The internet has loud opinions here, mostly from people selling one or the other. Here is the no-agenda version.
- DIY is genuinely fine for simple cases: one founder, one US state, standard LLC, no visa or tax complications. State fee plus a registered agent, done in an afternoon. - The concierge earns its fee when it is not simple: offshore legalizations, multi-founder setups, filings that must be right the first time. - Compare: what is bundled, year-two renewal cost, whether support is human, and how they handle problems. - Read the bad reviews first. They tell you what happens when things go wrong, which is the only part of a service that actually matters. - One honest middle ground: DIY the easy domestic filing, pay for help on the hard cross-border one.
Run the five-year math on both routes; the sticker gap is often smaller than expected. Either way, IncorpTrack files US companies for $49 plus the state fee, with EIN, banking, and registered agent help included.