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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Sovos Intelligent Compliance Cloud

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/AThe Sovos Intelligent Compliance Cloud includes tax automation capabilities, including sales and use tax, 1099 reporting, ACA reporting, VAT solutions, and FATCA compliance.N/A

    Vertex

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/AVertex combines tax research with technology to improve tax accuracy and consistency on sales and purchase transactions. The automation aims to support high volume and complex transactions at speed and scale to streamline internal processes and improve audit performance. Integrations to ERP, e-commerce, procurement, and other billing systems enables a single tax engine to seamlessly support a growing business. In addition to tax determination, Vertex provides tools and services to automate and…N/A
    Pricing
    Sovos Intelligent Compliance CloudVertex
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Sovos Intelligent Compliance CloudVertex
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Sovos Intelligent Compliance CloudVertex
    Considered Both Products
    Sovos
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    Vertex Inc.
    Chose Vertex
    TaxJar had a limited number of products covered when we assessed their product. Their API did appear to be cleaner than Vertex's, and other options Sovos did appear to have a good number of tax codes; however, their pricing and APIs were not as good as Vertex's. Avalara, at …
    Incentivized
    Chose Vertex
    We had prior experience with one competitor and had major problems with that vendor's support of their software. The company didn't seem to be interested in doing much to improve their product after acquiring the company that originally built the tax package.

    Nobody had as …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    95%
    Would buy again
    58 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    92%
    Delivers good value for the price
    45 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    58 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    31 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    86%
    Implementation went as expected
    43 Answers
    Features
    Sovos Intelligent Compliance CloudVertex
    Type of tax
    Comparison of Type of tax features of Sovos Intelligent Compliance Cloud and Vertex
    Feature
    Sovos Intelligent Compliance Cloud
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Vertex
    8.1
    133 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Sales and Use Taxes8.01 Ratings8.9130 Ratings
    Cross-border Taxes8.01 Ratings8.540 Ratings
    VAT / GST Taxes8.01 Ratings7.863 Ratings
    Energy and Fuel Taxes00 Ratings7.311 Ratings
    Tax Reporting & Compliance
    Comparison of Tax Reporting & Compliance features of Sovos Intelligent Compliance Cloud and Vertex
    Feature
    Sovos Intelligent Compliance Cloud
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Vertex
    7.9
    127 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Geolocation for Tax Assessment8.01 Ratings8.894 Ratings
    3rd-Party Software Integrations8.01 Ratings7.688 Ratings
    Tax Data Reporting8.01 Ratings8.1113 Ratings
    Compliance Administration Management8.01 Ratings8.178 Ratings
    Tax Exemption Processing8.01 Ratings7.891 Ratings
    Tax Document Management8.01 Ratings8.075 Ratings
    Complex Tax Scenario Management8.01 Ratings6.988 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Sovos Intelligent Compliance CloudVertex
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.8
    (158 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.4
    (19 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.4
    (54 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (8 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (8 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (23 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.7
    (3 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.7
    (3 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.3
    (16 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (78 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (6 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.3
    (48 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.3
    (19 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.4
    (12 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Sovos Intelligent Compliance CloudVertex
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Sovos
    In our case, sales and use tax are a must-have. With the recent change and continuous change in tax law, companies find it harder to comply with tax without a system. In our case, managing thousands of customers with thousands of tax codes - city tax, state tax, zone tax - proves to be a challenge. We need a system to minimize any exposure with federal and state tax law, and certainly protect us from an audit.
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    Vertex Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Pros
    Sovos
    • They are good at updating the tax tables with all the new sales tax law changes
    • They are good at charging the correct sales tax amount as long as the software is set up or configured correctly
    • They are good at following up at sales tax correspondences
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    Vertex Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Cons
    Sovos
    • The admin portal needs work - I cannot simply add and remove users, and have to create a case support. I think this is a low-hanging fruit Sovos is working on to resolve.
    • The UI could be improved.
    • The sync does not always happen instantly and sometime can take up to 24 hours.
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    Vertex Inc.
    • Reporting: Vertex VAT Compliance is not fully ready to support all EU country's requirements.
    • Data storage.
    • Online reporting in VVC: many countries require to report VAT Declaration in an electronic way. This function is still missing for some of the countries from VVC.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Sovos
    No answers on this topic
    Vertex Inc.
    We are satisfied with the overall performance of Vertex. The software has provided my company with many efficiencies. We have shorted our audits and found that many audits are happy that we are using Vertex to calculate our taxes. We no longer need to worry about updating our rates each month since Vertex sends us a file to upload
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    Usability
    Sovos
    No answers on this topic
    Vertex Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Reliability and Availability
    Sovos
    No answers on this topic
    Vertex Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Sovos
    No answers on this topic
    Vertex Inc.
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    Support Rating
    Sovos
    For the most part, the support team is responsive. However, with the recent switch from a legacy server to S1 server, Sovos created a problem for us. We simply can't upload a tax certificate. I logged a case with support, and they could not help, so they escalate to their senior technician. All in all, it has been more than 7 days, and they could not resolve a "simple" issue.
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    Vertex Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    In-Person Training
    Sovos
    No answers on this topic
    Vertex Inc.
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    Online Training
    Sovos
    No answers on this topic
    Vertex Inc.
    Vertex has offered multiple webinars for the products we have purchased that are informative and helpful. I've also attended a few of the Vertex annual conferences where I was able to strength my knowledge of Vertex. I also found that their online library and videos can be helpful in resolving issues and answering questions.
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    Implementation Rating
    Sovos
    No answers on this topic
    Vertex Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Sovos
    I have used sales tax tables in the past and they are a lot more accurate as long as the configuration is done correctly up front. I have also used Avalara. Avalara has a more consumer friendly interface and better reporting function
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    Vertex Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Scalability
    Sovos
    No answers on this topic
    Vertex Inc.
    There needs to be a time-consuming setup both in the Enterprise Resource Platform and in Vertex and the related tools as well but once this is all established, Vertex is very proficient at calculating Sales and Use Tax in the USA and in Canada with GST/HST, as well as several of the provinces where we are located. As we added plants in different jurisdictions via greenfield expansion and aquisition, Vertex was able to integrate those as long as the tax department is fully informed of the system.
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    Return on Investment
    Sovos
    • It saved us a lot of time and money but eliminating the manpower needed to process manually ourselves
    • It helped reduce the time needed to follow up and resolve sales tax correspondences
    • It helped reduce costs and time to register in new taxing jurisdications
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    Vertex Inc.
    • We use Vertex on a monthly basis to see if tax has been over-accrued or over-charged on invoices. We do save tax every month using the tool. Not at liberty to share too much more - the technology does assist the human efforts.
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