99/month legal subscription.

  Our score: 7.9 / 10 Our pick for: Founders who want legal services bundled with formation Starts at: $99.99 + state fee (or $39.99/mo Premium) Rocket Lawyer is not really an…

• Inc Authority Review (2026): Free Formation, Aggressive Upsells

  The $0 price tag is real. Whether you walk out paying $0 is another question.

  Our score: 6.8 / 10 Our pick for: Cheapest formation (if you can resist upsells) Starts at: $0 + state fee Inc Authority has been forming US companies since 1989, which makes it…

• MyCompanyWorks Review (2026): The Quiet Workhorse

  Unglamorous, well-supported, and transparent about what things cost.

  Our score: 8.1 / 10 Our pick for: Best customer support Starts at: $79 + state fee MyCompanyWorks isn't the cheapest incorporator, the mostmarketed one, or the one with the…

• LegalZoom review (2026)

  The most-recognized brand in online entity formation is also the most-upsold. The free tier exists; getting out on it does not happen by accident.

  LegalZoom is the default name in online legal filings — more than two million entities formed since 2001, a listed company (NASDAQ: LZ), and a marketing budget large enough that a…

• Harvard Business Services review (2026)

  Forty-five years of Delaware-only practice, a flat $229 formation, and the cheapest registered-agent renewal in the industry at $50 a year.

  Harvard Business Services is the antiSaaS of LLC formation. No venture funding. No dashboard. No free tier, no tiered plans, no upsell pages. They file Delaware entities, they act…

• Firstbase Review (2026): The Default for Non-US Founders

  Bundled formation + EIN + US banking for international founders — but you're paying for the bundle.

  Our score: 8.7 / 10 Our pick for: NonUS founders Starts at: $399 + state fee Firstbase is one of two services we consistently recommend to founders who don't live in the United…

• Bizee review (2026)

  Formerly IncFile, still the lowest year-one cost in the category — and, as usual in this category, the best deal has the noisiest checkout.

  Bizee — the company formerly known as IncFile, rebranded in 2024 — is the cheapest national LLC formation service if you count yearone cost including registered agent. The Silver…

• LegalZoom review: the brand tax, and what you actually get for it

  The best-known LLC formation service in the U.S. is neither the cheapest nor the fastest. Here is an honest account of where LegalZoom earns its price and where it does not.

  LegalZoom is the incumbent. It has filed roughly two million entities since 2001, it is the one brand most U.S. founders can name unprompted, and it is publicly traded (NASDAQ:…

• Harvard Business Services review: the Delaware specialist the lawyers quietly recommend

  A family-owned Lewes agent with a $50-a-year registered agent fee. When Delaware is the right state, Harvard is usually the right filer.

  Harvard Business Services, Inc. — not affiliated with the university — is a Delawareonly formation and registered agent firm founded in 1981, headquartered in Lewes, Delaware. It…

• ZenBusiness review (2026)

  The cleanest $0 formation on the market, and a genuinely useful post-formation dashboard — if you can keep your thumb off the Pro-plan upsells.

  ZenBusiness is the national LLC formation service that does the best job of what it looks like it is doing. The $0 Starter plan really does file the Articles of Organization at no…

• Northwest Registered Agent review (2026)

  The only national LLC service whose default posture is to put their address on the public filing, not yours — worth the small premium if privacy matters at all.

  Northwest Registered Agent is the service we recommend first to anyone forming an LLC who would prefer their home address not appear in a public database. That single choice — to…