File.Business vs Tailor Brands.
Tailor Brands wraps formation inside a branding subscription. File.Business treats compliance as the product: pay once for formation, keep only what protects you. Here is the honest basket-by-basket comparison.
TBPick Tailor Brands for
- Brand-in-a-box
- One-day processing on paid tiers
- $0 to start, brand first
FBPick File.Business for
- The $0 that stays $0
- Compliance is the product, not the upsell
- Cheaper over three years
- Honest renewal math up front
Every line, both columns, real numbers.
No checkmark theater. Where Tailor Brands is stronger, the right column says so.
| Feature | File.Business | Tailor Brands |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | Free workspace forever, LLC $0 service fee | Lite $0, 14 business day processing |
| Paid plans | Monitoring $79/yr · Business OS $249/yr | Essential $199/yr · Elite $249/yr, recurring |
| What renews | Only the plan you chose | Plan renews yearly to keep formation extras |
| EIN application | $79 flat, non-US SS-4 route available | Not included, add-on or DIY with IRS |
| Registered Agent | $149/yr flat, free yr1 with bundles | Separate add-on on every tier |
| Filing speed | Same week, state depending | 14 days on Lite, 1 day on paid tiers |
| Branding suite | Logo kit $99 one-time, site builder $19/mo | Logos, domain, site, cards in Elite |
| Bookkeeping trial | No auto-converting trials | 30-day trial converts to $39/mo unless canceled |
| Compliance depth | 51-jurisdiction calendar, AutoFile, score | Alerts on paid tiers |
| Annual report | $129 + state fee, AutoFile $99/yr | Via plan or add-on |
| AI assistant | BosAI included | Not offered |
| Multi-entity | Portfolio + Enterprise tiers | One business per account focus |
| State fees | At cost, itemized before payment | At cost, on top |
| Money-back terms | 60-day on service fees | Limited, varies by product |
Tailor Brands pricing verified August 11, 2026 from their public pricing page and current independent reviews. Prices change; check theirs before you decide. Spot an outdated number? Tell us and we fix it.
A first-time founder, first three years.
- Domestic Starter bundle $199 once
- Formation, EIN, agent year 1, dashboard
- Agent $149/yr
- Elite $249 every year
- Agent and EIN priced separately
- $39/mo bookkeeping if the trial converts
If the branding suite is the reason you are choosing Tailor Brands, price it fairly: our logo kit is $99 once and the site builder is $19/mo, so compare the whole basket for your case.
Tailor Brands pricing verified August 11, 2026 from their public pricing page and current independent reviews. Prices change; check theirs before you decide. Spot an outdated number? Tell us and we fix it.
Where Tailor Brands genuinely wins.
Brand-in-a-box
Logos, a domain, a website builder, business cards, and social templates in one Elite subscription is a genuinely convenient launch kit. Our logo kit and site builder are separate add-ons, not a designed suite.
One-day processing on paid tiers
Their paid tiers put your filing at the front of the queue. Our speed depends on the state, and we say so rather than promise a blanket day.
$0 to start, brand first
If your priority is looking real on Instagram before the paperwork matters, their funnel is built exactly for that.
Where File.Business pulls ahead.
The $0 that stays $0
Their Lite formation is free but slow, and the useful pieces (EIN, agent, speed) push you to $199 to $249 every year, plus a bookkeeping trial that quietly becomes $39/mo. Our LLC formation has a $0 service fee, the EIN is $89 once, and nothing auto-converts.
Compliance is the product, not the upsell
Tailor Brands is a branding company that added formation. Calendar, annual reports, compliance score, and BosAI are the core of our workspace, not checkbox add-ons.
Cheaper over three years
Elite for three years is $747 plus agent fees and the bookkeeping conversion most people forget. Our Domestic Starter bundle is $199 once, then only what you choose.
Honest renewal math up front
Every price on our pricing page shows what year 2 costs. Their renewal jumps live in the fine print.
Already with Tailor Brands?
Moving from Tailor Brands? Your LLC is yours. We file the change of registered agent ($49 + state fee), the vault takes your formation documents, and your renewal simply stops on their side. The compliance calendar covers everything they were alerting you about, at $79/yr instead of $199.
Formation does not lock you to a provider. We file the change of agent, $49 + state fee.
Vault takes your formation papers; the calendar covers every deadline they alerted you about.
Their plan lapses, your compliance does not. Monitoring is $79/yr instead of $199.
Common questions.
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