Bizee Review 2026
Bizee's Basic plan really is $0 plus your state fee and it includes a year of registered agent service. The catch is the cart, where an EIN costs $70, an operating agreement $99, and the agent renews at $149 a year.
Our Verdict
3.0
Based on our independent review
60+ hours of research
Ease of Use
3.5/5
Pricing & Value
2.5/5
Features & Add-ons
3.5/5
Customer Support
2.0/5
Formation Speed
4.0/5
Pricing Transparency
2.5/5
Privacy & Data
3.0/5
Best For: Founders who want the lowest upfront cost and will get their own EIN from the IRS.
True Year 1 Cost: $110
Year 2+ (renewal): $149
Top Advantages
- Basic plan is $0 plus the state fee, a one time charge with no annual formation fee
- A year of registered agent service comes with every package, a $149 value
- Every add on shows its price in the cart, so the $70 EIN and $99 operating agreement are easy to skip
$0 + state fees
In This Article
How We Tested Bizee
We tested Bizee by going through the complete checkout process for a new LLC. We documented every upsell, analyzed the auto-renewal terms for the registered agent service, and checked BBB and Trustpilot records to verify customer sentiment.
Bizee Overview
What is Bizee?
Bizee is a Houston company. It traded as Incfile for nearly two decades from 2004 before the rename, and it says it has formed over 1,000,000 businesses. It sells one thing above all, an LLC filing for $0 plus your state fee. The two paid packages, Standard at $199 and Premium at $299, bundle the extras the free plan sells as checkboxes.
The free plan does what it says. Bizee prepares and files your Articles of Organization and runs the name search. You get a dashboard that tracks documents and deadlines, and a first year of registered agent service. The money moves in the order form, so this review spends most of its time there.
What the one star reviews say
Bizee scores 4.8 on Trustpilot from 26,037 reviews. It pays for a Trustpilot subscription and invites customers to review. The 1,092 one star reviews repeat four complaints. An EIN that never arrived months after payment. Weeks with no update in the dashboard. A virtual address added to the order. No way to cancel a renewal online.
What Bizee Actually Costs
True Cost Analysis
Year 1 Total Cost
$110
Includes all fees + state filing
Year 2+ Annual Cost
$149
Recurring renewal fees
Year one is the free Basic plan plus the $110 Delaware state fee we use as the benchmark on every review. The first year of registered agent service is free. Year two is the agent renewal alone, $149 a year at Bizee's own price. It renews on its own unless you cancel.
Bizee Pricing Plans
See live pricing →Basic
$0
+ state fee
- Preparation and filing of your Articles of Organization
- Unlimited name availability searches
- Registered agent service, first year included, $149 a year after
- Virtual address, first month included, $29 a month after
- Online dashboard, banking resolution and business tax consultation
Standard
Most Popular$199
+ state fee
- Everything in Basic
- Employer Identification Number (EIN), $70 on its own
- Operating agreement, $99 on its own
- Lifetime compliance alerts and unlimited phone and email support
- Faster processing, about 2 weeks by Bizee's own estimate
Premium
$299
+ state fee
- Everything in Standard
- Expedited filing included
- Ready to use business contract templates
- Domain name and business email
- Business phone number offer, US clients only
Bizee Pros and Cons
Pros
- Basic plan is $0 plus the state fee, a one time charge with no annual formation fee
- A year of registered agent service comes with every package, a $149 value
- Every add on shows its price in the cart, so the $70 EIN and $99 operating agreement are easy to skip
- Trustpilot 4.8 from 26,037 reviews and Bizee answers every negative review, in under a day on average
- The online dashboard, a business tax consultation and the S corp election form come with the free plan
Cons
- Standard processing takes 3 to 6 weeks in most states unless you pay $50 or more to expedite
- The agent renews at $149 a year and the virtual address at $29 a month unless you cancel
- The order form lists phone and email support and compliance alerts under Standard and Premium only, and there is no live chat on any plan
- One star reviews describe EINs that never arrived and weeks with no dashboard update
Upsell Pressure & Hidden Fees
Transparency Check, We Documented Every Upsell
Bizee earns on the free plan in the cart. On the Basic package the EIN is a $70 checkbox and the operating agreement is a $99 checkbox. You can do both yourself. The IRS issues an EIN free online in about ten minutes. Basic also includes the first month of a virtual address, a $29 a month service that keeps billing unless you cancel it. The registered agent is free for year one and renews at $149 a year on the card you enter at checkout. Expedited filing is $50 in 41 states and $100 in Delaware, Louisiana, Maine and Washington DC. None of this is hidden. Every price sits next to its box. Tick everything, though, and a $0 order becomes $169 today, plus $149 a year for the agent and $29 a month for the address.
Pricing Transparency Score
2.5/5
5 = Fully transparent pricing · 1 = Heavy upsell pressure
What Real Customers Say
Reddit / Community Sentiment
Founders on Reddit call Bizee (formerly Incfile) the cheapest way to get an LLC filed. Most who used only the free plan report no problems. The repeated warnings are about the cart, the $70 EIN checkbox and the add ons that renew. The other complaint is slow answers from support when a filing goes wrong.
Is Bizee Right for You?
Best For These Founders
Bootstrapped founders
You pay the state fee and nothing else if you leave every checkbox empty. In Montana that is $35, in Delaware $143 at Bizee's checkout.
Founders happy to get their own EIN
The IRS issues an Employer Identification Number free online in about ten minutes. Skipping Bizee's $70 checkbox is the single biggest saving in the cart.
Single member LLCs with no rush
Bizee quotes 3 to 6 weeks for a standard filing in most states. If that fits your timeline you never need the paid tiers.
Consider Alternatives If…
You need the LLC filed this week and will not pay Bizee's $50 to $100 expedite fee.
You want live chat or weekend help. Bizee answers by phone and email, Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Central, and lists that support on the paid plans.
You want one flat price with no renewals. The agent renews at $149 a year and the virtual address at $29 a month unless you cancel.
The Checkout Add Ons
Bizee's cart is where a $0 order grows. Every add on carries its price next to its checkbox, so the job is knowing which ones to skip. The EIN is $70 and the IRS issues the same number free online in about ten minutes. The operating agreement is $99 and our operating agreement guide covers a single member LLC for nothing.
| Item in the cart | Price on Basic | Do it yourself |
|---|---|---|
| Federal Tax ID (EIN) | $70 | Free at irs.gov in about ten minutes |
| Operating agreement | $99 | Free template, see our operating agreement guide |
| Expedited filing | $50 in 41 states, $100 in Delaware, Louisiana, Maine and Washington DC | Wait 3 to 6 weeks on the standard queue |
| Registered agent | Free year one, $149 a year after | Be your own agent, or compare partner agents on our LLC services table |
| Virtual address | First month included, $29 a month after | Use your own address if your state allows it |
Two lines in that table renew. The registered agent bills $149 a year from year two and the virtual address bills $29 a month from month two, both on the card you enter at checkout. Bizee's own order FAQ calls them optional to continue, which is true, and the one star reviews show that cancelling means calling or emailing support rather than clicking a button in the dashboard.
Registered Agent Service
Every Bizee package includes one year of registered agent service. Bizee values it at $149. After the first year it renews at $149 a year, the same price as Bizee's standalone agent service. The free year is a real saving. The second year is an ordinary agent price, neither the cheapest nor the dearest we test. Our LLC services comparison puts every partner's agent renewal on one table, so you can see where $149 sits today.
How Long Bizee Takes in Your State
Bizee quotes its queue on the order form before you pay. The standard queue is counted in weeks, not days. It is 3 weeks in 33 states and 4 weeks in 10. Delaware, Idaho, New Hampshire and West Virginia wait 6 weeks. The expedite fee is $50 in 41 states. Paying it moves you to a 1 business day queue in 19 states, and 2 to 3 business days in most of the rest. The table below is Bizee's own quote for all 50 states and Washington DC on the day we read it.
| State | State fee at Bizee | Standard queue | Expedite fee | Expedited turnaround |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | $236 | 3 weeks | $50 | 2 business days |
| Alaska | $250 | 3 weeks | $50 | 1 business day |
| Arizona | $87 | 4 weeks | $50 | 1 business day |
| Arkansas | $45 | 3 weeks | $50 | 6 business days |
| California | $75 | 4 weeks | $50 | 5 business days |
| Colorado | $50 | 3 weeks | $50 | 1 business day |
| Connecticut | $120 | 3 weeks | $50 | 2 business days |
| Delaware | $143 | 6 weeks | $100 | 3 business days |
| Florida | $125 | 3 weeks | $50 | 5 business days |
| Georgia | $110 | 4 weeks | $170 | 3 business days |
| Hawaii | $51 | 15 weeks | $50 | 66 business days |
| Idaho | $104 | 6 weeks | $90 | 2 business days |
| Illinois | $154 | 3 weeks | $152 | 1 business day |
| Indiana | $98 | 3 weeks | $50 | 2 business days |
| Iowa | $50 | 3 weeks | $50 | 2 business days |
| Kansas | $85 | 3 weeks | $50 | 1 business day |
| Kentucky | $40 | 3 weeks | $50 | 1 business day |
| Louisiana | $105 | 4 weeks | $100 | 3 business days |
| Maine | $175 | 11 weeks | $100 | 5 business days |
| Maryland | $196 | 5 weeks | $50 | 7 business days |
| Massachusetts | $520 | 3 weeks | $50 | 1 business day |
| Michigan | $50 | 4 weeks | $50 | 3 business days |
| Minnesota | $155 | 3 weeks | $50 | 1 business day |
| Mississippi | $54 | 3 weeks | $50 | 2 business days |
| Missouri | $52 | 3 weeks | $50 | 1 business day |
| Montana | $35 | 3 weeks | $70 | 2 business days |
| Nebraska | $103 | 3 weeks | $50 | 4 business days |
| Nevada | $436 | 3 weeks | $50 | 1 business day |
| New Hampshire | $102 | 6 weeks | $50 | 13 business days |
| New Jersey | $104 | 3 weeks | $50 | 1 business day |
| New Mexico | $52 | 3 weeks | $50 | 7 business days |
| New York | $205 | 3 weeks | $50 | 1 business day |
| North Carolina | $128 | 4 weeks | $50 | 6 business days |
| North Dakota | $135 | 3 weeks | $50 | 4 business days |
| Ohio | $99 | 4 weeks | $50 | 2 business days |
| Oklahoma | $104 | 3 weeks | $50 | 1 business day |
| Oregon | $100 | 3 weeks | $50 | 2 business days |
| Pennsylvania | $125 | 4 weeks | $50 | 2 business days |
| Rhode Island | $156 | 3 weeks | $50 | 1 business day |
| South Carolina | $132 | 3 weeks | $50 | 2 business days |
| South Dakota | $154 | 3 weeks | $50 | 1 business day |
| Tennessee | $308 | 3 weeks | $50 | 1 business day |
| Texas | $309 | 4 weeks | $50 | 2 business days |
| Utah | $59 | 5 weeks | $125 | 2 business days |
| Vermont | $155 | 3 weeks | $50 | 2 business days |
| Virginia | $100 | 3 weeks | $50 | 1 business day |
| Washington | $200 | 4 weeks | $50 | 3 business days |
| Washington DC | $99 | 3 weeks | $100 | 3 business days |
| West Virginia | $100 | 6 weeks | $75 | 4 business days |
| Wisconsin | $134 | 3 weeks | $50 | 1 business day |
| Wyoming | $103 | 3 weeks | $50 | 1 business day |
Customer Support Experience
Support is phone and email, Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Central. There is no live chat. Bizee's order form lists unlimited phone and email support, and its compliance alerts, under Standard and Premium only, so a Basic buyer should expect to work from the dashboard. Bizee replies to every negative Trustpilot review, in under a day on average. The five star reviews from the same week mostly thank a named agent for fixing an account problem. The one star reviews tell the other half. An EIN application with no answer for months. A filing with no dashboard update for two weeks. An expedited order that missed its date because Bizee adds a 24 hour review before it files.
If your filing is simple and your state's queue suits you, the support record will not matter. If you are paying for speed or an EIN, keep your order number and follow up by phone rather than waiting on the dashboard.
Bizee vs. Top Competitors
| Service | Learn More | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bizee Best Free Plan $0 3.0 | $0 | $110 | 3.0 | Founders who want the lowest upfront cost and will get their own EIN from the IRS. | Current Review |
 Northwest Registered Agent $39 4.8 | $39 | $149 | 4.8 | Privacy-conscious owners and personalized support | |
 ZenBusiness $0 4.5 | $0 | $209 | 4.5 | Guided platforms and simplified compliance | |
 LegalZoom $0 2.8 | $0 | $110 | 2.8 | Broad legal services beyond just formation |
Final Verdict
Bizee is the cheapest way to have someone else file your LLC. You pay $0 plus your state fee and get a year of registered agent service. The offer is exactly what it says. Two things keep it at 3.0. The cart sells a $70 EIN and a $99 operating agreement you can do yourself. And the free extras renew, the agent at $149 a year and the virtual address at $29 a month. Use Bizee if you will leave the boxes empty and can wait 3 to 6 weeks for a standard filing, or pay $50 to skip the queue. Pick a paid service if you want live support or one flat price with no renewals.
By Daniel Wong, Legal & Compliance Analyst
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About the Author
Legal & Compliance Analyst
Daniel grew up in the shadow of Silicon Valley but chose the legal route over engineering, working as a paralegal for a corporate law firm specializing in mergers and acquisitions. He realized that early-stage founders were constantly making catastrophic legal mistakes because they couldn't afford a $500/hour attorney, prompting his move to B2B media.
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