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TaxAct's tech stack

What does TaxAct use?

TaxAct (taxact.com) uses at least 50 tools we can see from public records, including Amazon Web Services for hosting, Microsoft 365 for email and documents, HappyFox for customer support and Google Analytics for analytics. Last checked .

Industry
Software
Size
51–200 employees
Based in
Irving, United States
Founded
1998
LinkedIn
Company page
Re-check liveVisit taxact.com
Tools found
50
Categories
21
Oldest proven tool
Aug 2010
Changes seen
2

TaxAct's stack, layer by layer

Each tool links to the other companies we've found using it. The label says what kind of public trace gave it away.

Edge & Hosting

5 tools, where the bytes are served from

Hosting & Cloud

CDN & Edge

DNS

Application

7 tools, what the product is built with

Frontend

Auth & Identity

AI

Payments & Billing

Media & UI

Data & Observability

5 tools, what they measure and store

Monitoring

Analytics

Flags & Experiments

Go-to-market

16 tools, how they find and keep customers

Website & CMS

Marketing

Ads & Pixels

Support & Docs

Company Ops

17 tools, what the team runs on day to day

Email Delivery

Workspace

Collaboration

Dev Tools

Finance & Legal

Security & Compliance

What changed at TaxAct

Recent starts and stops

  1. StartedAmazon CloudFront
  2. Startedweb-vitals

Using since

Dates come from the first certificate of the subdomain that points at the tool.

  1. Amazon CloudFront
  2. Extole
  3. Imperva
  4. Auth0

Companies like TaxAct also use

Tools common among companies with a similar stack that we haven't found at TaxAct.

Companies with a stack like TaxAct's

Ranked by shared tools, with rare tools counting more.

More Software companies

Other Software companies we've checked.

TaxAct tech stack FAQ

What tools does TaxAct use?

As of October 2026, runsonwhat has found 50 tools at TaxAct (taxact.com) in public records. Edge & Hosting: Cloudflare, Amazon Web Services and Amazon Route 53. Application: Google Fonts, Vue.js and PayPal. Data & Observability: Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager and web-vitals. Go-to-market: Google Ads, Meta Pixel and Microsoft Ads. Company Ops: Microsoft 365, reCAPTCHA and SendGrid. Last checked October 19, 2026.

What cloud does TaxAct run on?

TaxAct uses Amazon Web Services for hosting and cloud infrastructure, alongside Vercel, according to runsonwhat (October 2026). runsonwhat found Amazon Web Services through Amazon Web Services code on taxact.com. Amazon Web Services is used by 145,256 companies runsonwhat tracks.

What email provider does TaxAct use?

TaxAct uses Microsoft 365 for email and office software, according to runsonwhat (October 2026). runsonwhat found Microsoft 365 through email records that authorize Microsoft 365 and code on taxact.com. Microsoft 365 is used by 706,394 companies runsonwhat tracks.

What does TaxAct use for customer support?

TaxAct uses HappyFox for customer support and documentation, according to runsonwhat (October 2026). runsonwhat found HappyFox through email records that authorize HappyFox. HappyFox is used by 855 companies runsonwhat tracks.

What payment provider does TaxAct use?

TaxAct uses PayPal for payments and billing, according to runsonwhat (October 2026). runsonwhat found PayPal through PayPal code on taxact.com. PayPal is used by 33,997 companies runsonwhat tracks.

What analytics tools does TaxAct use?

TaxAct uses Google Analytics for analytics, alongside Google Tag Manager, according to runsonwhat (October 2026). runsonwhat found Google Analytics through Google Analytics code on taxact.com. Google Analytics is used by 864,345 companies runsonwhat tracks.

How long has TaxAct used Amazon CloudFront?

TaxAct has used Amazon CloudFront since at least August 2010, going by the first public certificate of the taxact.com subdomain that points at Amazon CloudFront. Other long-running tools at TaxAct include Extole (since February 2017), Imperva (since August 2017) and Auth0 (since August 2025).

Does TaxAct use Google Fonts?

Yes. runsonwhat found Google Fonts at TaxAct through Google Fonts code on taxact.com. Google Fonts is a Media & UI tool used by 799,175 companies runsonwhat tracks.

Does TaxAct use AI tools?

Yes. runsonwhat has found OpenAI and MCP Registry at TaxAct; OpenAI, for example, through a DNS verification record for OpenAI. AI services called only from servers leave no public trace, so TaxAct may use more AI tools than these.

Has TaxAct changed tools recently?

Yes. On runsonwhat's rechecks, TaxAct started using Amazon CloudFront and web-vitals (latest on October 19, 2026). A change counts only between two checks of taxact.com done the same way.

Which companies have a tech stack similar to TaxAct's?

The companies with the stacks most like TaxAct's are Alchemy Insights, Perplexity AI, Vercel and Match, according to runsonwhat (October 2026). Each shares 12 to 21 tools with TaxAct, and rare tools count for more than common ones like Google Workspace, so the match reflects real stack choices.

How does runsonwhat know what TaxAct uses?

runsonwhat reads public records only. Of the 50 tools at TaxAct, 22 were found through code on taxact.com, 18 through DNS records, 6 through email records and 4 through subdomains that point at the vendor. A tool is listed only when a direct record backs it up; DNS is rechecked weekly and taxact.com about monthly.

We read public traces only: DNS and email records, certificate logs, website code and published subprocessor lists. A tool is listed when a direct record backs it up, and dropped when a recheck no longer finds it. Is this your company? See how to opt out.