G2 Vendor Directory

Sphere vs. Avalara

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricSphere

by Sphere

Avalara

by Avalara, Inc.

Overall rating5.04.1
Review count35927
Ease of use10.08.3
Ease of setup9.97.7
Quality of support10.07.2
Meets requirements10.08.4
NPS10046.923077
Small Business45.7%38.8%
Mid-Market54.3%48.4%
Enterprise0.0%12.8%
Total page views8194,963
Total LLM citations1,96627,778

Sphere

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.

Pros

  • Tax Automation
  • Compliance Simplification
  • Automation
  • Time-saving
  • Easy Integrations
  • Accuracy

Avalara

Avalara is the agentic AI leader in global tax and compliance. For more than two decades, Avalara's trusted tax content, deep compliance expertise, proprietary data, and technology have helped customers succeed on a global scale. Avalara now pairs that foundation with agentic AI to help businesses execute complex compliance work while keeping people in control. Avalara processes more than 54 billion AvaTax API calls annually and supports millions of businesses worldwide. For more information, visit Avalara.com.

Pros

  • Ease of Use
  • Tax Automation
  • Customer Support
  • Ease of Filing
  • Automation
  • Helpful