Avalara E-Invoicing and Live Reporting review

Avalara E-Invoicing and Live Reporting is the strongest general pick for a company that sells across borders and wants one vendor for mandates. Avalara says it is a certified Peppol Access Point service provider with Peppol access in European countries, Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia and Japan, and it is also a certified provider on the new DBNA network in the United States, which few rivals mention. The service supports clearance, real-time reporting and centralized and decentralized continuous transaction control models, so the same setup can handle Italy-style clearance and Peppol-style exchange. Prebuilt connectors cover SAP, Oracle, NetSuite, Microsoft and Workday, and everything runs through a single cloud API on a multitenant platform with ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II certification. The downsides are the usual ones for enterprise compliance software. Avalara publishes no e-invoicing price and only says pricing is transaction based, and the product page lists country guides instead of a full coverage count, so confirm each of your countries during the sales process.

Who it is for

companies selling into several mandate countries from one ERP

Price

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Key features

• Certified Peppol Access Point service in European countries, Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia and Japan
• Certified provider for the DBNA e-invoicing network in the United States
• Support for clearance, real-time reporting and both centralized and decentralized CTC models
• Prebuilt ERP connectors for SAP, Oracle, NetSuite, Microsoft and Workday
• Single cloud API on a multitenant platform with ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II certification

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: Covers Peppol and the US DBNA network from one provider
• Strength: Prebuilt connectors for the main ERPs reduce custom integration work
• Strength: Avalara describes its e-invoicing pricing as transaction-only
• Weakness: No e-invoicing price is published; quotes come from sales
• Weakness: The product page does not list ZATCA or KSeF coverage
• Weakness: Country coverage is shown as guides rather than one published count

Key facts

• Peppol: Certified Access Point service provider
• US network: Certified DBNA provider
• Models: Clearance, real-time reporting, CTC
• Security: ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type II

Where it ranks

Avalara E-Invoicing and Live Reporting is No. 1 in our Best E-Invoicing Software verdict.