Best overall
1. Mainstay Filing: best for having someone else track the deadlines
We start with Mainstay Filing, and the reason is simple: you pay $199 once a year, and in return the formation, the registered agent and the annual certificate are all taken care of.
OK Registered Agent.org is $200 lower over three years, but this provider takes more of the state paperwork off your plate, and that is what moves it up.
It files the annual certificate for you every year, and the $25 state fee is charged at cost.
What your money gets you
- Prepares your formation papers and files them
- Acts as your registered agent all year
- Prepares and files your annual certificate
- Applies for your EIN
- The state fee is added at cost
What works
- $199 a year pays for formation and an agent and the report
- There is no separate EIN fee
- $199 at renewal, with no increase
What to weigh
- $100 more each year from year 2