TurboTax - Top Competitors (Mar 2022)

TurboTax State Review
ITQlick Score: 94/100
ITQlick Rating:
Pricing: 3.6/10 - low cost
Category: Business tax -> TurboTax review -> TurboTax competitors
Ranking:Ranked 1 out of 65 Business tax systems
Company: Intuit
Pricing: starts at $60 per license
Typical customers: Start up, Small business, Medium business, Large business
Platforms: Desktop
Links: TurboTax review, TurboTax pricing guide
Shlomi LaviShlomi Lavi / updated: Mar 09, 2022

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TurboTax vs. Alternatives in 2023

TurboTax competes with some top industry tax filing software, and some of its close alternatives are CCH ProSystem FX Tax, TaxJar, and H&R Block. Here we compare these tax systems in key aspects:
  • Functionality: TurboTax features the Stimulus hub and tax calculators. Compared to its close alternatives, H&R Block offers the Drag and drop your old return feature, which is lacking in TurboTax. TaxJar offers the real-time calculator feature for eCommerce businesses missing in TurboTax.
  • Customers/Industries: TurboTax caters to simple and complex tax filing like Premier investment & rental property taxes, Self-employed taxes, Military tax filing discounts. Compared to its alternatives, H&R block caters to self-employed people, rental property owners, investors, parents, and employees. TaxJar targets Retail, Food and Beverage, Medical, SaaS, Services, Mid-Market Business, and Small businesses. CCH ProSystem FX Tax targets Mid-Large Accounting Firms, Small Accounting Firms, Tax Offices, Corporate Tax Offices, Corporate Sales Tax Solutions, Colleges and Universities, Federal Government, and Associations.
  • Cost: TurboTax has a license price starting from $40. Compared to its alternatives, Taxjar has a license plan starting at $20 per month for up to 200 orders. H&R Block has a license price starting from $19.95. According to expert cost research, TurboTax is cost-rated 1.8/5 (where 1 is low cost, and 5 is high-cost), which indicates that it is a low-cost tax filing software compared to its alternatives.
  • Cloud-based/On-premise: TurboTax and its close alternatives are like H&R Block and CCH ProSystem FX Tax are both cloud-based and On-premise systems, while Taxjar is a cloud-based system only.
  • Support: TurboTax offers the Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, and Knowledge Base support channels. Compared to its alternatives, H&R Block offers similar support channels plus phone support. TaxJar offers similar support features plus live chat and phone support. CCH ProSystem FX Tax offers only Phone and Email support.

TurboTax alternatives - for small & large Business

Here are the top 4 alternatives to TurboTax that are worth checking out: GainsKeeper for SMBs, TurboTax Free Edition Online for large size business, Tax Software for growing companies, and CompleteTax Basic Free Online for low budget organizations.

ITQlick rating ITQlick Rating is based on the software score (below) and aggregated online reviews
Score ITQlick Score is a 1 to 100 score, based on pricing, and functionality Vs. alternative solutions
Pricing pricing Score is a 1 to 10 score, based on the TCO (cost of licences, customizations, training, hardware when relevant) Vs. alternative solutions
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ITQlick rating
4/5
Score
94/100
Pricing
3.6/10
License pricing
$60 per license
Functionality
7
Best for SMBs
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3.4/5
Score
92/100
Pricing
6.4/10
License pricing
$69 per month
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7
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4
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Tax Soft...
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Score
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