Kintsugi Sales Tax Automation vs TaxLocus
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Nov 3, 2026 for Kintsugi Sales Tax Automation, Nov 6, 2026 for TaxLocus.
The short answer
- Only TaxLocus lists a free plan.
- Kintsugi Sales Tax Automation lists 4 features TaxLocus’s listing doesn’t mention, including Compliance reporting, Multi-state filing, Tax registration.
Head to head
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
Free
- · Address validation
- · Automated risk assessment
- · Easy CSV transaction imports
- · Exposure/historical liabilities auditing
- · Free nexus monitoring: physical/economic
- · New nexus alerts
Free to install
- · Approaching/met status
- · Nexus tracking from your orders
- · Up to 50 orders/mo
Indie
- · All 50 states + DC
- · Reports & filing-form exports
- · Threshold alerts
- · Up to 1,000 orders/mo
Pro
- · AI taxability classification
- · Everything in Indie
- · Exemption certificates
- · Up to 10,000 orders/mo
- · Webhooks
Scale
- · Bulk Parquet export
- · Everything in Pro
- · Priority support
- · Slack alerts
- · Up to 100,000 orders/mo
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureKintsugi uses AI to handle sales tax end-to-end, including automatic filing, registration, and physical mail handling. Our app connects to your store in minutes, tracks nexus in US and global jurisdictions, applies rooftop-accurate rates, and auto-files returns on schedule. Real-time dashboards expose liability down to each transaction, slashing audit risk and manual busywork.
TaxLocus tracks US sales-tax economic nexus automatically from your Shopify orders and gives you state-return worksheets for all 50 states + DC. Every order is attributed to its destination state and counted toward that state's rolling 12-month threshold, so you see where you're clear, approaching, or need to register and collect.
- Nexus determination and tax liability calculation
- Registrations and filing
- 24*7 instant support
- Exemption management
- Automatic order sync — orders arrive by webhook, attributed to destination state
- Economic-nexus tracking across all 50 states + DC
- Clear per-state status: clear · approaching · threshold met
- Thresholds backed by TaxLocus's continuously-updated tax corpus
All the numbers
Every figure, side by side
A green dot marks the app ahead on a measured figure. Estimates, gaps and apps that leave no storefront trace never take the lead.
Adoption
| Measure |  Kintsugi Sales Tax Automation |  TaxLocus |
|---|---|---|
| Detected stores | Not published | Not published |
| Net store change, 28 days | 0 | 0 |
| Stores added, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Big-brand share | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Top store categories | Not published | Not published |
| Top store countries | Not published | Not published |
Reviews
| Measure | Kintsugi Sales Tax Automation | TaxLocus |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | 4.8 ★ | Not published |
| App Store reviews | 36 | Not published |
| New reviews, 28 days | 1 | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | Kintsugi Sales Tax Automation | TaxLocus |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Not listed | Yes |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | No monthly plan listed | $29/month |
| Longest free trial | Not listed | Not listed |
| Plans listed | 1 | 4 |
Listing
| Measure | Kintsugi Sales Tax Automation | TaxLocus |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #14(ahead) | #188 |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Aug 17, 2023 | Jun 15, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | Kintsugi | Human NPC Studio |
FAQ
Kintsugi Sales Tax Automation and TaxLocus: common questions
- Is Kintsugi Sales Tax Automation or TaxLocus cheaper?
- Only TaxLocus lists a free plan. Shoplist compares base prices only between monthly plans in the same currency; usage charges and annual plans vary, so check each plan’s limits.
- What features does each app list that the other doesn’t?
- Kintsugi Sales Tax Automation lists 4 the others don’t mention, such as Compliance reporting, Multi-state filing, Tax registration, Threshold tracking. A feature missing from a listing may still be supported; this compares what each App Store listing says.
- Where does this comparison’s data come from?
- Shoplist crawls Shopify storefronts to detect which apps each store runs, and reads each app’s Shopify App Store listing for reviews, pricing, features and integrations. Store counts are as of Nov 3, 2026 for Kintsugi Sales Tax Automation, Nov 6, 2026 for TaxLocus; estimated figures are labeled.
How Shoplist compares apps
Store counts come from Shoplist’s crawl of Shopify storefronts, which detects the apps each store runs; they are as of Nov 3, 2026 for Kintsugi Sales Tax Automation, Nov 6, 2026 for TaxLocus. Reviews, ratings, plans, features and integrations come from each app’s Shopify App Store listing. 28-day figures are labeled when estimated, and a figure that is missing or estimated never decides who leads. Read the methodology.