InCorp Services alternatives for forming an LLC (2026)

What pushes people to look past InCorp?

The plainest reason in InCorp's own facts is the gap between its plan price and a full first-year bill. The plan covers the filing, a name check and templates, and the rest is bought line by line.

The plan is the filing, little more

InCorp prepares the Articles of Organization and adds basic operating agreement templates. Our method counts only those templates toward the services a plan keeps for good. A registered agent at $129/year and an EIN at $69 are separate charges, so a buyer who needs both pays three InCorp fees before the state's. The InCorp pricing page lists each one.^{2, 3, 5}

Annual reports are a paid extra

InCorp's report service is $89 + state fees and sits outside the formation plan. Our first-time-founder count looks for an annual report filed for you, coaching from a person and AI guidance, and the InCorp plan includes none of the three supports.⁶

The agent bills until a condition is met

InCorp's terms say that while it remains agent, "You will continue to incur fees". Ending it means naming a new agent, dissolving the LLC or paying InCorp to resign, and the terms want one of those done before the annual fee is due.⁷

A small review base

InCorp's Trustpilot score is 4.7 / 5, but it comes from 95 reviews. Readers who weigh the number of reviews can compare the counts under the reviews heading below.⁸

How do the alternatives to InCorp compare?

InCorp comes first, then the others by our rating, ties in our editorial order. Each row shows the provider's fullest plan at or under the price cap set in how we rate.

The cost column sums the plan's own charges for the first and second year, before state fees and before add-ons like InCorp's agent. That makes InCorp's $99 look low next to yearly plans; adding its agent changes the picture. The LLC cost calculator builds the full figure for a state.

Which alternative suits each reason to leave InCorp?

Each provider listed below comes out ahead of InCorp in some published fact. The grouping that follows starts from the reader's reason, then names the fact that decides it.

• Tailor Brands: faster stated processing (1 business day vs 1 to 2 business days before state submission); more services included for good (7 vs 1); higher Trustpilot score (4.8 vs 4.7); more first-time-founder support included (3 vs 0 of annual report filing, coaching and AI guidance); more business services sold (9 vs 3 of 10 types).
• LegalZoom: more services included for good (4 vs 1); more business services sold (9 vs 3 of 10 types).
• Bizee (formerly Incfile): more services included for good (5 vs 1); higher Trustpilot score (4.8 vs 4.7); more business services sold (7 vs 3 of 10 types).
• ZenBusiness: faster stated processing (1 business day vs 1 to 2 business days before state submission); more services included for good (6 vs 1); higher Trustpilot score (4.8 vs 4.7); more first-time-founder support included (3 vs 0 of annual report filing, coaching and AI guidance); more business services sold (7 vs 3 of 10 types).
• Swyft Filings: more services included for good (2 vs 1); more business services sold (6 vs 3 of 10 types).
• doola: more services included for good (4 vs 1); more first-time-founder support included (2 vs 0 of annual report filing, coaching and AI guidance); more business services sold (6 vs 3 of 10 types).
• Inc Authority: lower two-year plan cost ($0 vs $99); faster stated processing (24 hours vs 1 to 2 business days before state submission); higher Trustpilot score (4.9 vs 4.7); more business services sold (4 vs 3 of 10 types).
• Northwest Registered Agent: lower two-year plan cost ($39 vs $99); more services included for good (3 vs 1); more business services sold (6 vs 3 of 10 types). Full comparison
• BizFilings: more business services sold (4 vs 3 of 10 types).
• Rocket Lawyer: more services included for good (4 vs 1); more first-time-founder support included (1 vs 0 of annual report filing, coaching and AI guidance); more business services sold (5 vs 3 of 10 types).

An agent bundled into the order

Bizee Premium lists a registered agent with the "1st year included", after which it is $149/year. Northwest's $39 + state fees order also carries a year of agent service, renewing at $125/yr after year 1. Inc Authority gives the first year free and then charges $249/yr. doola lists Registered Agent Service inside a yearly price that its terms say will automatically renew at the rates then in effect. Against InCorp's $129/year from day one, Bizee, Northwest and Inc Authority move the first separate agent charge to year two, while doola folds the agent into its yearly price. The registered agent included list sets these terms side by side.^{2, 4, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13}

Lower plan cost through year two

Inc Authority's Free LLC costs $0 for the plan across the first and second year, and Northwest $39, both below InCorp's $99. Neither figure includes the agent renewal named above. The Northwest vs InCorp comparison works through the two low-fee options, and the cost list for the first and second year orders all of them.

The EIN in the plan price

doola's Starter lists an Employer Identification Number (EIN). Bizee's Premium names a Federal Tax ID (EIN), and ZenBusiness has the EIN included in Pro and Premium. InCorp sells its EIN service apart from the plan, at $69, and the list of plans with an EIN included shows the rest.^{3, 4, 9, 14}

A shorter stated turnaround

InCorp states 1-2 business days before state submission. Tailor Brands Elite and ZenBusiness Premium each state 1 business day, and Inc Authority states 24 hours. These are each provider's own handling times; the LLC timeline guide covers the state's part, and the fastest filing list has the full order.⁵

More kept for good, and reports filed for you

Tailor Brands Elite keeps 7 counted services, ZenBusiness Premium 6 and Bizee Premium 5, against InCorp's 1. Tailor Brands includes all three supports we track for first-time founders, among them mandatory report filing, its Business Coaching Program and the Navi assistant, built into every plan. ZenBusiness Premium includes all three supports, with Personal Velo AI guidance, and doola includes two of the three supports, with its AI Co-Founder.^{15, 16, 17, 18, 19}

The Tailor Brands and ZenBusiness plans bill yearly, unlike Bizee's one-time price. Tailor Brands Elite is $249/yr and ZenBusiness Premium renews at $299/yr, and Tailor Brands bookkeeping comes as a "Free 30-day trial" before it bills. See the first-time founders list and the package contents guide.^{15, 18, 20}

A wider range of services from one company

InCorp sells 3 of the 10 business service types we track. Tailor Brands and LegalZoom each sell 9; Bizee and ZenBusiness sell 7. LegalZoom lists its Managed Service at $249. The all-in-one platforms list puts them in order.²¹

More reviews behind the score

Inc Authority shows 4.9 / 5 from 49,233 reviews. Tailor Brands shows 4.8 / 5 from 17,815 reviews, ZenBusiness 4.8 / 5 from 32,795 reviews and Bizee 4.8 / 5 from 26,217 reviews. All four sit above InCorp's 4.7 / 5, and on far larger bases. Satisfaction is one part of our rating: InCorp scores 9.4 there, but its overall 7.0 trails Tailor Brands at 8.7 on services and plan value.^{8, 22, 23, 24, 25}

Founders outside the United States

InCorp's knowledge base says its services can support international founders establishing a U.S. business presence, though our record notes the article does not explicitly state InCorp accepts non-US orders. doola says it can help a non-resident without a US SSN, and Northwest sells an EIN for owners without a Social Security number at $200. The non-U.S. founders list orders the providers that publish such a statement.^{26, 27, 28}

Where InCorp holds its own

InCorp accepts refund requests within 60 days of issuance of services. Bizee orders are generally refundable only until payment is forwarded to a government entity, and Harbor Compliance lists No refunds; fees non-refundable; Inc Authority's 60-day money-back guarantee on initial online purchase is closer to InCorp's terms. Its plan also has no trial item that bills later, unlike the Tailor Brands bookkeeping trial named above.^{7, 29, 30, 31}

What should you settle with InCorp before switching?

An LLC InCorp filed stays formed whoever you use next. What carries on is the agent service, if you bought it.

InCorp keeps acting as agent, and billing, until a cancellation condition is met before the annual fee is due. For an LLC that stays in business and moves its agent, the condition is naming the new agent with its state. State pages such as forming an LLC in Texas cover that filing.⁷