Honest comparison of every major property tax appeal service in 2027. Pricing, states, what is included, auto-renewal traps, and which one is actually worth it.
Before comparing specific companies, it helps to understand the four categories:
TaxAppeal checks whether an appeal will actually lower your tax bill, after caps and exemptions, before you pay. If it won't, we tell you and won't sell you one. If it will, we fill in the official form (Form 50-132 in Texas, DR-486 in Florida, the county's form in Georgia, Arkansas and Alabama) with your evidence and mail you the kit with a return envelope addressed to the county, plus a PDF copy of the full kit by email the same day. You sign it and mail it. No subscription. No auto-renewal. No percentage of savings. Serves TX, FL, GA, AR, and AL. Every kit costs $89 -- nothing more until you choose to appeal again next year.
AppealDesk delivers comparable sales data, a cover letter, and a filing guide to your inbox. Instant results. Covers all 50 states. You are responsible for printing, mailing, and filing everything yourself. No subscription, no auto-renewal -- just a one-time $49 fee for the document packet.
Abode Money is a full-service homeownership savings platform that handles property tax appeals, monitors insurance rates, and tracks PMI removal opportunities. For property taxes, they handle the filing. The catch: $99/year auto-renews every year. Currently TX and FL only.
Ownwell is a full-service contingency firm -- no upfront cost, but they take approximately 25% of your first-year savings, and they automatically re-file and charge you every subsequent year. On a $2,000 annual savings, that is $500 per year taken indefinitely. They handle informal hearings and ARB representation.
O'Connor is the largest property tax protest firm in Texas, founded in 1974. They handle everything including informal hearings and ARB representation. Fee is typically 25-50% of first-year savings, and they re-file automatically each year. On a $2,000 reduction at 40%, that is $800 taken annually -- indefinitely.
Three of the five services above automatically charge you without requiring you to re-authorize: Abode Money ($99/yr), Ownwell (~25% every year), and O'Connor (25-50% every year). Most homeowners do not realize they are enrolled until they see the charge. TaxAppeal and AppealDesk are the only two that require your active decision to file each year.
We check first. If an appeal will lower your bill, we mail you a ready-to-sign kit for $89 flat. You sign it and mail it, and you keep 100% of your savings.
TaxAppeal USA is a self-service document-preparation service. We prepare a ready-to-sign appeal kit and mail it to you; you sign it and mail it to the county yourself. In every state we serve, including Florida, we are not property tax consultants, agents, or representatives, we do not provide tax or legal advice, and we do not file appeals or represent customers before any appraisal district, board of assessors, board of equalization, value adjustment board, or review board. Every appeal, protest and petition is prepared for the property owner, signed by the owner, and mailed by the owner in the owner’s name. In Florida your petition is signed by you as the property owner under section 194.011(3), Florida Statutes, and the county’s Value Adjustment Board filing fee is paid by you directly to the county. TaxAppeal USA does not sign as your representative, does not appear before the Board, and does not present evidence or argument at a hearing.