COMPARISON
Best LegalZoom Alternative for Florida Businesses
LegalZoom, Bizee, or ZenBusiness — what's the best fit for a Florida business?
If you're shopping LLC formation services, you've probably landed on the big three: LegalZoom, Bizee, and ZenBusiness. They're all legitimate, and for a plain national filing, any of them works. But if you're starting a business in Florida and you want to actually open — not just register — it's worth understanding what each one does and doesn't do.
What they all have in common
They're national services built to file your LLC and sell you add-ons. They form the entity, then leave you to assemble the business — website, phone, Google profile, local licensing — on your own. None of them touch Florida's local layer: the city and county business tax receipts, certificates of use, and zoning steps that actually determine whether you can legally operate in Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Boca, Naples, and everywhere between.
| Files LLC | RA year 1 | EIN/OA included | Builds your business | FL local guidance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LegalZoom | ✅ ($0+) | ❌ ($249/yr) | Pro tier ($249) | ❌ | ❌ |
| Bizee | ✅ ($0+) | ✅ (free) | Gold tier ($199) | ❌ | ❌ |
| ZenBusiness | ✅ ($0+) | Premium only | Pro tier ($199) | ❌ | ❌ |
| MyFloridaLLC | ✅ | ✅ (from $199) | ✅ (from $199) | ✅ | ✅ |
The honest read
Choose LegalZoom if you need ongoing legal services — trademarks, contracts, attorney time — alongside formation.
Choose Bizee if you want the cheapest possible first-year filing and you're happy to build everything else yourself.
Choose ZenBusiness if you want the nicest dashboard and compliance tooling and you'll handle your own website, phone, and local licensing.
Choose MyFloridaLLC if you're in Florida and you want to open operating — filed, branded, online, reachable, and pointed through the exact local requirements for your city and county — in one guided setup.
The big three are excellent at making you registered. MyFloridaLLC is built to make you open. For a lot of Florida owners, that's the difference that actually matters.
Full head-to-head comparisons
Comparison for informational purposes; pricing as of 2026 and subject to change — verify on each provider's site. LegalZoom, Bizee, and ZenBusiness are trademarks of their respective owners; MyFloridaLLC is not affiliated with or endorsed by any of them. MyFloridaLLC is a private filing service, not a law firm.