Two companies, one product: a form filed with a state. Both lead with $0 plus the state fee, both file the same articles of organization, and both take the same number of days, because the days belong to the state. The decision is not who files it. It is what the tier above $0 is worth, and what neither company includes at any price.
Prices below were read from both companies' own pages on September 27, 2026, and the sources are listed at the end.
Incfile Is Bizee Now
The first thing to know is that this page compares two brands where one of them no longer uses that name. Incfile rebranded to Bizee, and incfile.com redirects there. The packages are sold as Basic at $0 plus the state fee, Standard at $199 and Premium at $299, each described as a one-time payment.
That matters for anyone following an old link or an old review: the pricing changed with the name, and the current numbers are the Bizee ones.
The Two $0 Tiers
| Bizee Basic | LegalZoom Basic | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0 plus the state filing fee | $0 plus the state filing fee |
| What it does | Prepares and files the articles of organization | Prepares and files the articles of organization, with a business name check |
| What it does not include | Operating agreement, EIN, registered agent | Operating agreement, EIN, registered agent |
Neither free tier is a teaser in the sense that matters: in both cases the filing happens and the LLC exists. The state fee is the same whichever company you use, because it is the state's charge, and Bizee states on its own site that the range across states runs from about $10 to $500.
The Paid Tiers, and What They Buy
Bizee's Standard is $199 and its Premium is $299. LegalZoom's Pro is $249 and its Premium is $299. At both companies these are one-time charges rather than subscriptions, which is not true of every provider in this category, and it is worth checking that line on any comparison before trusting a headline price.
What the middle tier buys is documents and convenience rather than the filing itself. LegalZoom's Pro adds an operating agreement, an EIN request, 30 days of attorney consultations, access to a library of legal documents and a website builder. Bizee's Standard and Premium are priced on its page, and the line-by-line contents of those packages render with script rather than appearing as text, so this review does not list them. What Bizee sells alongside the formation is visible in its service menu: an annual report service, a registered agent service, articles of amendment, foreign qualification, a certificate of good standing, reinstatement, and dissolution.
Two of those inclusions turn into subscriptions at LegalZoom when their included period ends, and the page prints both renewal prices: the attorney consultations renew at $49 a month and the bookkeeping tools at $9.99 a month, both cancellable. That is disclosed rather than hidden, and it is still the number to put on a calendar.
What Both Sell Separately
Two things every LLC needs are outside both companies' formation packages, and the pricing pages say so by omission: a registered agent, which every state requires, and the annual report that keeps the entity in good standing.
For scale, ZenBusiness publishes $199 a year for registered agent service, which gives a sense of what that service trades at. Neither Bizee nor LegalZoom printed a registered agent price on the pages read for this review, so treat those as the numbers to look up at checkout rather than the numbers to assume.
Filing It Yourself
The honest baseline is that both companies are selling a walkthrough of a form your state publishes. Filing directly costs the state fee and an evening, and the resulting LLC is identical: the same articles, the same register entry, the same entity.
What you would be paying for is the part that goes wrong for first-timers: a field that makes no sense, a name that fails the availability check, a registered agent address you have not thought about. If those are likely, the $199 to $299 is a fee for someone to answer the phone. If they are not, the state's website is the cheaper vendor.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Incfile still called Incfile?
No. incfile.com now redirects to bizee.com, and the packages are sold under the Bizee name: Basic at $0 plus the state fee, Standard at $199 and Premium at $299, all described as one-time payments. The URL of this page is a legacy of the old name, and the comparison below is between Bizee and LegalZoom.
Do Bizee and LegalZoom charge the same for the free tier?
Both are $0 plus the state filing fee. Bizee describes its Basic package as the core features for the lowest price, and LegalZoom’s Basic prepares and files the articles of organization and includes a business name check. Neither free tier is a trial: both do the filing that creates the LLC.
What does the next tier up cost at each?
Bizee Standard is $199 and Premium is $299, both one-time. LegalZoom Pro is $249 and Premium is $299, also one-time, with two features inside the paid tiers that turn into subscriptions later: attorney consultations renew at $49 a month and the bookkeeping tools at $9.99 a month.
What do both companies charge extra for?
Registered agent service and the annual report. Both are required in most states, and both companies sell them outside the formation packages. ZenBusiness prices its registered agent service at $199 a year, which is a useful reference point for what that service costs in this market, and neither of these two prints its own price on the pages this review read.
Can I skip both and file myself?
Yes. The articles of organization are filed on your state’s website, the form is short, and the only unavoidable cost is the state fee, which Bizee states ranges from about $10 to $500 depending on the state. What you are buying from either company is a guided flow and someone to call when a field is unclear.
Sources
Prices, plan contents and quoted wording were checked against these pages on September 27, 2026.
- Bizee pricing, for the Basic, Standard and Premium prices, the one-time payment terms, and the stated range of state filing fees
- LegalZoom LLC pricing, for the $0, $249 and $299 tiers and the $49 a month and $9.99 a month renewal terms
- ZenBusiness pricing, for the $199 a year registered agent price used as a market reference
For the same question across three providers, see LegalZoom vs Bizee vs ZenBusiness, and for the detail on one of them, the LegalZoom LLC review.
