Swyft Filings alternatives for forming an LLC (2026)

Why would someone leave Swyft Filings?

The agent price, the auto-billing ComplianceGuard trial, a short list of items kept for good, phone-only support and refund terms with no fixed window are the recorded facts a reader might weigh against other providers.

A registered agent billed by the quarter

Swyft prices its agent at $149 per quarter, which adds up to $596/year, and no Swyft plan lists it. That yearly figure is above the $299 of Swyft's own Premium plan. Cancelling has a precondition too: "the registered agent must be changed, or the business must be voluntarily dissolved before the service can be cancelled."^{1, 2, 6}

A trial that turns into a yearly charge

Every Swyft plan includes ComplianceGuard for a 14-day free trial. After that it bills $199/year and renews until cancelled. A buyer who wants yearly report filing may prefer a plan that includes it for good; one who doesn't has to remember to cancel. The tier-by-tier detail is on the Swyft Filings pricing page.⁷

Few services kept after the trials

Standard keeps the EIN and operating agreement, which is 2 of the services our method counts. The free periods for the address, the Legal Suite and ComplianceGuard all run out; the address and ComplianceGuard then bill, and Swyft doesn't publish the Legal Suite's later price.

Phone-only support

Swyft lists phone support at (877) 777-0450, Monday - Friday, 8AM - 8PM CT, and our record lists no chat channel.^{2, 8}

Refunds without a set window

Swyft's refund policy has no published time window; it judges each request by charge type and order status. The full Swyft Filings review covers its terms.⁹

How do Swyft Filings and its alternatives compare?

Swyft Filings comes first, followed by every other provider in order of our rating, with ties in our editorial order. Each row shows the fullest plan within the price cap set in how we rate.

Costs cover the plan's own fees for the first and second year, without state fees and without trial items that bill later. The LLC cost calculator adds a state's fee to any row.

Which alternative fits each reason to switch?

Each provider in this list is ahead of Swyft on some recorded fact. Below it, the same providers are sorted by the reason a reader might have.

• Tailor Brands: faster stated processing (1 business day vs 3 business days); more services included for good (7 vs 2); 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 6 of 10 types).
• LegalZoom: more services included for good (4 vs 2); more business services sold (9 vs 6 of 10 types). Full comparison
• Bizee (formerly Incfile): more services included for good (5 vs 2); higher Trustpilot score (4.8 vs 4.7); more business services sold (7 vs 6 of 10 types). Full comparison
• ZenBusiness: faster stated processing (1 business day vs 3 business days); more services included for good (6 vs 2); 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 6 of 10 types). Full comparison
• doola: faster stated processing (1 to 2 business days vs 3 business days); more services included for good (4 vs 2); more first-time-founder support included (2 vs 0 of annual report filing, coaching and AI guidance).
• Inc Authority: lower two-year plan cost ($0 vs $199); faster stated processing (24 hours vs 3 business days); higher Trustpilot score (4.9 vs 4.7). Full comparison
• InCorp Services: lower two-year plan cost ($99 vs $199); faster stated processing (1 to 2 business days before state submission vs 3 business days).
• Northwest Registered Agent: lower two-year plan cost ($39 vs $199); more services included for good (3 vs 2). Full comparison
• Rocket Lawyer: more services included for good (4 vs 2); more first-time-founder support included (1 vs 0 of annual report filing, coaching and AI guidance).
• Harbor Compliance: lower two-year plan cost ($99 vs $199).

A lower yearly agent price

Tailor Brands charges $199/year for its agent. Bizee charges $149/year and gives one year of Registered Agent Service for free with its formation packages, ZenBusiness charges $199/year, InCorp $129/year, and Northwest $125 per year. Each of these is well under Swyft's $596/year. The registered agent included list and the Northwest and Swyft Filings comparison show the terms.^{2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12}

Lower plan cost for the first and second year

Swyft's Standard comes to $199 for the first and second year combined. Inc Authority's Free LLC costs $0 and adds a year of agent service that later renews at $249/year. InCorp's LLC Formation Service costs $99 and Northwest's formation $39. The list ordered by cost over the first and second year and Inc Authority vs Swyft Filings have the figures.¹³

Faster stated filing on the compared plan

Swyft's Standard states 3 business days, though its Premium states 1 business day. On Elite, Tailor Brands lists 1 business day, and ZenBusiness lists 1 business day on Premium. Inc Authority states 24 hours on Free LLC. State review times vary, as the LLC timeline guide explains, and the fastest filing list orders every plan.¹

More included for good

Tailor Brands Elite keeps 7 counted services, Bizee Premium 5 and ZenBusiness Premium 6; LegalZoom lists a Managed Service plan that keeps 4. Tailor Brands and ZenBusiness bill those plans every year ($498 and $598 across the first and second year), so a fuller plan can cost more over time than Swyft's one-time fee. ZenBusiness vs Swyft Filings and Bizee vs Swyft Filings set the contents side by side.

Support for a first-time founder

We count three supports: an annual report filed for you, business coaching from a person and AI guidance. Swyft includes none of the three supports for good. Tailor Brands includes all three supports, with its Business Coaching Program and Navi AI guidance built into every plan. ZenBusiness includes all three supports, with Personal Velo AI guidance, and doola includes two of the three supports. See the first-time founders list.^{14, 15, 16}

More business service types

Swyft sells 6 of the 10 business service types we track. Tailor Brands sells 9, LegalZoom 9, Bizee 7 and ZenBusiness 7. The all-in-one platforms list has the order.

Chat or email support

Tailor Brands offers support "by phone or chat", LegalZoom's channels are phone, chat, email, ZenBusiness includes live chat among its channels, and InCorp lists "Phone and live chat".^{17, 18, 19, 20}

A higher Trustpilot score

Swyft shows 4.7. Tailor Brands, Bizee and ZenBusiness each show a higher score in the list above, and Inc Authority shows 4.9 / 5. Trustpilot drives half of our rating, so the other half can outweigh it: Inc Authority has the top score here yet rates 7.1 against Swyft's 7.7.^{21, 22}

Refund terms with a stated window

Bizee says orders are generally refundable until payment is forwarded to a government entity. Inc Authority states a 60-day money-back guarantee on initial online purchase, and InCorp takes refund requests within 60 days of issuance of services. The exceptions differ: Inc Authority refunds the purchase less state/third-party filing fees, and InCorp's terms set out an exception (discounted services nonrefundable).^{23, 24, 25}

Founders outside the United States

Swyft's FAQ says, "A non-US citizen can legally form an LLC in the United States." Our record notes that this does not explicitly confirm Swyft order flow supports non-US addresses. Tailor Brands links a separate sign-up flow for non-US citizens from its LLC page. doola's pages speak to a non-resident without a US SSN, and its Starter costs $297/yr. Further down the rating, BizFilings sells a Foreign Business U.S. Incorporation package ($389 + state fees). The non-U.S. founders list covers each.^{8, 26, 27, 28, 29}

What should you cancel at Swyft before switching?

The LLC stays formed whoever filed it, so switching means ending the Swyft subscriptions you kept and moving the agent if Swyft holds that role.

ComplianceGuard keeps renewing at $199/year until cancelled, and a kept mailbox bills $29/mo. When Swyft is the agent, the new agent has to be named with the state first, since Swyft ends the service only after the agent is changed or the business is dissolved. Compare what the new provider charges for the same items on LegalZoom vs Swyft Filings or the every-plan table.^{7, 30}