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Equals vs Thomson Reuters Checkpoint Edge

Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.

EEqualsFrom $2000/moVisit site
TThomson Reuters Checkpoint EdgeContact for pricingVisit site
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E

Choose Equals if…

  • you want to trial it before paying
  • you work on Slack
  • you're in its core audience: finance teams, revenue operations
T

Choose Thomson Reuters Checkpoint Edge if…

  • you need an API to build on
  • you're in its core audience: tax professionals, small and mid-market cpa firms

Side by side

Feature Equals Thomson Reuters Checkpoint Edge
Pricing modelFree trialContact for pricing
Starting price$2000/mo—
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Data retention—Per enterprise records retention schedule, varies by Service and record type
Formula generation—
Live data connectors—
Shareable dashboards—
PlatformsWeb, SlackWeb
CategorySpreadsheetsFinance & Accounting
Rank in its category—#3 of 10
CompanyEquals Technologies, Inc.Thomson Reuters Corporation
Based in—Canada
Founded—2008
Part of—The Woodbridge Company

What you'd pay

The cheapest plan that fits, per month, billed yearly where the plan offers it.

Team sizeEqualsThomson Reuters Checkpoint Edge
1 person$3,000 Businessno published plan
5 people$3,000 Businessno published plan
20 people$3,000 Businessno published plan

Key features

E Equals

  • Managed Snowflake warehouse with synced source data
  • Salesforce connector with CRM writeback
  • Natural-language answers that show formulas and source queries
  • Pre-built ARR, NRR, pipeline and forecast dashboards
  • Scheduled metric updates to Slack or email
  • Live charts and tables embedded in Notion or Coda
  • MCP connection for external AI agents

T Thomson Reuters Checkpoint Edge

  • AI tax answers grounded in Checkpoint content
  • Citations showing the source of each answer
  • Document upload and summarization
  • Shared workspaces for team collaboration
  • Workflow automation for everyday tax tasks
  • Tax and accounting APIs through the Thomson Reuters developer portal

Plans and prices

From each vendor's site. Prices change — confirm before buying.

Equals

Essential$24k/year
Business$36k/year
Enterprise$60k/year

Thomson Reuters Checkpoint Edge

CoCounsel Tax EssentialsCustom

Strengths and limitations

Equals

  • Every plan includes unlimited seats
  • AI answers show the formulas and source queries behind them
  • Includes a managed warehouse, so no separate data stack is needed
  • Free trial tailored to each customer
  • Plans start at $24k per year
  • AI usage beyond the included monthly spend is billed separately
  • Writeback and SSO are only on the higher plans
  • Additional connectors cost $199–$699/mo each

Thomson Reuters Checkpoint Edge

  • Answers come with citations to authoritative Checkpoint content
  • The Essentials plan is designed for firm-wide use
  • Users can be upgraded as firm needs grow
  • No prices published; pricing requires contacting sales
  • Essentials is capped at 20 citation-backed answers per user per week
  • Checkpoint Edge is not listed among the products offering free trials or demos

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