Comparing doola for a Delaware LLC Formed From Abroad
doola bills its plans every year. With us you pay $399 one time plus Delaware's $110 filing fee, and after year one only the $99/yr registered agent renews.
Thinking about doola for your Delaware LLC? It's one of the best-known services for founders outside the United States, and it sells a wider range of products than we do. Below, doola's Starter plan sits next to our Non-US Founder Package, using the prices each company publishes. We sell a competing package, so weigh this accordingly.
What doola gets right
doola reports 22,000+ businesses formed, with founders spread across 175+ countries. That scale comes with range: formation plans, Pulse bookkeeping for $300 a year, federal and state tax returns under its Tax and Compliance plan, and Business-in-a-Box, which assigns you a bookkeeper.
It forms C-corps as well as LLCs, which helps if you haven't settled on an entity type, and it promotes a formation refund guarantee. If you'd like the company, the books, and the returns all from a single vendor, doola is designed around exactly that.
Feature comparison
| doola Starter | Our Non-US Founder Package | |
|---|---|---|
| Upfront price | $297 list, $237 promo (seen 2026-09-29) | $399, paid once |
| State fee | Extra | Extra: Delaware's $110 filing fee |
| What's included | Formation, EIN, operating agreement, registered agent | Certificate of Formation filed, registered agent for year one, EIN, bank account application |
| Recurring cost after year 1 | Plans billed annually; Starter renewal not published | $99/yr registered agent |
| EIN without SSN | Yes | Yes, via Form SS-4 by fax |
| Bank account help | Mercury referral (passport required) | We help you set up a bank account with our partners; your application is ready as soon as you sign |
| US tax filing (5472) | Tax and Compliance, $1,599 promo / $1,999 list per year; 5472 not named | Not included |
| States | Not listed on the pricing page | Delaware |
Checked against doola's pricing page and FAQ on September 29, 2026.
Cost in Delaware, year by year
| doola Starter | Our package | |
|---|---|---|
| Year one, with Delaware's $110 fee | $347 at the promo price, $407 at list | $509 |
| Year two onward | Starter renewal not published | $99 for the registered agent |
| Delaware's annual LLC tax ($400 for 2026) | Paid by you to the state | Paid by you to the state |
In year one doola comes out ahead, by $102 to $162 depending on which Starter price you get. For the years after, we can only vouch for our own number.
Why founders choose our package
The renewal is known before you buy. You pay $399 once. Registered agent service is the single thing we bill again, at $99 a year, and you can switch it off in your dashboard.
Your bank application is ready before your EIN. By the time you sign your SS-4, we've built an application for our partners out of your order details and attached your filed Certificate of Formation. Nothing leaves until you say yes, and the EIN catches up later on its own. Every account decision belongs to our partners, so approval can't be promised.
The no-SSN EIN route is handled. We draft the SS-4 following the IRS instructions for foreign applicants, you sign digitally, and we fax it. The IRS typically needs two to eight weeks and sells no fast track.
A staffed Delaware office. State law requires your agent to keep an office in Delaware that's generally open for business. Ours is, and we scan and forward anything served on your company.
Pick doola if
- You want the company that formed your LLC to prepare its federal and state tax returns.
- You'd like bookkeeping as an ongoing service.
- You're forming a C-corp.
- You care most about paying less in year one and can live without a published renewal price.
What you still owe Delaware and the IRS
Delaware LLCs skip the annual report, but each one pays the flat yearly LLC tax by June 1: $400 for 2026, charged in full even for a company formed late in the year. Many foreign-owned single-member LLCs also send the IRS a Form 5472 with a pro forma 1120 annually. That filing is outside our service; a tax adviser experienced with non-US owners should handle it.
See everything in our Non-US Founder Package
Questions
What does a Delaware LLC cost with doola compared with you?
doola's Starter plan showed a $237 promotional price when we checked ($297 list), with Delaware's $110 filing fee added on top, so about $347 to $407 for year one. Ours totals $509: the $399 package plus that same $110.
Does doola publish what Starter costs in year two?
No. doola says every plan is billed annually, yet its pricing page gives no separate renewal figure for Starter. Ask doola for it if the second-year bill affects your choice.
Who pays Delaware's annual LLC tax?
The LLC owner does. Delaware charges every LLC a flat tax by June 1, and it's $400 for 2026. It isn't part of our package, so check with doola how its plans treat it.
Can doola file my Form 5472?
doola's Tax and Compliance plan, $1,599 a year on promotion and $1,999 at list, covers federal and state returns. Form 5472 isn't named on that page, so confirm it with doola. We don't prepare tax returns.
Do I need to wait for an EIN before the bank application?
Not with our package. The application for our partners is complete the moment you sign the SS-4, Certificate of Formation included, and it's sent once you approve. Whether an account gets opened is up to our partners.
Prefer one payment and a $99 renewal?
$399 plus Delaware's $110 filing fee. Checkout lists the exact total before anything is charged.