TaxScout vs Canopy 2026
Canopy publishes $74 per user per month billed annually, and prices tax workflow automation separately, from $34 per client per year. TaxScout includes everything — AI extraction, validation, and client portal — for one flat firm price — unlimited team members.
| Feature | TaxScout | Canopy |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | from $59/mo for the whole firm — unlimited team members | $74/user/mo billed annually |
| Smart Intake / AI Extraction | Included | Add-on — from $34/client/year |
| 5-Layer Validation Pipeline | ||
| All Features Included | ||
| Client Portal |
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What Canopy prices separately
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Where Canopy still leads.
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- IRS transcript retrieval and notice workflows, which TaxScout does not offer.
- An established practice-management footprint with modules a firm can buy independently.
- Longer track record in production and a larger support organization.
- Published integrations with a wider set of third-party tools.
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How this comparison was built.
| Compared on | 2026-08-01 |
| Firm size assumed | Six internal users — preparers, reviewers and admin combined. |
| Return volume assumed | 300 federal return workspaces in a filing season. |
| Billing terms | TaxScout figures are one of twelve payments on a 12-month term. Competitor figures are the vendor's published per-seat rate at the billing mode named in each cell; annual-billed and monthly-billed rates are never mixed within a row. |
| Price source | Competitor prices are the lowest published per-seat rate on each vendor's official pricing page, normalized to the billing mode shown. Figures we cannot verify from an official source are labeled rather than estimated. |
| Canopy figure | $74/user/mo (billed annually) — Standard tier, billed annually. Plus $109 and Premium $149 per user/month. Excludes add-ons. |
| Verification status | verified |
| Cell values used | Yes · No · Limited · Add-on · Planned · Not independently verified |
Source: Canopy published pricing. Vendors change prices without telling us. If a figure here is wrong or out of date, tell us and we will correct it and re-date the page.