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Formation is the cheap part; the recurring bookkeeping and tax tiers are where the real cost sits, and state fees are extra on top of doola's price. Convenient especially for non-US founders, but a local accountant may be cheaper once you're established.
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✓ Pricing re-verified 21 Sep 2026
These are the list prices. Starter is $297 a year plus state fees and covers LLC or C-Corp formation, EIN, a registered agent and a US address; state filing fees run $50 to $500 depending on the state, and they are yours, not doola's. Pulse bookkeeping comes with a 30-day trial and renews at $300 a year.
$297 for the first year on Starter, plus your state's filing fee, which runs between $50 and $500 depending on the state. That covers formation, EIN, registered agent and a US address, and renews at $300 a year. Read on 17 August 2026.
Tax and Compliance at $1,999 a year and Business-in-a-Box at $2,999 add filings, compliance and bookkeeping support rather than more formation. Both were discounted 25% when we read the page on 24 August 2026 — to $1,499 and $2,249, part of an up-to-$750-off sale — but that window closed on 31 August 2026 and our re-read on 1 September found the list prices back in place, so work from $1,999 and $2,999.
State fees, always, and they are the part that varies most by where you incorporate. Budget $50 to $500 on top of whichever package you take, and note that the renewal ($300 on Starter) is slightly above the first-year price rather than below it.
doola isn't a bank and it doesn't hold or move your money. It forms the entity, acts as registered agent and keeps the filings and books straight; where it helps you open a US business account, the account and the balance sit with the partner bank, not with doola. So judge it on filing accuracy and accountability rather than custody: who is registered agent of record, what happens — and who pays — if a filing or return is late or wrong, how your EIN and identity documents are stored, and whether you can move your entity and records elsewhere without a fight. Get those answers in writing before you commit to a multi-year bundle.
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