Stripe Atlas Alternative When Your LLC Belongs in Florida

Short verdict: Stripe Atlas is the better tool for a venture-bound Delaware corporation, and it can't give you a Florida LLC at all. If you've picked Florida, perhaps because your customers, a partner, or a warehouse are there, the choice is between Florida providers. Ours is one of them, and since we sell it, read this as a competitor's comparison.

Can Stripe Atlas form a Florida LLC?

No. Atlas files in Delaware only. It offers a Delaware LLC or C-corp, and nothing in Florida or any other state.

What Stripe Atlas does well

• Fundraising paperwork. 83(b) election filing, stock issuance, and SAFEs, on documents drafted by Cooley.
• One inclusive number. Its $500 absorbs Delaware's filing fee and the first year of agent service.
• Perks. Stripe credits worth $2,500 and partner offers Stripe values at around $50,000.
• Speed in Delaware. Next-day expedited filing.
• A fee that can vanish. Deposit $5,000 into Stripe Treasury and the $500 comes back.

Compared line by line

	Stripe Atlas	Our Non-US Founder Package
Upfront price	$500, one time	$399, one time
State fee	Included (Delaware)	Extra: $125 to Florida
What's included	Delaware LLC or C-corp, year-one registered agent, EIN, 83(b) filing, equity tools	Florida LLC, year-one registered agent, EIN, bank account application
Recurring cost after year 1	$100/yr registered agent; Delaware annual tax extra	$99/yr registered agent; Florida annual report fee extra
EIN without SSN	EIN included; no-SSN process not described on the page	Yes, Form SS-4 by fax
Bank account help	Stripe Treasury; fee refunded after a $5,000 deposit	We help you set up a bank account with our partners; your application is ready as soon as you sign
Annual report or tax filing	Neither	Neither
US tax filing (5472)	Not included	Not included
States	Delaware only	Florida

Atlas details from stripe.com/atlas, read September 29, 2026.

First-year and ongoing cost

1. Atlas, year one (Delaware): $500, or nothing after the Treasury refund.
2. Our package, year one (Florida): $399 + $125 = $524.
3. Atlas, each later year: $100 for its agent, and Delaware separately charges its $400 annual LLC tax.
4. Ours, each later year: $99 for the agent, and Florida separately charges $138.75 for the annual report.

Atlas wins year one by $24 before any refund. From the second year, the Delaware LLC costs about $500 annually in agent and state charges, against roughly $238 for our agent plus Florida's report. That gap is a result of the two states' fees as much as the two providers.

Annual obligations: Delaware versus Florida

Atlas doesn't file Delaware's tax for you, and we don't file Florida's report for you, so either way that part is yours. In Florida it means a Sunbiz filing between January 1 and May 1 at $138.75. After May 1 there's a $400 late fee with no waiver available, and a company still missing its report on the third Friday of September faces administrative dissolution.

How we're different

Built for Florida, not Delaware

We prepare your Articles of Organization, file them with the Division of Corporations, and serve as your registered agent at a street address in Florida, where a PO Box won't do.

An application, not an account type

Atlas steers customers to Stripe Treasury. We put together a bank account application for our partners from your checkout details, add your filed Articles, and it's complete by the time your signature is on the SS-4. Once you say go, we submit, and the IRS keeps processing your EIN meanwhile. Our partners alone decide on approval, which we can't guarantee.

EIN paperwork without an SSN

We fill in Form SS-4 for a responsible party with no SSN, get your electronic signature, and fax it. The IRS has no expedited lane for these; most arrive within two to eight weeks.

Pick Stripe Atlas if

• You're building a Delaware C-corp to raise a venture round.
• Equity grants, SAFEs, or an 83(b) election are on this month's to-do list.
• You'd hold $5,000 in Stripe Treasury anyway.

Pick our package if

• The business is an operating LLC and Florida is where you want it.
• You'd like the bank application written for you.
• A $99 agent renewal and Florida's $138.75 report fit your budget.

Neither provider prepares Form 5472, which many single-member LLCs owned by non-residents file with a pro forma 1120. A tax professional can confirm what applies to you.

Form a Florida LLC from outside the US

See everything in our Non-US Founder Package

FAQ

Can I form a Florida LLC through Stripe Atlas?

No. Atlas incorporates in Delaware only, either as an LLC or a C-corp. A non-resident set on Florida has to look elsewhere.

Is Atlas cheaper than your Florida package?

In year one, slightly. Atlas charges $500, which already pays Delaware's filing fee plus its first year as your agent, while our Florida total is $524. Park $5,000 in Stripe Treasury and Atlas refunds its fee.

What comes due each year afterward?

With Atlas in Delaware: $100 for the agent, plus Delaware's $400 yearly LLC tax, which the Atlas page leaves out. With us in Florida: $99 for the agent, plus the state's $138.75 annual report, which you file.

Should a startup planning to raise venture money use Atlas?

Probably. A Delaware C-corp with 83(b) filing, SAFEs, and Cooley-drafted paperwork is what investors expect, and Atlas does it well. We only form Florida LLCs.

How is banking handled by each?

Atlas points you to Stripe Treasury. We draft an application for our partners, complete as soon as your SS-4 is signed, and submit it once you say yes. Neither company can promise an account.