Guided paid help to file a business entity.
Best for owners who would rather pay to avoid the state website and want everything in one dashboard.
Goes directly to LegalZoom's official site.
- Not for
- Budget-tight owners forming a simple single-member LLC in a state with a straightforward online filing.
- Difficulty
- easy to set up, about an hour to a first version.
- Builds
- Turning a formation decision you have already made into filed paperwork, with reminders for the follow-up filings.
Reality check
Where it earns its place, and where it doesn't.
Where it earns its place
What it takes off your plate
The paperwork legwork of a first filing.
Where it makes sense
When the time and uncertainty saved is worth more than the premium over direct filing.
What it really costs
State filing fee (varies by state) plus a service fee, plus optional recurring registered agent.
Where it doesn't
Marketing vs reality
Marketed as the way to start a business. In reality every U.S. state lets you file the same entity yourself, and the state fee is the same either way. What you are buying is guidance, form-filling and add-ons.
What it does not replace
A lawyer or an accountant. It cannot tell you whether an LLC or an S-corp election is right for your tax situation.
Work still left to you
You still choose the structure, supply the business details, and keep up with annual state filings.
When it's a waste
When you are comfortable with a state website and only need one plain entity filed.
Getting your work back out
Low. The entity belongs to you at the state, not to LegalZoom. Registered agent service can be moved.
Goes directly to LegalZoom's official site.
Detail
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Editorial score 62 · confidence 3/5
Reliable paperwork service at a real premium over filing directly.
Official help and documentation: good
Working with AI
LegalZoom publishes an AI capability catalogue and connector endpoint for AI assistants. It does not publish a general developer API.
Works with: Assistants that support MCP connectors.
Worth knowing: What the connector can actually do is not documented in customer-facing terms, and we have not tested it.
Official source · as of September 2026 · Read on LegalZoom's own domain.
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- Northwest Registered AgentDoes the same job
Both form a business and act as registered agent, so an owner picks one, not both.
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