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Independent financial research

Cross-border money, compared properly.

Seven datasets on the financial decisions that come with operating across borders, where every figure carries the date it was checked and every score is calculated from those figures rather than typed in.

Non-Resident Company Formation

Forming a US company from outside the US

All 5 providers, every figure, every source

5 providers, on what the company costs to start and what it costs every year to keep. Top 3 by computed score.

Segments show the tier reached, not the score:BasicStandardStrongExcellent

Both totals are calculated rather than quoted, from the provider’s own published fees and the state’s own fee schedule. Every figure behind them carries its own source and check date on the full comparison.

One decision leads to the next

Forming an entity creates the need for accounts, which creates the need to pay people, which creates filings. They are covered as one sequence, not as separate sites.

  1. Form the companyRegister an entity from outside the country it is registered in, and keep it standing.Formation5 compared
  2. Open the accountsHold, spend and receive in more than one currency once the entity exists.Neobanks4 compared
  3. Pay peoplePay contractors and staff across borders without a local entity in every country.Contractor Paymentsnot live yet
  4. FileMeet the filing obligations the first three steps create, in more than one jurisdiction.Expat Taxnot live yet

What is actually in here

Counted from the dataset at build time, not asserted.

Individually dated figures
60
Each with its own source and its own verification date, not a page-level timestamp.
Products compared
9
Published across 2 of 7 verticals. The rest show that plainly rather than filling up.
Primary sources
14
Provider pricing pages and state fee schedules. No figure is carried over from another comparison site.
Most recent check
Sep 2026
Figures past their vertical's recheck window are marked as due, not quietly left to look current.

What we cover

Each vertical is its own discipline, with its own rubric and its own re-verification cadence, rather than forced into one format.