Avalara 1099 & W-9 review
Per-form 1099 e-filing (formerly Track1099) with free W-9 collection and free recipient e-delivery
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ToolsGavel verdict
Avalara 1099 & W-9 charges the highest per-form federal e-file price of the three, but it's the only one that bundles free W-9 collection and free recipient e-delivery, which makes it the cheapest total cost for a low-volume, email-only filer despite the sticker price. Its reviews, just 8 total across G2, Capterra and Trustpilot, and still filed under the old Track1099 name, are too thin to treat as a reliable signal either way.
Best for: Businesses onboarding contractors all year that want free W-9/W-8 collection bundled in, and that are comfortable judging the product on its features rather than a deep review history
What we liked
- Free W-9/W-8 collection up to a yearly cap, 25 on Individual, 250 on Professional, 2,000 on Enterprise, versus the $1-per-form charge Tax1099 bills for the same task (avalara.com/us/en/products/1099/pricing.html)
- Free e-delivery and PDF download to recipients make it the cheapest total cost at low volume for anyone who never needs postal mail: $15.50 for 5 forms against TaxBandits' $16.25 and Tax1099's $17.45, once their email-delivery fees are added in (avalara.com/us/en/products/1099/pricing.html)
- A flat $1.49-per-form state filing fee at any volume, simpler to budget than either competitor's tiered or participation-dependent state pricing (avalara.com/us/en/products/1099/pricing.html)
- The broadest enterprise-integration list of the three: Salesforce, SAP, Microsoft Dynamics, Shopify, BigCommerce and WooCommerce, on top of QuickBooks, Xero, BILL and NetSuite (avalara.com/us/en/products/1099.html)
- Backed by Avalara, a large, publicly known tax-compliance company, which suggests more operating stability than either smaller independent competitor (avalara.com)
What to watch
- Independent reviews number just 8 total across every platform: 5 on G2 (3.8 stars), 2 on Capterra (3.0 stars), and 1 on an unclaimed Trustpilot profile (3.7 stars), all still listed under the old Track1099 name, a tiny sample next to Tax1099's 740 combined reviews (G2 / Capterra / Trustpilot)
- Highest base federal e-file price of the three at low volume: $3.10 per form against Tax1099's $2.99 and TaxBandits' $2.75 in their respective first tiers (avalara.com/us/en/products/1099/pricing.html)
- No standard content-affiliate program for this product; the only referral path is a B2B channel program gated to accounting and ERP partners referring enterprise deals, not something a review site can run a tracked link through (avalara.com/partner/en/deal.html)
- The 1099 & W-9 product page itself makes no security or compliance claim, no SOC 2 badge or similar, unlike both Tax1099 and TaxBandits, which display compliance badges directly on their pricing pages (avalara.com/us/en/products/1099.html)
How much does Avalara 1099 & W-9 really cost?
| Starting price | $3.10 per form |
|---|---|
| Permanent free tier | No |
| Price last verified | October 23, 2026, against the live pricing page at avalara.com |
Avalara 1099 & W-9 is the product built and sold for years as Track1099 before Avalara, the large tax-compliance company best known for sales-tax automation, acquired and rebranded it. Federal e-filing starts at $3.10 per form, the highest entry price of the three tools in this guide, but Avalara wins back ground with two things neither competitor bundles for free: W-9/W-8 collection, up to a yearly cap by plan, and e-delivery to recipients. Reviews still sit mostly under the old Track1099 name, and there are only 8 of them total across G2, Capterra and Trustpilot, a tiny sample next to Tax1099’s hundreds. The star ratings here deserve real skepticism.
What Avalara 1099 & W-9 is for
The product covers the 1099 series plus W-9/W-8 collection and storage, and connects to QuickBooks, Xero, BILL, Oracle NetSuite, Microsoft Dynamics, SAP, Sage, Salesforce, Shopify, WooCommerce and BigCommerce, the broadest and most enterprise-leaning integration list of the three tools here. That makes it a reasonable fit if your business already runs on one of those platforms and wants 1099 filing to plug into an existing workflow rather than live as a standalone tool. For a freelancer or small creator business with no ERP or CRM to connect, the integration depth matters less than the pricing itself.
What it actually costs
| Forms in the batch | Price per form |
|---|---|
| 1–15 | $3.10 |
| 16–165 | $2.30 |
| 166–500 | $1.30 |
| 501+ | $0.63 |
Five forms at the lowest tier run $15.50; 25 fall into the next tier at $2.30 each, for $57.50. State filing is separate and flat at $1.49 per form regardless of volume: $7.45 for 5 forms, $37.25 for 25. We priced both totals at the whole-batch tier rate shown on the pricing page, and Avalara doesn’t confirm at checkout whether a lower tier applies to every form in the batch or only the forms above the threshold, so treat these as approximate. Where Avalara pulls ahead is recipient delivery: PDF download and e-delivery are both included free, while Tax1099 and TaxBandits each charge $0.50 per form for the equivalent. That makes Avalara the cheapest total cost at low volume for anyone who delivers recipient copies by email only, no postal mail: $15.50 for 5 forms against TaxBandits’ $16.25 and Tax1099’s $17.45. Choose postal mail instead and the math flips back: $1.84 per mailing in the standard window, rising to $2.89 during the January 27-31 peak week.
The real differentiator: free W-9 collection
Every finalist in this guide eventually needs W-9s from new contractors, and Avalara is the only one that doesn’t charge per form for collecting them. The Individual plan includes 25 free collections a year, Professional 250, and Enterprise 2,000, against Tax1099’s $1-per-form charge for the same task. That’s a genuine saving for a business that onboards contractors steadily through the year rather than once at tax time. It’s worth being precise about what’s actually free here: collection and storage of the W-9 itself cost nothing up to your plan’s cap, but filing the 1099 built from that contractor’s information still costs the standard per-form e-file rate above. Free collection is not free filing, and nothing about this plan waives the e-filing fee.
Why the ratings deserve skepticism
Avalara 1099 & W-9’s review history is thin almost everywhere you look, and what exists is split across two product names. Under the Track1099 listing, G2 shows 3.8 stars from 5 reviews, Capterra shows 3.0 from 2 reviews, and Trustpilot shows 3.7 from a single review on a profile marked unclaimed. Eight total reviews, across three platforms, is not enough data to call any of these numbers a reliable signal, and buyers should weigh that against Tax1099’s 740 combined Trustpilot and Capterra reviews before assuming similar reliability. The one independent complaint theme that surfaces, a 2025 app-store review describing slow, email-only support with no phone option, is a single data point rather than a pattern, but it’s the only specific complaint available to check against.
Who should skip it
Avalara 1099 & W-9 is a weak fit for anyone chasing the lowest per-form sticker price; both Tax1099 and TaxBandits undercut its $3.10 entry rate. It’s also not the strongest pick if you want a large body of independent reviews to judge a vendor by before you commit; 8 total reviews is thin evidence either way. Where it earns its badge is W-9 collection: anyone who spends real time each year chasing down contractor tax forms should weigh the free collection allowance against the higher base e-file price before ruling it out. See the full tradeoff across all three tools in our 1099 filing software guide.
Pricing note: Avalara 1099 & W-9, the product built and sold for years as Track1099 before Avalara's acquisition, charges per form on a four-tier federal rate card: $3.10 each for 1-15 forms, $2.30 for 16-165, $1.30 for 166-500, and $0.63 for 501 and up, the highest entry price of the three tools in this guide. We priced the worked totals in this review at the whole-batch tier rate, which is how the card reads, but Avalara doesn't confirm at checkout whether the discount covers the whole batch or only the forms above the threshold, so treat these as approximate. State filing is a flat $1.49 per form at any volume, no tiers to track, unlike Tax1099's unclear state pricing or TaxBandits' participation-dependent fee. Recipient delivery is where Avalara actually wins on cost: both PDF download and e-delivery are included free, while postal mail runs $1.84 per mailing in the standard January-April window and jumps to $2.89 during the Jan 27-31 peak week ($3.68 with foreign postage). TIN matching costs $0.45 per form and address validation $0.07 per form. The real differentiator is W-9/W-8 collection, free up to a yearly cap by plan: 25 on the Individual plan, 250 on Professional, 2,000 on Enterprise. Free collection isn't free filing, though; every collected form still costs the per-form e-file rate above once you actually submit it to the IRS. Annual or subscription platform fees aren't disclosed on the public pricing page; Avalara asks you to contact sales for that number.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Avalara 1099 & W-9 cost for 5 or 25 forms?
Federal e-filing runs $3.10 per form in the 1-15 tier, so 5 forms costs $15.50, and $2.30 per form in the 16-165 tier, so 25 forms costs $57.50. E-delivery to recipients is included free, so those are also the email-only totals. Add standard-rate postal mail at $1.84 per mailing and the totals become $24.70 and $103.50; file during the January 27-31 peak week at $2.89 per mailing and they become $29.95 and $129.75. State filing is separate at a flat $1.49 per form: $7.45 for 5 forms, $37.25 for 25. One disclosure worth stating plainly: we priced the batch at the tier rate shown on Avalara's pricing page, since that's how the card reads, but Avalara doesn't confirm at checkout whether a lower tier covers every form in the batch or only the forms above the threshold.
Does Avalara 1099 & W-9 file state 1099s?
Yes, at a flat $1.49 per form regardless of volume, the simplest state-pricing structure of the three tools in this guide. There's no tier to track and no dependency on whether your state participates in a combined federal-state program.
Is W-9 collection really free with Avalara?
Collection is free up to a yearly cap set by your plan: 25 forms on the Individual plan, 250 on Professional, 2,000 on Enterprise. That covers gathering and storing the W-9 or W-8 itself. Filing the 1099 built from that contractor's information still costs the standard per-form e-file rate; free collection isn't free filing.
When is the 1099-NEC deadline for tax year 2026 forms?
Both the recipient and IRS copies of Form 1099-NEC are due by January 31 under the standard rule, and January 31, 2027 falls on a Sunday, which shifts the tax year 2026 deadline to Monday, February 1, 2027, per the IRS Instructions for Forms 1099-MISC and 1099-NEC (Rev. December 2026, irs.gov/instructions/i1099mec). The same instructions raise the reporting threshold for nonemployee compensation to $2,000 for payments made after December 31, 2025, up from the old $600 line. This isn't tax advice, so confirm both figures against the current IRS instructions or a tax professional before you rely on them.
Is Avalara 1099 & W-9 IRS-authorized?
Avalara describes itself as IRS-approved for e-filing through both IRIS and FIRE, the IRS's two named information-return systems, a more specific and checkable claim than most competitors' generic 'IRS-authorized' label, though we didn't find independent confirmation on an IRS-hosted provider list either.
Bottom line
Avalara 1099 & W-9 charges the highest per-form federal e-file price of the three, but it's the only one that bundles free W-9 collection and free recipient e-delivery, which makes it the cheapest total cost for a low-volume, email-only filer despite the sticker price. Its reviews, just 8 total across G2, Capterra and Trustpilot, and still filed under the old Track1099 name, are too thin to treat as a reliable signal either way.
