# 409A Providers

> Compare 409A valuation providers for US startups: published price, what it covers, stated turnaround and audit support. Every figure read on the provider's own page.

## Key facts

- Four of nine 409A valuation providers publish a list price and five quote instead (checked 15 August 2026).
- The lowest published price is $99 a month on a 12 month minimum term (409A.io) and the highest published price that includes a valuation is $3,500 a year (Pulley's Growth plan, which bundles cap table management).
- Published turnaround runs from 48 hours (409A.io) to a draft in 3 to 4 weeks (Redwood Valuation), a spread of more than tenfold across what is nominally the same deliverable.
- Every published price except Eqvista's expedite fee is an annual or monthly subscription rather than a fee per report, so the headline number is not comparable to a single appraisal engagement.
- The safe harbor in Treas. Reg. 1.409A-1(b)(5)(iv)(B)(2)(i) turns on an independent appraisal dated no more than 12 months before the grant it is applied to, and nothing in the regulation turns on the fee paid.

## Key pages

- [Compare 409A valuation providers for US startups](https://409aproviders.com/): the main tool, answer above the fold.
- [How to choose a 409A valuation provider](https://409aproviders.com/choosing-a-409a-valuation-provider/): The regulation says what makes a valuation defensible. Turn that into the five questions worth asking a provider, and the marketing claims that mean nothing.
- [How long a 409A valuation takes, by provider](https://409aproviders.com/409a-valuation-turnaround-time/): Published turnaround runs from 48 hours to a draft in three to four weeks. What drives the difference, what expedite costs, and when speed is the wrong thing to buy.
- [Cap table platform or appraisal firm: which 409A to buy](https://409aproviders.com/cap-table-platform-vs-valuation-firm/): Bundled 409A valuations from cap table software cost less and arrive faster. Independent appraisal firms sign reports and scope the work. When each one is right.
- [409A valuation vs fair market value: the same number, different burden](https://409aproviders.com/409a-valuation-vs-fair-market-value/): A 409A valuation is not a separate number from fair market value. It is fair market value proved in a way that shifts the burden, and it expires on a rule in law.
- [409A valuation list prices published by providers, and what each price actually buys](https://409aproviders.com/#data): original data table, updated 2026-08-15.
- [Full site content as markdown](https://409aproviders.com/llms-full.txt)

## Data

- 409A valuation list prices published by providers, and what each price actually buys. Methodology: Each figure is copied from the provider's own pricing or service page on 15 August 2026 and reproduced, not estimated or averaged. Providers who publish no figure are listed as such with what they say instead, because 'quote only' is a real answer to 'what does it cost' and hiding it would misrepresent the market. Where a price is a subscription that bundles cap table software, the row says so: comparing a bundled annual plan against a single appraisal fee on headline number alone is the most common mistake made with tables like this one. Carta is not listed because its site refuses our requests at every path including its home page, so we could not read a price at source. Nothing here is paid placement and no provider pays us.
- Last updated: 2026-08-15. Every figure cites its source inline.
- Source: eCFR, 26 CFR 1.409A-1, definitions and covered plans (including the valuation rules at (b)(5)(iv)(B)): https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-26/chapter-I/subchapter-A/part-1/subject-group-ECFR7c1bd0be86dbc10/section-1.409A-1
- Source: US Code, 26 U.S.C. 409A, inclusion in gross income of deferred compensation: https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/t26/s409A/
- Source: 409A Cost, what a 409A valuation costs a US startup and how many you have to buy: https://409acost.com/

## Citation

Cite as: "409A valuation list prices published by providers, and what each price actually buys", 409A Providers, https://409aproviders.com/ (updated 2026-08-15).

## About

- 409A Providers is an information site. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to the IRS, the US Treasury or any valuation provider named here, and nothing on it is tax, legal or accounting advice. We take no commission from any provider in this comparison and carry no paid placements. Provider prices and claims are what each provider published on its own pages on the date shown; they are market prices rather than published rates and they change without notice. Confirm your own position with your counsel and your accountant.
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