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Avalara

Provider
Tax

Embedded-finance provider tracked in the Embedded Finance Index — disclosed by 18 companies across 1 category.

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CategoriesTax
Rank#1 of 10 in Tax
Buyers18 companies
HeadquartersDurham, NC (formerly Seattle, WA)
Founded2004

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Founders & story · from Avalara’s own dossier

Founded 2004, Avalara grew into the dominant automated sales tax compliance platform, IPO'd 2018 (NYSE: AVLR), and was taken private by Vista Equity Partners in 2022 for $8.4B. Since 2024 it has repositioned aggressively around 'Agentic Tax and Compliance' — an AI foundry (ALFA) plus MCP servers to expose tax logic to LLMs — while expanding beyond pure tax into embedded finance with Avalara Capital, a line-of-credit product launched March 2026 to fund customer tax liabilities.

Latest round: Acquired by Vista Equity Partners (2022, $8.4B take-private)
Recent developments
  • 2026-03Launched Avalara Capital, an embedded working-capital line of credit for tax obligations. source ↗
  • 2025-11Released Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers to connect LLMs to Avalara tax APIs. source ↗
  • 2025-10Launched enhanced Avalara app for Stripe Billing and Stripe Checkout on Stripe Tax API. source ↗
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Who uses Avalara
18 companies disclose Avalara in their stack
Sysprod-toolsInforPRO Software SolutionsBilltrustWix PaymentsMicrosoft CopilotJobberConnex CommerceFieldEquipLight IncAchievers+6 more
Buyer mix · 18 of 18 classified
Horizontal SaaS / Accounting · 3E-commerce / Platform · 1Horizontal SaaS / AI Assistant · 1Horizontal SaaS / E-commerce · 1Horizontal SaaS / ERP · 1Horizontal SaaS / HR & Rewards · 1Horizontal SaaS / Website Builder · 1Marketplace / Real Estate · 1
US · 9Canada · 2EU · 2Africa · 1MENA · 1UK · 1
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What Avalara runs on · from its own dossier
The third-party providers Avalara itself discloses, layer by layer — the vendor as a buyer. Distinct from the companies above that disclose Avalara.
PSP
Stripe
BaaS
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LianLian Pay
KYC
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Open Banking
Plaid
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Alternatives to Avalara

Other Tax providers in the index, by the number of companies that disclose them. A count of public disclosures, not a ranking of the products.

TaxJar8 buyers →Vertex8 buyers →Anrok4 buyers →Stripe Tax4 buyers →Column Tax2 buyers →Fonoa2 buyers →Kintsugi2 buyers →Sovos2 buyers →
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Ranked #1 of 10 in Tax — Embedded Finance Index 2026
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Avalara — frequently asked

Which companies use Avalara?

18 companies disclose Avalara in their stack in the Embedded Finance Index 2026, including Syspro, d-tools, Infor, PRO Software Solutions, Billtrust, Wix Payments, Microsoft Copilot, Jobber, Connex Commerce, FieldEquip and 2 others.

What does Avalara do?

Avalara is an embedded-finance provider in Tax. It ranks #1 of 10 Tax providers by disclosed buyers.

What are the alternatives to Avalara?

The most-disclosed Tax alternatives to Avalara are TaxJar (8 buyers), Vertex (8 buyers), Anrok (4 buyers), Stripe Tax (4 buyers), Column Tax (2 buyers) and Fonoa (2 buyers).

Where is Avalara headquartered?

Avalara is founded in 2004 and headquartered in Durham, NC (formerly Seattle, WA).

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