The field
Same filing, different bill.
Formation providers all submit the same document to the same office. What separates them is the pricing shape — what is bundled, what is an add-on, and what the second year costs once the first-year discount has gone.
Standings
The categories, not a ranking
Nothing is published yet. These are the kinds of provider the write-ups will cover. The numbers are positions in a list and mean nothing else — there is no scoring on this site.
Named providers belong in the write-ups, where a claim can be dated and sourced. Putting them in a list on an empty site would imply a comparison nobody has made yet.
Ground rules
What holds across every write-up
No scores, no order of merit
The standings shape is a layout, not a judgement. Where one provider suits a case better, the reasoning is on the page.
Year two is quoted with year one
A first-year price without the renewal beside it is not a price. Both appear together or neither does.
The state fee is separated out
What the state charges is not what the provider charges. They are listed apart so the service fee is visible.
Affiliate links are disclosed
Some links earn a commission. It never sets the order things appear in, and it is stated on every page it applies to.