Sphere vs. Anrok

Sphere is an AI-native, global indirect tax platform backed by a16z and YC, headquartered in San Francisco. About Sphere: Trusted by fast-growing companies including Lovable, ElevenLabs, Replit, and Deel Manages indirect tax obligations across 130+ jurisdictions. Our in-house tax team works alongside our engineers, so every part of the product is built and checked by experts who understand tax.

Anrok is the AI-native tax infrastructure for global commerce. More than 5,500 users run sales tax and VAT/GST compliance on Anrok across 150+ countries, with more than $100B in processed volume. Unlike other solutions that only handle part of the sales tax and VAT lifecycle, Anrok handles all five tax compliance jobs on one unified platform: monitoring, registration, calculation, filing and remittance, and reconciliation. Teams can utilize Anrok however and wherever they work; in the product with Anrok Atlas, through the Anrok APIs, or by handing the job to an agent.