Tailor Brands vs LegalZoom (2027): Which Is Better?

The short version

Neither is cheap, and only one shows its prices. Pick LegalZoom if you want attorney or advisor support and published prices. Pick Tailor Brands if you want logos, a domain and a website bundled with the LLC and don't mind seeing the price after sign-up. All prices on this page exclude the state filing fee.

Tailor Brands' main site blocked our fetches, so its facts here come from its help center.

Cost: year one and year two

	Tailor Brands	LegalZoom
Cheapest plan	Lite $0, filing only	Basic $0, articles only
Plan with operating agreement	Essential, priced after sign-up	$249 tier
Registered agent	Paid add-on, priced after sign-up	$249/yr
EIN	Add-on in every plan	In $249 tier
Year one with agent, EIN, operating agreement	Unknown until sign-up	$498
Year two	Unknown	$249 agent

Tailor Brands' Essential and Elite plans are subscriptions priced only after you create an account (Tailor Brands plans). LegalZoom publishes its $249 tier (LegalZoom pricing) and its agent at $249 a year with no free year (LegalZoom registered agent).

What's included

Tailor Brands Essential and Elite include expedited filing, annual compliance and an operating agreement. Elite adds a 1-year domain, 8 logos and a website builder (Tailor Brands Elite). Expedited filing is $99 on Lite and gets your papers to the state within one business day. State approval still runs from 1 day in Wyoming to 19 days in Delaware (Tailor Brands timing).

LegalZoom's $249 tier (shown as Pro or as Managed Service; its pricing page currently carries both versions) adds the EIN and operating agreement, plus 30 days of support that renews at $49 a month. In the Pro version that support is attorney consults; in the Managed Service version it is a business advisor, and attorney access moves to the $299 Expert Service, which renews at $99 a month (LegalZoom LLC pricing). Both versions include 150+ legal documents and unlimited eSignatures. In the Pro version, Premium ($299) adds 6 months of bookkeeping, then $9.99 a month. Annual compliance is not bundled; its plan starts at $199 a year (LegalZoom compliance).

Renewals, refunds and cancelling

Both registered agents auto-renew and both make leaving harder than it should be. Tailor Brands cancels its agent only when you file a new agent with the state (Tailor Brands cancelling), and its system won't take a third-party agent at formation (Tailor Brands agent). LegalZoom may ask for proof that a new agent was named.

LegalZoom refunds filed products within 60 days, but not after the filing goes to the state, and subscriptions within 30 days (LegalZoom guarantee). Its $49 monthly plan starts after 30 days unless you cancel. We found no Tailor Brands refund terms to report.

Reviews are close: Tailor Brands 4.8/5 from 18,278 on Trustpilot (Trustpilot), LegalZoom 4.6/5 from 33,990 (Trustpilot).

Which one to choose

Choose LegalZoom if you want attorney or advisor support and a price you can budget before checkout. Expect $498 in year one and $249 after.

Choose Tailor Brands if the brand kit is the main reason you're forming now. Write down its plan and agent prices after sign-up and compare them with $498 before you pay. If you only need the LLC, both cost more than the cheaper services.