Formation Services Comparison

Built specifically for non-US founders, and it does deliver every leg — but almost nothing is inside the headline price. The $399 Start fee does NOT include registered agent (Firstbase Agent is a separate $299/yr, charged per state), so year one is $698 plus state fees while every other service in this table bundles the first year. If you have no US address of your own, Firstbase Mailroom is mandatory, from $35/month. Firstbase will get your EIN without an SSN or ITIN, and says so plainly — expect 20-30 business days against 1-3 with one. Annual reports, franchise tax and BOI are filed for you only at Agent Autopilot ($299/yr/state); the cheaper Light tier only reminds you. Formation is Delaware or Wyoming only; other states require foreign qualification as a separate paid step afterwards. Tax filing (Form 5472 + pro-forma 1120 for foreign-owned single-member LLCs) is a separate add-on at $1,799/yr per package. Firstbase also publishes a restricted list of 22 countries (including Venezuela) whose residents it cannot onboard.

Full-service formation for non-US founders, and the clearest published answer in this table on the questions that decide it: no SSN needed, no US address needed, and doola obtains the EIN either way. Registered agent is bundled free with formation. Two things to hold it to, though. doola publishes FOUR mutually inconsistent no-SSN EIN timelines across live pages — 4-6 weeks, 9-12 weeks, 2-4 months, and 2-3 weeks expedited — so no single figure is quotable; on the $297 Starter plan, expect the non-expedited one. And on compliance it reminds reliably but files ambiguously: the "we file your annual report for you" promise is attached to a "Premium Plan" that no longer exists, while the current $2,999 top plan describes the same thing as "reminders and guided help".

Designed for tech startups and SaaS businesses. Includes Stripe payments integration, 409A valuation discount, and legal document templates. Delaware C-Corp is the default path. Atlas does NOT file your annual report or Delaware franchise tax — its Terms put that squarely on you ("You alone are responsible for all corporate, tax, securities and other legal reporting"), and Stripe publishes a DIY walkthrough of the Delaware portal; end-to-end franchise-tax filing is a paid service from partner Legalinc, which is also your registered agent. The registered agent address cannot be used as your company address. One live vendor contradiction to know about: the signup page still lists "SSN or ITIN" as a required founder field, while the 83(b) guidance describes what Atlas does when you have neither.