Comparing TXF and Instead for AI tax preparation? TXF extracts the values from your client's documents for you to review, then sends the return to the ProConnect or Drake you already use, priced per return. Instead is an AI tax agent that prepares, reviews and e-files returns on its own tax engine, priced per credit.
Your first 3 returns are free. No card required.
Sample W-2.pdf
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Correct any value against the document beside it. Your corrections save automatically and carry through to export.
Looking for a Instead alternative? Here is a side-by-side comparison of the two AI tax software tools: pricing, setup, supported documents and the ProConnect and Drake integrations. Where Instead does more, we say so.
As low as $20 a return, published on the site, with every feature included and no minimum purchase.
Instead: Credits from $30, priced on a sales call
TXF sends reviewed returns into ProConnect or Drake, so you finish the return where you always have.
Instead: Replaces your tax software with its own engine
Send your client a secure link and their documents land in the right work request.
Instead: Documents synced from Google Drive, OneDrive or Box
Sign up, get your first 3 returns free, then buy as few as 1 return at a time.
Instead: Annual agreement required for agent credits
“Generative AI can level the playing field between smaller and larger firms.”
“TXF has revolutionized our workflow efficiency, reducing manual data entry by 75% and allowing our team to focus on higher-value advisory services for our clients.”
“The integration capabilities with our existing tax software made implementation seamless. Our clients love the faster turnaround times and increased accuracy.”
Upload what your clients send, review what TXF extracts, and export to ProConnect or Drake. Every value passes your review before it reaches a return.
Drop in a client's W-2s, 1099s, 1098s and last year's return. TXF identifies each one and extracts every value.
Check every value beside the line it came from, in the order you choose. Fixes save as you type.
ProConnect gets the return directly. For Drake, drop TXF's file in your Imports folder and Drake picks it up when you open the return.
Your first 3 returns are free. No card required.
TXF integrates with Intuit ProConnect Tax and Drake Tax. Reviewed returns go straight into ProConnect, and Drake imports them from a single file, with nothing to install.
Connect once through Intuit. Every return you review and export arrives in ProConnect as a new client return.
One file per return. Drop it in your Drake Imports folder and Drake offers to import it when you start the return.
Your first 3 returns are free
No card required.
