Quaderno vs. Stripe Tax
Here’s how Quaderno compares to Stripe Tax on tax compliance coverage, pricing, ease of use, integrations and more.
Choosing the Right Tax Solution: Quaderno vs. Stripe Tax
Understand at a glance how these top sales tax softwares can serve your online business.
Quaderno is a tax engine for multi-channel ecommerce businesses. Our plans include global tax calculations, automatic invoices & many simple integrations to streamline your operations and help you scale.
Main highlighted features
- Worldwide tax compliance for all sales.
- Integrations with other payment systems.
- Global tax filing as add-on service.
- Flat-rate pricing with no hidden fees.
Stripe Tax is a service that offers tax calculations and other facets of compliance for Stripe transactions only in certain regions. It’s suitable for businesses with niche sales and limited growth.
Main highlighted features
- Tax compliance for Stripe sales in select countries.
- Low-code integration with Stripe Payments.
- Automatic invoices.
- Transaction-based pricing.
3 main reasons why customers have chosen Quaderno
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Wider coverage than Stripe Tax
Quaderno works with many payment gateways and covers 12,000+ jurisdictions around the world. We aren’t limited to Stripe sales or specific regions.
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Fair, flat-rate pricing
Quaderno charges by number of transactions, rather than a percentage of your revenue like Stripe. This way you’re not penalized for making more money!
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Unmatched customer support
Customers rave about our support team! We provide fast, expert guidance about both taxes and how to use the product, unlike our competitors.
Quaderno versus Stripe Tax
Software characteristics and features that every online business owner should consider before purchase.
| Feature | Quaderno | Stripe Tax |
|---|---|---|
| Fair pricing | The prices on our website are what you pay. If you exceed your monthly plan, we charge a low flat-rate fee per transaction. | Charges a percentage of your revenue per transaction. So a $50 sale costs 5x more than a $10 sale. |
| Flexible contracts | Pay monthly with no long-term commitment. Cancel anytime. | Only offers an annual subscription, paid monthly. |
| Global tax coverage | Covers sales tax, VAT & GST in over 12,000 jurisdictions worldwide. Global service is included in all plans. | Applies to Stripe transactions in the US, the EU, Canada, Australia, and a few other countries. |
| Product coverage | Specializes in digital products and covers most physical goods as well. | Covers digital products only. |
| Tax ID validation | EU, UK, Switzerland, Australia, New Zealand, and Québec. | EU, UK, and Australia. |
| Automatic invoices | Sends automatic tax-compliant invoices to your customer, across all sales channels. | Sends invoices limited to sales made through Stripe Payments. |
| Third-party integrations | All the popular payment gateways and ecommerce sites, plus flexible API tools. | Works with Stripe Payments only. |
| Tax filing | Quaderno offers global tax filing as an add-on service, or you can file yourself using automatic tax reports. | Stripe Tax offers tax filing services in limited countries. |
| Expert customer support | Our responses are quick and informed by global tax policy. We help you step by step until the issue is resolved. | Responses can be slow due and limited to Stripe’s product, prioritizing tech over tax expertise. |
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Trusted by Founders, CFOs, and Directors
Quaderno customers save time and get peace of mind.
The best thing about Quaderno is that it gets our data straight from the payment platforms. Hence, we have 90% of the work already done.
Agus GarcíaChief Financial Officer
I like being able to combine multiple invoices into one PDF so you can go through your customer’s entire history. Tick all the boxes and it would generate a PDF for the whole time they have been with you. It’s really a time saver.
Murat MutluCo-founder and CEO
With many different sellers as our customers, each dealing with their own set of customers, determining the correct tax for each transaction became a very complex task. We even attempted to create our own solution to apply the right tax logic but quickly realized the complexity and scale of such a system. So we decided to use Quaderno for that and it saved us huge amounts of time and effort.
Dario SchoppenLead Product Manager
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