Avalara vs. Anrok

Automating your tax compliance? See why Avalara is the better choice. 

Avalara vs. TaxJar

Avalara sets the benchmark for modern tax compliance

Turns compliance into opportunity

Avalara empowers tax and finance teams to turn compliance into opportunity — simplifying filings, improving accuracy, and driving outcomes. 

Benefits

Delivers reliable, highly accurate results

The Avalara database has content for more than 190 countries, so every action is backed by comprehensive, regularly updated, expert-verified tax content. 

Growth

Integrates with more business systems

AI agents connect natively to your existing systems — including ERPs, marketplaces, POS platforms, e-invoicing applications, and collaboration tools like email. 

CRM

Over 43,000 customers across 75+ countries trust Avalara to simplify their tax compliance.

Recognized as a 2024 IDC MarketScape Leader, Avalara delivers reliable compliance solutions to help ensure accuracy, enhance agility, and prepare businesses for what’s next. 

4/5

G2 rating (700+ reviews, as of 2025)

8.6/10

TrustRadius score (800+ reviews and ratings, as of 2025)

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Why businesses choose Avalara over Anrok

1. Accuracy and reliability

Powered by verified tax content and advanced automation, Avalara delivers consistent, audit-ready outcomes at every transaction point. 

Capability 

Avalara 

Anrok

Real-time tax determination 

Superior

Limited 

Comprehensive tax content (U.S. + international) 

Regularly updated across 190+ countries

Limited 

Built-in tax research tools

Always-on, multiregional, multicloud infrastructure 

Unknown

Audit-ready accuracy 

Limited 

Global tax content professionals

113 experts (as of 2/15/2021)

Unknown

U.S. tax content professionals 

56 experts (as of 2/15/2021)

Unknown 

AI + expert-verified tax content 

AI-structured data, expert-verified rules

Unknown

Trusted by governments to power official rate portals 

Certified SST provider 

Verified tax data from trusted sources

Unknown

Enterprise-grade security certifications

Unknown 

2. End-to-end compliance and tax type coverage

Gain full visibility into the compliance process with a single, united platform that connects registration, filing, and reporting to simplify workflows and improve efficiency. 

Capability 

Avalara 

Anrok

Returns filing and remittance automation

Exemption certificate management

Superior 

Limited

1099 and W-9 reporting 

Registrations and licensing management 

Registrations only 

Managed VAT reporting 

53 countries

Limited 

Use tax management 

Customs duties calculations and tariff code classification 

E-invoicing and live reporting

Product-level unique tax codes 

3,000+ 

Unknown

Global compliance support 

Limited

Scalability across businesses of all sizes 

Emerging and mid-market 

3. Easy integration with business systems

Avalara provides broad connectivity and control through one of the industry’s largest integration networks, helping businesses simplify compliance without heavy development or custom configuration. 

Capability 

Avalara 

Anrok

All-in-one compliance platform 

Limited 

Signed partner integrations 

1,400+ 

Limited 

ERP integrations 

Limited

Marketplace integrations 

Unknown 

POS integrations 

Unknown

E-invoicing platform integrations 

Unknown

4. Powered by agentic AI

Avalara Agentic Tax and Compliance™ doesn’t just support tax management tasks; it actually does the work, providing efficiency and productivity on a whole new level. 

Capability 

Avalara 

Anrok

Tax automation that learns and adapts 

AI-driven insights that deliver instant answers 

MCP servers automating complex workflows 

AI-powered rules that reduce manual effort 

Natural language APIs that simplify integration 

AI-guided onboarding for faster go-live and configuration 

AI-enabled support that delivers faster, more accurate answers 

What customers say about Avalara

“Avalara is a game changer. With Avalara’s wide range of product offerings, they take the everyday pain points of doing business and make them simplified, streamlined, and most importantly, manageable.”

  • Jacob Swager 
  • Tax Director, Sweetwater 
Sweetwater

“Avalara has significantly reduced manual tasks, errors, and custom complex regulations for us, minimizing the time our team spends maintaining data workflows.” 

  • Ricardo Rodriguez 
  • Senior Manager of Indirect Tax, Snowflake
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“Incorporating Avalara AvaTax with our ERP has proven to be a truly monumental achievement, as it empowers us to seamlessly and effortlessly obtain sales tax information, ensuring multijurisdictional compliance with remarkable efficiency.”

  • Andre Johnson
  • Senior Business Analyst, NEFCO 

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