# Vertex Software Pricing, Alternatives & More 2026 | Capterra

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 Vertex Software Review 2026: Features, Integrations, Pros & Cons

Last updated on March 13, 2026

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Vertex

## What is Vertex?

Vertex combines tax research with robust technology to improve tax accuracy and consistency on sales and purchase transactions. This automation supports high-volume, complex transactions at speed and scale to improve internal processes and audit performance. Integrations to ERP, eCommerce, procurement, and other billing systems enable a single tax engine to seamlessly support a growing business. Vertex also provides services to streamline exemption certificate management and compliance filings.

## What is Vertex used for?

[Sales Tax](https://www.capterra.com/sales-tax-software/)[Tax Preparation](https://www.capterra.com/tax-preparation-software/)[Financial Management](https://www.capterra.com/financial-management-software/)

Overall rating

Based on 75 user reviews

Reviews sentiment

Positive

83%

Neutral

17%

Negative

0%

Starting price

$5000

Per User, Per Month

Free trial  
not available

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## Compare with a popular alternative

Capterra selects software alternatives based on relevant features, verified user reviews and user interactions. Placement may be influenced by client status.

### Vertex

4.3 (75)

VS.

[4.0 (350)](https://www.capterra.com/p/75673/AvaTax/reviews/)

Starting Price

$5000

per user, per month

Starting Price

Contact vendor

Free Trial

Free Version

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

Ease Of Use

4.0 (75)

Ease Of Use

3.8 (7,619)

Value For Money

4.0 (69)

Value For Money

3.5 (6,536)

Customer Service

4.0 (72)

Customer Service

3.4 (6,240)

## Vertex alternatives

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[4.8 (16)](https://www.capterra.com/p/10014186/Kintsugi/#reviews)

Starting price

$75.00

Per User, Per Month

[3.5 (73)](https://www.capterra.com/p/119968/TaxCloud/reviews/)

Starting price

$19.00

Per User, Per Month

[QuickBooks Online](https://www.capterra.com/p/190778/QuickBooks-Online/)

[4.3 (8,385)](https://www.capterra.com/p/190778/QuickBooks-Online/reviews/)

Starting price

$38.00

Per User, Per Month

[Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/190778/QuickBooks-Online/)

[hellotax](https://www.capterra.com/p/187594/Hellotax/)

[4.6 (107)](https://www.capterra.com/p/187594/Hellotax/reviews/)

Starting price

$39.00

Per User, Per Month

[Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/187594/Hellotax/)

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## Features

Features with the highest number of reviews are displayed first. Those that have no reviews appear next, sorted alphabetically.

Tax Calculation

4.6 (10)

60.00% of 10 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Calculate tax and make deductions on gross income from sources like wages, investments or self-employment

Tax Compliance

4.4 (8)

50.00% of 8 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Track tax-related transactions, tax remittance and tax reporting for various groups of employees and contractors

Tax Filing

4.5 (6)

50.00% of 6 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

The completion of documentation that calculates earned income and the taxes to be paid, also called a tax return

Data Import/Export

3.8 (5)

80.00% of 5 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Import and export data to and from software applications

Reporting/Analytics

3.6 (5)

60.00% of 5 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

View and track pertinent metrics to find patterns and gain insights from data

Value Added Tax (VAT)

4.2 (5)

40.00% of 5 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Goods and services tax

Vertex 26 features

Verifies and confirms the accuracy of an address

Manage the process of evaluating documents or requests submitted for approval

A record of all activities within the system, including user access, changes made, etc.

Create, manage, and send invoices or bills to customers

Track and manage adherence to policies for any service, product, process, or supplier

Software specialized for corporate use

Import and export data to and from software applications

Process of checking different types of data for accuracy to avoid errors or inconsistencies

Store, manage, and track all electronic documents in a centralized location

Ability to identify, sort on and alert participating parties about the approaching date by which action has to be taken

Transmit documents to regulatory authorities over the web

Identify and track situations that legally reduce financial liability

Manage and handle various international currencies

Manage employee salary processes, data, taxes, and records administration efficiently

View and track payroll metrics including tax liabilities, pay rates, working hours, deductions and more

Streamlining repetitive tasks and activities through automated and predefined workflows

View and track pertinent metrics to find patterns and gain insights from data

Calculation of consumption tax imposed on the sale of goods/services

Calculate tax and make deductions on gross income from sources like wages, investments or self-employment

Track tax-related transactions, tax remittance and tax reporting for various groups of employees and contractors

The completion of documentation that calculates earned income and the taxes to be paid, also called a tax return

Declaration of income made to tax authorities

Implementation of various strategies to manage tax obligations via planning and maintaining compliance

Set up connections to third-party platforms to improve business processes

Track movement of transactions across accounts

Goods and services tax

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Features

4.2 (75)

4.2

Based on 75 reviews

## Pricing

Value for money

4.0 (69)

Basic

$5,000

Value for money

4.0 (69)

4.0

Based on 69 reviews

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## Support, customer service and training options

Customer Service

4.0 (72)

Support

-   Email/Help Desk
-   FAQs/Forum
-   Knowledge Base
-   Phone Support
-   24/7 (Live rep)
-   Chat

Training

-   In Person
-   Live Online
-   Webinars
-   Documentation
-   Videos

Deployment

-   Web
-   Android
-   iPhone/iPad

Typical users

-   Freelancers
-   Small businesses
-   Mid size businesses
-   Enterprises

Customer Service

4.0 (72)

4.0

Based on 72 reviews

## User reviews

Overall rating

4.3

Based on 75 reviews

Filter by rating

5(34)

4(28)

3(13)

2(0)

1(0)

Mentioned topic

Sorted by most recent

VC

Vishal C.

Internal Consultant

Leisure, Travel & Tourism

### "Vertex - The Evergreen Tool"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

4.0

4.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

March 23, 2026

It is good and the user experience is getting better day by day. Not felt bored even after so many years of use. It is maintaining the level from years.

Pros

Now more tax areas and jurisdictions have been included under vertex. Now we also got the copilot option in vertex integrated itself so that AI can help in various ways. A quality value addition to vertex I would say.

Cons

Cache memory is now being stored for a longer period of time which results in a similar result even for different location id. It's not a big cons.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

VK

Val K.

Tax Manager

Retail

### "Vertex tax "

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

January 15, 2025

great products, calculate taxes same time

Pros

we using as tax engin for tax calculations, generating tax reports

Cons

mapping to SAP and products category is limited

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

SC

Sumana C.

Internal Consultant

Leisure, Travel & Tourism

### "Vertex: A great tool to calculate cross border tax "

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

4.0

4.0

Likelihood to Recommend

9/10

August 30, 2024

It's a great experience to use Vertex as a tax calculation tool. It's customer support is also very efficient and dedicated.

Pros

It's a very useful tax calculation tool useful for multiple countries like US, CA etc. with great customer support.

Cons

1\. L1 support response quality should be little better. 2. Response time should be little lesser than what it is currently.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

AD

Ayan D.

Internal Consultant

Leisure, Travel & Tourism

### "vertex a perfect tax calculation engine"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

August 23, 2024

perfect product , accurate tax calculation

Pros

sales and procurement tax calculation, accurate tax measurement

Cons

customer response should be quicker , reporting can be enhanced

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

AF

Amy F.

Tax Manager

Retail

### "Acceptable"

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

3.0

3.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

0.0

0.0

Likelihood to Recommend

5/10

December 30, 2023

Pros

The tax engine is mostly accurate and Vertex is responsive in resolving issues

Cons

The interface is not intuitive or user friendly.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

JA

Julia A.

Tax Manager

Food & Beverages

### "Vertex - Strong Tax Engine"

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

4.0

4.0

Likelihood to Recommend

8/10

December 5, 2023

Pros

Vertex's interface is very easy to use and follow. It is also very easy to edit user specific custom content.

Cons

Food and beverage content is not the strongest.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

GO

Gideon O.

Sales Tax Analyst

Furniture

### "Vertex review"

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

4.0

4.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

4.0

4.0

Likelihood to Recommend

4/10

December 5, 2023

Pros

How easy it is to run reports by state/county

Cons

I can't really think of any cons to vertex as it does what's required.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

FM

Faisal M.

Senior Finance Manager

Information Technology and Services

### "Vertex Review "

3.0

Overall Rating

3.0

3.0

Ease of Use

4.0

4.0

Features

3.0

3.0

Customer Service

3.0

3.0

Likelihood to Recommend

6/10

October 5, 2023

Pros

Features are too good and easy to used..

Cons

Tax calculation can improve more into the vertex

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

BJ

Baljit J.

Tax Manager

Wholesale

### "O Series review"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

4.0

4.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

0.0

0.0

Likelihood to Recommend

7/10

July 31, 2023

Pros

The tax rate calculations, able to test transactions.

Cons

The import/export reports are not friendly. Setting up rules not easy.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

TD

Tara D.

Senior Accountant

Retail

### "Great product overall. "

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

4.0

4.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

3.0

3.0

Likelihood to Recommend

8/10

June 5, 2023

Overall, it's a great product.

Pros

I love working the Tax Preparer Team at Vertex. They are the main reason I love Vertex. I also like how easy it is to upload tax data files into Vertex.

Cons

I wish that there was a better resource at Vertex for navigating solutions in O'Series, when it comes to resolving issues we discover along the way. Navigating the ticketing system and the various emails back and forth (only to get a mediocre answer) is quite discouraging.

Switched from

[Avalara](https://www.capterra.com/p/75673/AvaTax/)

Avalara cancelled our contract with them.

Alternatives considered

[Sovos](https://www.capterra.com/p/163421/Sovos-Sales-Tax/)

[TaxJar](https://www.capterra.com/p/163419/TaxJar/)

Reasons for choosing Vertex

Vertex was compatible with our B2B website--which was required. The other two couldn't do this for us.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

[View all Reviews](https://www.capterra.com/p/160387/Vertex-SMB/reviews/)

Popular comparisons

[QuickBooks Online vs Vertex](https://www.capterra.com/compare/160387-190778/Vertex-SMB-vs-QuickBooks-Online)[Avalara vs Vertex](https://www.capterra.com/compare/75673-160387/AvaTax-vs-Vertex-SMB)

[TaxJar vs Vertex](https://www.capterra.com/compare/160387-163419/Vertex-SMB-vs-TaxJar)[ONESOURCE Indirect Tax vs Vertex](https://www.capterra.com/compare/160387-161100/Vertex-SMB-vs-ONESOURCE-Indirect-Tax) 

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