Should I buy Doola or Firstbase?
Quick answer
Both are legitimate and both will get a non-resident a real US LLC and EIN. Buy Doola if you want formation plus year-round bookkeeping, tax filing, and compliance handled in one subscription. Buy Firstbase if you want a leaner one-time formation and you will handle taxes yourself or add their bundle later.
The core difference is the pricing model, not the quality. Doola is a yearly subscription: Starter is about $297 per year plus state fees (as of 2026, confirm at checkout) and includes LLC formation, EIN, a US address, and registered agent, all bundled into the plan that renews. Firstbase is $399 one-time for the formation (Delaware or Wyoming, expedited EIN, documents, bank guidance), with registered agent billed separately at about $299 per year. So Firstbase looks cheaper up front for pure formation, while Doola bundles the ongoing pieces most non-residents get wrong.
Where Doola pulls ahead is the year-round admin. A foreign-owned single-member LLC still has US filing obligations, and the part founders underestimate is not forming the company, it is keeping it compliant afterward. Doola's higher tiers (Tax and Compliance at about $1,999 per year, Business-in-a-Box at about $2,999 per year or $329 per month) fold IRS and state tax filing, a tax consult, and bookkeeping into the same account. Firstbase keeps formation lean and pushes ongoing accounting into a separate bundle (Firstbase One, about $199 per month), so you assemble the pieces yourself.
Doola is the right pick if you are a non-resident who wants one login for formation, an EIN without an SSN, bookkeeping, and tax filing, and you would rather not stitch together a registered agent plus an accountant plus a bookkeeper. It is the wrong pick if all you want is a one-time formation and you already have a US accountant, because you would still be paying the annual subscription to renew.
Firstbase is the right pick if you want a clean, banking-ready formation for the lowest one-time cost and you are comfortable owning your own taxes, or adding their accounting bundle only when you actually need it. It is the wrong pick if you want tax filing and compliance handled for you from day one without shopping for another provider.
Practical move: decide which model fits before you sign up for either. If you want hands-off compliance, start Doola on the tier that includes tax filing and get written confirmation of exactly which federal forms it covers. If you just want the entity and will handle the rest, Firstbase's one-time formation is the leaner buy. Either way you end up with a real, functioning US company.
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Doola handles formation, your EIN, a US address, and the year-round bookkeeping and tax filing that non-residents most often get wrong, all in one place. The company is yours to keep.