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ClearoSystems vs. AVASK

ClearoSystems: a free analysis, launching soon, that establishes what you concretely have to do and shows the risks you run if you do not. AVASK is a strong fit for E-commerce sellers who want VAT, customs and EPR handled by one cross-border partner and want to keep their data exportable.

By Maarten Kuipers

Published 16.07.2026 · Last verified 10.08.2026 · Next review 20.10.2026

  • 2 providers compared
  • 24 sources disclosed

AVASK is a cross-border compliance firm for e-commerce sellers, covering VAT, customs and EPR, with its own digital platform, Infiniti. One thing AVASK communicates unusually transparently: its platform states in so many words that you can export your compliance data at any time. The publicly visible entry runs through a form and a free consultation; no comparable upstream digital needs assessment was identified. Our needs analysis (launching soon) is the step in front of that: it says per target country what you concretely have to do and the risks you run if that does not happen.

At a glance

  • CClearoSystems Logo ClearoSystemsDigital EPR needs analysis built for e-commerce and digital export businesses, launching soon: the guided analysis works through your own combination of role, product, sales channel and target country and establishes what you concretely have to do per target country — which registration, whether an authorised representative is required, which additional duties such as marking — and the risks you run if that does not happen. If you would rather hand it over, our own specialists take over registration, reporting and representation.Visit providerRead review
  • AAVASK Logo AVASKCross-border compliance firm for e-commerce sellers that covers VAT, customs and EPR, with its own digital platform, Infiniti, and EPR services in the ten European countries currently listed on its EPR overview, including the Netherlands and Germany. The publicly visible entry runs through a form and a free consultation; no comparable upstream digital needs assessment was identified. The platform states that you can export your compliance data at any time.Visit providerRead review

What you get from whom

What you getCClearoSystems LogoClearoSystemsAAVASK LogoAVASK
Finding out what applies to you costs nothingthe analysis itself — the service that follows is paid everywhereyesSourceyesthe consultation is free of chargeSource
Built for e-commerce and digital export businesseswebshop, marketplace and cross-border selling as the starting point, not the exceptionyesSourceyesSource
Your own combination of role, product, channel and target country is assessed separatelynot one regime, and not one general answer for everyoneyesSourcenot statedthe publicly visible entry runs through a free consultation; no comparable upstream digital needs assessment identifiedSource
You get an obligations profile per target countryregistration, representation, marking — not just that you are liableyesSourcenot statedthe publicly visible first step is a call; whether an obligations profile per target country follows from it is not stated on the siteSource
You see the risks you run if you do not actwhat happens when the required steps are not taken — not just that you are liableyesSourcenot statedthe first step is a consultation; what it covers on risk is not stated on the site
Execution afterwards: registration, reporting, representationyesSourceyesSource
Countries in scope28 countriesSource10 European countries on its EPR overviewSource

Where ClearoSystems makes the difference

  • The output says per target country what you concretely have to do, rather than producing an appointment
  • It also shows the risks you run if those steps are not taken
  • Your own combination of role, product, channel and target country is worked through in a structured analysis (launching soon), before a call comes into it
  • Focused on EPR alone, with the needs assessment modelled in depth, where AVASK's breadth spans VAT, customs and EPR
  • The Netherlands and Germany in depth, including authorised representation for the German market

How we evaluated

1. We identify EPR compliance providers relevant to product and e-commerce businesses selling in the Netherlands, Germany and other EU countries. 2. Per provider we collect facts on six dimensions: Starting point, What you get, Cost to find out, What it is built for, Execution afterwards and Reach. Every fact carries a source link, a verbatim quote from that page and a retrieval date. 3. The yardstick is the result, not the entry: what does a business know after that first step that it did not know before, and can it act on it straight away? That a provider has a digital check is no comparison criterion in itself. 4. We track the providers in this overview on a fixed cadence: we re-run their free checks and re-read their own pages. If what such a check returns changes, or what a provider publishes changes, we update this overview and the last-checked date moves with it. The next round is scheduled for 20 October 2026. 5. Every fact in this overview was re-fetched from the providers themselves in August 2026. Where a provider's own pages do not answer a dimension, we leave the cell empty with a dash rather than turning it into an assumption. 6. This overview comes from our own editorial team: we place ClearoSystems beside the alternatives and present no independent ranking. There is no rank order, no numbering and no 'best'.

  • Starting point: do you begin with a self-test, or with a form, a call or a checkout?
  • What you get: an obligations profile per target country, a to-do list, a cost overview, a quote or a call — and above all: do you then know what you concretely have to do?
  • Risks: does the result show what happens if the required steps are not taken?
  • Cost to find out: what that first step costs, separate from what execution costs later.
  • What it is built for: is the service built for webshops and export businesses, and is your own combination of role, product, channel and target country assessed separately?
  • Execution afterwards: does the provider carry out registration, reporting and representation itself?
  • Reach: how many countries the provider covers.

Common mistakes when choosing

  • Assuming EPR is only about packaging, when separate EPR schemes also exist for electronics, batteries and textiles.
  • Covering only your home market and forgetting that selling in Germany or other EU countries requires its own registration, such as LUCID for packaging.
  • Waiting until a marketplace or customs asks for proof of registration instead of arranging it in advance.
  • Assuming a fulfilment or logistics partner handles EPR obligations automatically.
  • Believing the business falls under an exemption threshold without substantiating it, or overlooking the exceptions to it, such as single-use plastic packaging.
  • Ignoring the obligation to appoint an authorised representative in Germany for electrical equipment.

CClearoSystems Logo ClearoSystemsProfile

Digital EPR needs analysis built for e-commerce and digital export businesses, launching soon: the guided analysis works through your own combination of role, product, sales channel and target country and establishes what you concretely have to do per target country — which registration, whether an authorised representative is required, which additional duties such as marking — and the risks you run if that does not happen. If you would rather hand it over, our own specialists take over registration, reporting and representation.

  • Starting pointThe digital needs analysis, launching shortly after this website, assesses your role, products, sales channels and target countries - the questions a webshop selling across borders actually faces.
  • What you getPer target country you see what you concretely have to do: which registration duties apply, whether an authorised representative is required and which additional duties there are, such as marking — and the risks you run if that does not happen. The preview is on screen straight away; the full report reaches you by e-mail or as an export.
  • Cost to find outThe analysis and the obligations profile cost nothing; the service that follows is paid.
  • What it is built forBuilt for webshops, marketplace sellers and export businesses: role, product, sales channel and target country are the inputs, and every combination of them is worked through separately.
  • Execution afterwardsEither the route runs on in full - report, quote, contract and execution by our own specialists - or you export the result and take it elsewhere.
  • ReachWe serve 28 countries - the EU-27 plus Switzerland - and we keep adding to that number.

a free analysis, launching soon, that establishes what you concretely have to do and shows the risks you run if you do not

Pros

  • The output says what you concretely have to do per target country: which registration, whether an authorised representative is required, which marking — not just that you are liable
  • It also shows the risks you run if those steps are not taken
  • Built for e-commerce and digital export businesses: your own webshop, a marketplace and cross-border selling are the starting point, not the exception
  • Every individual situation assessed separately: 54 modelled starting situations across role, channel, buyer type and regime, over the three regimes the analysis asks about (packaging, WEEE and batteries) and twenty-eight countries
  • Every relevant regime in one profile, not packaging alone
  • If you want to hand it over, registration, reporting and representation are carried out by our own specialists
  • Unclear cases go to a specialist rather than to an error message

Particularly suited to: E-commerce and export businesses that want to know what applies to their own situation before signing a licence or a contract

See how the needs analysis works (launching soon)

AAVASK Logo AVASK

Cross-border compliance firm for e-commerce sellers that covers VAT, customs and EPR, with its own digital platform, Infiniti, and EPR services in the ten European countries currently listed on its EPR overview, including the Netherlands and Germany. The publicly visible entry runs through a form and a free consultation; no comparable upstream digital needs assessment was identified. The platform states that you can export your compliance data at any time.

  • Starting pointYou fill in a form to start the process.✓ verified
  • What you getThe publicly visible first step is a scheduled call with an AVASK specialist; what individual analysis happens inside it is not stated on the site.✓ verified
  • Cost to find outThe consultation itself is free of charge.✓ verified
  • What it is built forAVASK is explicitly aimed at e-commerce sellers and covers VAT and customs alongside EPR; the individual assessment runs through a consultation with a specialist.✓ verified
  • Execution afterwardsAVASK registers you, files declarations, pays scheme fees and deals with the regulator.✓ verified
  • ReachTen European countries currently listed on AVASK's EPR overview, including the Netherlands and Germany; the platform positioning is broader.✓ verified

an explicit export promise: your compliance data can be taken with you at any time

Pros

  • An explicit export promise for your compliance data, in so many words
  • The Infiniti platform covers VAT, customs and EPR digitally across markets
  • Registers you, files declarations, pays scheme fees and deals with the regulator
  • A free consultation as the first step
  • Built around e-commerce sellers and marketplace selling
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