Taxually vs VAT Sense

Taxually is a cloud platform for businesses handling indirect taxes across countries. It supports VAT, GST, and sales tax calculations, tax registration, and automated return filing, with web and API access listed. The product suite includes CrossTax for global VAT, LumaTax for US sales and use tax, EcoTax for environmental and producer responsibility obligations, and OneTax for consolidated tax payments. Taxually says the platform monitors tax thresholds and requirements across 100+ markets and calculates tax rates on transactions. Its e-invoicing product connects to authorities in 32 countries through one API for invoice submissions and clearance status. Data can come through integrations such as Amazon, Shopify, Stripe, Microsoft Dynamics, and NetSuite, or CSV and compatible file uploads. CrossTax validates data against more than 250 configured rules and records adjustments for audit visibility. The maker states its stack includes SOC II Type 2 certification, encryption, single sign-on, and access management. Taxually was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. Pricing is on request; listed EcoTax and OneTax charges include €5 per payment, €150 per year, €150 per filing, and €600 or €1,800 per year depending on reporting frequency.

VAT Sense is a REST API for VAT number checks and tax-related data, intended for use in other services. It validates numbers against live records in the UK, EU, Australia, Norway, Switzerland, South Africa, and Brazil, and provides EU VAT rates plus VAT and GST rates from other countries. It also supplies country data, currency conversions to GBP and EUR using official HMRC and European Central Bank rates, and VAT-compliant invoicing information. A validation can include an official government consultation number when the requester provides its own VAT number. The API requires HTTPS and HTTP Basic Auth. VAT Sense says client-side CORS requests are not supported because they could expose account API keys, and says the service uses 256-bit SSL. Client libraries are available for Python, Node.js, PHP, Go, Ruby, C#/.NET, and Java; the documentation also links to Postman collections. General limits are 300 requests per minute, with UK VAT validation limited to 3 requests per second. A free plan is available, and the pricing note lists paid plans from $6.99/mo. Plan prices exclude VAT, and payment can be in GBP, USD, or EUR.