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Hurdlr tracks mileage automatically and its Pro tier files the return. Contha is what a Schedule C or an S-corp package is built from.
Hurdlr is a free-to-start mileage and expense tracker with real-time federal, state, and self-employment tax estimates on every tier, and its $200-a-year Pro tier adds full accounting, invoicing, and an annual federal-plus-one-state filing. That is a genuine free tier and a genuine filing product, worth naming plainly. Its own pages, checked on a date, also show a product that has gone quiet.
| Capability | Hurdlr | Contha |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | Yes, unlimited semi-auto mileage tracking, manual finance tracking, and real-time tax estimates | No. A free week, then the lowest tier is $5 a month |
| Tax estimate, federal, state, self-employment | Yes, on every tier, its flagship claim | Yes, on 92.35% of net profit, the wage base less W-2 wages; Yes, computed: four payments as a schedule, past due and next |
| Tax set-aside | No; not found anywhere in its marketing or help center | Yes, against whichever account you name, with the share of each deposit |
| Mileage, GPS auto-tracking | Yes, automatic; no IRS-substantiation language found on the page | Yes, Pub. 463 substantiation per trip |
| Read-only bank connection, named aggregator | Not published; no aggregator named and no read-only claim found | Yes, Plaid, read-only; cannot move or freeze money |
| Multi-entity: sole prop, LLC, LLP, S-corp | Yes, in the Chart of Accounts, on Pro | Yes, wrapper and treatment as two axes |
| Partnership owner position | Not named specifically; LLPs are supported, a distribution or basis model is not | Yes, owner share, basis, reasonable compensation described |
| Files the return | Yes, federal plus one state, on Pro | No. What a filing is prepared from, not the filing |
| Invoicing | Yes, on Pro: payment collection and bank reconciliation | No, on purpose. Contha sits on top of the bank |
| Accountant handoff | Yes, export reports at any time, or invite an accountant on Pro | Yes, five files and a read-only link that needs no account |
| Price | Free; Premium $9.99 a month or $100 a year; Pro $200 a year, annual only | A free week, then Personal $5, Solo $10, Owner $49 a month; two months free on annual billing |
Free tier
- Hurdlr
- Yes, unlimited semi-auto mileage tracking, manual finance tracking, and real-time tax estimates
- Contha
- No. A free week, then the lowest tier is $5 a month
Tax estimate, federal, state, self-employment
- Hurdlr
- Yes, on every tier, its flagship claim
- Contha
- Yes, on 92.35% of net profit, the wage base less W-2 wages; Yes, computed: four payments as a schedule, past due and next
Tax set-aside
- Hurdlr
- No; not found anywhere in its marketing or help center
- Contha
- Yes, against whichever account you name, with the share of each deposit
Mileage, GPS auto-tracking
- Hurdlr
- Yes, automatic; no IRS-substantiation language found on the page
- Contha
- Yes, Pub. 463 substantiation per trip
Read-only bank connection, named aggregator
- Hurdlr
- Not published; no aggregator named and no read-only claim found
- Contha
- Yes, Plaid, read-only; cannot move or freeze money
Multi-entity: sole prop, LLC, LLP, S-corp
- Hurdlr
- Yes, in the Chart of Accounts, on Pro
- Contha
- Yes, wrapper and treatment as two axes
Partnership owner position
- Hurdlr
- Not named specifically; LLPs are supported, a distribution or basis model is not
- Contha
- Yes, owner share, basis, reasonable compensation described
Files the return
- Hurdlr
- Yes, federal plus one state, on Pro
- Contha
- No. What a filing is prepared from, not the filing
Invoicing
- Hurdlr
- Yes, on Pro: payment collection and bank reconciliation
- Contha
- No, on purpose. Contha sits on top of the bank
Accountant handoff
- Hurdlr
- Yes, export reports at any time, or invite an accountant on Pro
- Contha
- Yes, five files and a read-only link that needs no account
Price
- Hurdlr
- Free; Premium $9.99 a month or $100 a year; Pro $200 a year, annual only
- Contha
- A free week, then Personal $5, Solo $10, Owner $49 a month; two months free on annual billing
Checked 17 September 2026, against Hurdlr’s own published documentation: the Hurdlr home page, Hurdlr self-employed taxes, Hurdlr mileage tracker, Hurdlr accounting, Hurdlr help center, Pro pricing, Hurdlr help center, Premium pricing. If a row is out of date, tell us and it will be corrected on the page, not deleted.
The honest read
If mileage and a cheap filed return cover it, Hurdlr does that today.
Hurdlr's free tier and its $200-a-year Pro filing are real, and if a straightforward mileage tracker with a federal-plus-one-state return covers your situation, it is a fair pick at that price. If you want a tax reserve, a named read-only bank connection, or an S-corp and partnership position modeled instead of bundled into an all-or-nothing accounting suite, this is built for that.
Also against Monarch Plus, QuickBooks Solopreneur, Found, Keeper, Copilot Money, YNAB, Wave, Tiller, Collective, Lili, FreshBooks.
Keep Hurdlr if it is enough. If the tax is the reason you are here, start with Contha.
A free week, no card. Then Personal $5, Solo $10, Owner $49 a month. Read-only connections, cancel any time.