Spent way too long going back and forth on these two. Wound up going with ZenBusiness because the package I wanted was cheaper upfront and the dashboard seemed cleaner in the demo. Bizee was tempting with that free filing promo but the add-ons piled up fast when I actually ran the numbers. Anyone here used either one long enough to have regrets?
LLC formation
I compared ZenBusiness and Bizee before submitting my paperwork
the 'free' in free filing always gets me. every time I look it's free this, then oh you want a registered agent that's extra, oh you want the EIN handled that's extra ngl.
Used Bizee for two LLCs. No complaints on the filing itself, both came back fast. But their upsells are relentless. Got emails for months about compliance subscriptions I never asked for. Annoying more than scamming.
I went ZenBusiness and honestly the thing I liked least was how hard it was to find the actual price of anything before checkout. Like just show me the number.
isn't the real move just filing directly with your state and skipping both? I paid my secretary of state like 90 bucks and called it a Day
partially true but then you still need a registered agent, and if you don't want your home address on public record you're paying somebody anyway. so it's not like you escape the fee
This. People forget the registered agent part. Not a huge deal but it's not literally zero.
also depends on the state. some states are genuinely easy to DIY, some make you want to bang your head on the desk. OP didn't say where they're filing, that changes the calculus a lot.
I've had ZenBusiness for about a year and a half. There are things I'd complain about but it's mostly just... fine? Like the website works, I got my EIN, I stop thinking about it. I'm not sure the difference between these two is big enough to lose sleep over. The paperwork gets to the state either way.
lol @ "stop thinking about it" being the entire produc
State is Texas if that matters. I mostly wanted the EIN sorted withouT a separate headache, which is why the bundled option won out over pure DIY. vhs_static that's probably the most reassuring thing anyone's said, that it's boring and stays boring.