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Online legal services can assist you in聽
resolving certain simple legal matters聽聽
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without the need for an attorney. Today in this聽
review, I will be reviewing two of the best legal聽聽
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services out there: LegalZoom and Incfile.
I will first give a brief overview for both聽聽
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companies and then I鈥檒l dive into the head-to-head聽
comparison of these two legal services聽聽
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in terms of price, features, ease聽
of use, and customer service.聽
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After that, I鈥檒l go through its pros and聽
cons and finally give my final verdict.聽
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both inkfile and legalzoom offer legal聽
services online but they specialize in聽聽
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distinct areas first click on the link in the聽
description or type this into your browser聽聽
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it will take you to my special discount page where聽
you will get the best deal currently on offer inc聽聽
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file started in 2004 assists with new business and聽
once established with company tax and compliance聽聽
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legal zoom started way back in 1999. it is more聽
like a full service provider of legal services聽聽
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they can assist you with new business information聽
and compliance just like ink file other legal聽聽
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requirements such as preparing contracts and even聽
filing a trademark registration can be addressed聽聽
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by them for more in-depth legal work they'll even聽
put you in touch with an attorney in their network聽聽
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let's dive into a head-to-head comparison for more聽
specifics if you're looking for an online legal聽聽
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service you'll most likely want to know about how聽
a particular service measures up in terms of price聽聽
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features ease of use and customer service let's聽
see first who offers better monetary value beyond聽聽
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the formation of your llc ink file and legalzoom聽
provide other business formation services聽聽
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some features can be purchased separately giving聽
you even more pricing options for equivalent聽聽
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services a file is less expensive than legal zoom聽
ink file will form an llc for zero dollars plus聽聽
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state fees with no strings attached legal zoom聽
on the other hand charges 79 to set up an llc聽聽
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obviously paying nothing is preferable to聽
spending ninety nine dollars for similar services聽聽
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what gets inkfile an even better value is that聽
they incorporate more relevant points in their聽聽
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llc creation plans than legalzoom here's a much聽
more detailed discussion about their pricing聽聽
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inkfile has three tiers for business formation聽
services silver gold and platinum the silver tier聽聽
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of ink file is absolutely free you just need聽
to pay state filing fees and covers the next聽聽
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business day filing of registration paperwork聽
with the state a name availability check and聽聽
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phone and email assistant the gold tier costs 149聽
dollars this covers company bylaws or an llc user聽聽
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agreement minutes of meetings and form 2553 filing聽
that is if you want your business to be taxed as聽聽
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an s corp finally at dollars the platinum tier聽
includes a company web page and domain name on the聽聽
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other hand the economy plan costs 79 the standard聽
tier costs 329 the express gold tier costs 349聽聽
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dollars with three tiers offered by legalzoom the聽
speed with which documents are filed and delivered聽聽
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is what distinguishes the tiers all tiers of ink聽
file have guaranteed next business day processing聽聽
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legalzoom processes formation papers in 7 to 35聽
business days overall ink file is less expensive聽聽
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than legal zoom in forming an llc or corporation聽
and provides far more in terms of overall pricing聽聽
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structure unfortunately legalzoom has been聽
widely chastised online for its aggressive聽聽
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upselling tactics and lack of transparency in聽
pricing so i'm giving inkfile their first win聽聽
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if you're focusing more on features let's see who聽
has a wider spectrum the operating agreement and聽聽
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employer identification number or ein services聽
provided by inkfile are less expensive a la carte聽聽
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than those provided by legalzoom and are also聽
included in their more premium business bundles聽聽
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legalzoom no longer includes these essential聽
elements in any of its business creation packages聽聽
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instead they are supplied in addition聽
to the charges of forming an llc聽聽
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which means the price can quickly build up聽
so ordering legal zoom standard with an ein聽聽
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operating agreement and registered agent services聽
would cost over five hundred dollars more聽聽
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you heard me right because while they save聽
you ninety nine dollars compared to legalzoom聽聽
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ink file offers substantially greater value a聽
year of registered agent service is not cheap聽聽
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and adding this item to your legal zoom formation聽
package will cost you 299 dollars at that moment聽聽
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the choice is simply between spending zero dollars聽
and spending 378 dollars inkfile also charges聽聽
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a lot more functionality than legalzoom without聽
charging extra with any formation package inkfile聽聽
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includes a full year of registered agent service聽
and a 30 minute business tax counseling which聽聽
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legalzoom does not offer with that another win for聽
inkfile here's a quick question for you what is聽聽
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your business that you're looking to form an llc聽
for let me know in the comment section below now聽聽
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let's look at whose platform has more edge there聽
is one factor where these companies are even with聽聽
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well-explained web pages both of them may save you聽
a lot of time and trouble the only disadvantage is聽聽
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that legalzoom gradually introduces a slew of聽
add-ons that might significantly increase your聽聽
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overall price unlike most companies legalzoom聽
does not allow you to start the application聽聽
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by selecting a package instead you provide your聽
personal information first and proceed through a聽聽
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series of quite expensive upsells before choosing聽
your formation package it's a little complicated聽聽
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and it can lead to some very high prices by the聽
time you get to the package selection screen聽聽
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ink file does have add-ons but they aren't quite聽
as overbearing or aggressive as they could be聽聽
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when you sign up for ink file your steps are聽
customized based on the state you're creating聽聽
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a business in and the business type you want to聽
start there are also small question marks and聽聽
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hyperlinks scattered throughout the application to聽
help you learn more about a certain topic or form聽聽
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entry there may be a few upsells and third-party聽
offers to consider but if you choose any of them聽聽
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your listed cost is promptly updated on the screen聽
with ink file there are no surprises don't get me聽聽
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wrong both online llc services are highly user聽
friendly with a straightforward design and easy聽聽
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to use navigation features for business owners聽
inc file on the other hand provides a continuing聽聽
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dashboard for their clients after they've launched聽
their business the dashboard serves as a single聽聽
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store for crucial papers that the users can view聽
at any time following the formation of their llc聽聽
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inkfile's ordering process is considerably聽
more easy and streamlined than legal zooms聽聽
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especially when considering how the legal zoom聽
purchase forms appear to start at the end and go聽聽
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backward by requiring you to select your add-ons聽
before deciding what you've added them to with聽聽
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that inkfile's platform has definitely more edge聽
than legal zooms let's look now at how they handle聽聽
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customer support these are both large companies聽
with huge support networks and as a result they聽聽
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are both a little inconsistent with a company this聽
large some representatives may be more helpful聽聽
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than others and legalzoom is no exception when it聽
comes to ink file the response times can be quite聽聽
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substantial with wait times exceeding 24 hours at聽
times here are some of the ink file reviews from聽聽
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trustpilot.com quick and simple also the dashboard聽
they provide makes it easy to stay up to date and聽聽
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current on any business issues having to do with聽
the llc this company is definitely in my list of聽聽
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trusted companies by now the services are quick聽
and provided in an extremely professional manner聽聽
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allowing me to focus on my business the ux of the聽
online dashboard is clean and easy to understand聽聽
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highly recommended here are some of the聽
legal zoom reviews from their website聽聽
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i had never started a business before so legalzoom聽
was a perfect place to go it let me take my vision聽聽
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for the company and make it a reality legally i聽
think too many people expect too much from this聽聽
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company let's be clear when you do business with聽
legalzoom it's not the same as hiring an attorney聽聽
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but for simple legal tasks it's hard聽
to beat legalzoom under great prices聽聽
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on a good note customer service is one area聽
where legalzoom appears to be the clear victor聽聽
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legalzoom's customer assistance is provided more聽
hours and reviews on platforms are more available聽聽
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than ink file legalzoom outranks ink file because聽
it has more reviews on platforms like site jabber聽聽
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for 661 reviews resulting in a 3.3 over 5 rating聽
their phone help line is also open 34 additional聽聽
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hours a week including additional hours on聽
weekdays and on saturdays do you like the level聽聽
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of detail i'm providing you in my review so far聽
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now let's look at both legal zoom and ink聽
file strengths and weaknesses let's talk聽聽
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about legalzoom first pros legalzoom provides聽
a money-back guarantee within 60 days purchase聽聽
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most other online legal aid includes trial聽
periods but few are as long as this one聽聽
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they also provide access to tax lawyers as well聽
as an animal business appraisal by a lawyer聽聽
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both of which are things that most online legal聽
services do not give cons however their client聽聽
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feedback is sporadic they have a 3.5 rating out of聽
5 on site jabber over half of their comments are聽聽
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perfect 5 star ratings yet there is also plenty聽
of criticism customer support is inconsistent as聽聽
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it is often the case with huge corporations some聽
people have positive interactions with their sales聽聽
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people while others believe they're being taken聽
advantage of now let's take a look into inkfile聽聽
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they are one of the most cost effective business聽
formation providers on the market with prices聽聽
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starting at zero dollars plus state fees other聽
providers such as legalzoom have starting prices聽聽
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as high as seventy nine dollars therefore ink file聽
saves you up to seventy nine dollars straight away聽聽
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ink file has some extremely useful features聽
such as online storage for your formation files聽聽
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and a customized dashboard that monitors聽
crucial dates and compliance notifications聽聽
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these will assist you in staying completely up聽
to date in future state regulations cons although聽聽
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many clients appear to be confused about how the聽
registered agent service would be extended after聽聽
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the first year the website states that the first聽
year is free however clients who chose inc file聽聽
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as their registry agent were unaware that they聽
would have to pay to change their registered agent聽聽
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and that they would have to pay after the first聽
year lastly they have very poor customer reviews聽聽
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a slow turnaround time and limited support options聽
final verdict inc file wins after conducting聽聽
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extensive research on ink file and legalzoom i聽
will say that inkfile is one of the finest llc聽聽
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services for beginning your business ink file聽
beats legalzoom with three category wins which聽聽
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are the price features and ease of use this leaves聽
legalzoom winning the customer service category if聽聽
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you want to save money appreciate stellar customer聽
service that is supported by excellent evaluations聽聽
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and want to obtain speedy detailed online business聽
formation services inkfile is right for you on聽聽
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their website there's also a learning section聽
with information on a number of issues such as聽聽
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company license requirements annual report filing聽
schedules and online resources their prices are聽聽
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more open and easy to find on their website聽
whereas legalzoom's price is more ambiguous聽聽
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if you want a well-known brand continuous聽
legal services after the llc has been formed聽聽
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and believe you may require regular assistance聽
and support for reasons other than business聽聽
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you can consider legalzoom if you want more聽
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you check out these next two videos here where i聽
conduct an in-depth review and tutorial on these聽聽
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two companies to see if they are right for you so聽
check them out and i'll see you in that next video
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