Registered Agent Compared

What a registered agent includes

Mainstay Filing lists: Registered agent in any state, all year; Mail and legal-document scanning and forwarding; Compliance reminders and stored documents. Below, what the other providers’ pages list. 6 of them list nothing beyond the agent itself.

ProviderListed on its page
Mainstay FilingRegistered agent in any state, all year; Mail and legal-document scanning and forwarding; Compliance reminders and stored documents
Northwest Registered AgentIts address on public filings; scans of state and legal mail; up to 5 pieces of other business mail scanned free a year; domain, website, email and phone line
ZenBusinessDocument receipt, scanning and upload to a dashboard; email notifications
BizeeCompliance notifications; its address on the public record
LegalZoomAlerts when mail arrives; documents scanned and uploaded; annual report reminders
Harbor ComplianceDocuments delivered to a client portal; annual report reminders
InCorp ServicesSame-day electronic service of process; compliance calendar; entity monitoring
Registered Agents IncBusiness address, annual report filing and same-day document scans, per its order page
ResidentAgents.comService of process received and scanned the same business day
MyCompanyWorksDocuments scanned to an account dashboard; filing reminders
doolaAlerts for legal documents and government notices
FreeRegisteredAgent.comCompliance alerts, per its Illinois page
Launch Registered AgentDocument scanning and upload; client portal; annual report reminders
RegisteredAgents.comOnline document portal

Read October 2026. A feature not listed may still be offered; we only report what the page states.