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ClearoSystems vs. Interzero

ClearoSystems: a free analysis, launching soon, that establishes what you concretely have to do and shows the risks you run if you do not. Interzero is a strong fit for Businesses looking for one established partner across several countries and regimes at once.

By Maarten Kuipers

Published 16.07.2026 · Last verified 10.08.2026 · Next review 20.10.2026

  • 2 providers compared
  • 24 sources disclosed

Interzero is an established compliance group with more than thirty countries in its portfolio, serving manufacturers across the board and explicitly also online and marketplace sellers, and it offers a free compliance check on its own site. What there is not is a single continuous digital route across all obligation areas: the general check stays at a general level, and the deeper route then splits per area — packaging through the Lizenzero obligation check, electronics through a cost estimate, batteries through a quote process. You get several tools that way, but no single picture of what you have to do in your situation and in your target countries. That is where the difference with ClearoSystems sits: our needs analysis (launching soon) models role, products and obligation areas, sales model and target country in one pass, and ends in what you concretely have to do per target country — with the risks alongside it 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
  • IInterzero Logo InterzeroInternational compliance group with an EPR portal and more than 30 countries in its portfolio, serving manufacturers across the board and explicitly also online and marketplace sellers. There is a free compliance check, but no single continuous digital route across all obligation areas: the general check stays at a general level, and the deeper route then splits per area — packaging through the Lizenzero obligation check, electronics through a cost estimate, batteries through a quote process. The compliance report is sent to you once you leave your contact details; the individual determination of services and costs is a separate step. Support for registration and reporting follows, including authorised-representative activities.Visit providerRead review

What you get from whom

What you getCClearoSystems LogoClearoSystemsIInterzero LogoInterzero
Finding out what applies to you costs nothingthe analysis itself — the service that follows is paid everywhereyesSourceyesSource
Built for e-commerce and digital export businesseswebshop, marketplace and cross-border selling as the starting point, not the exceptionyesSourcepartiala broad EPR provider that explicitly also addresses online and marketplace sellersSource
Your own combination of role, product, channel and target country is assessed separatelynot one regime, and not one general answer for everyoneyesSourcepartiala quick, general check; the deeper route then splits per obligation area and the individual service and price determination follows separatelySource
You get an obligations profile per target countryregistration, representation, marking — not just that you are liableyesSourcepartiala compliance report at a general level; which action is required in which specific target country is not worked out in itSource
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 check ends in a compliance report; whether that names the consequences of non-compliance is not stated
Execution afterwards: registration, reporting, representationyesSourceyesSource
Countries in scope28 countriesSource30+ countriesSource

Where ClearoSystems makes the difference

  • One analysis across every obligation area relevant to you, instead of a separate route per area
  • The output says what you concretely have to do per target country, not just that you have to meet compliance requirements
  • It also shows the risks you run if those steps are not taken
  • Developed from the perspective of cross-border e-commerce businesses: webshop, marketplace and export selling are the starting point
  • Depth in the Netherlands and Germany, 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)

IInterzero Logo Interzero

International compliance group with an EPR portal and more than 30 countries in its portfolio, serving manufacturers across the board and explicitly also online and marketplace sellers. There is a free compliance check, but no single continuous digital route across all obligation areas: the general check stays at a general level, and the deeper route then splits per area — packaging through the Lizenzero obligation check, electronics through a cost estimate, batteries through a quote process. The compliance report is sent to you once you leave your contact details; the individual determination of services and costs is a separate step. Support for registration and reporting follows, including authorised-representative activities.

  • Starting pointA questionnaire on their own site; company name, your name, e-mail and telephone are mandatory fields before the report follows.✓ verified
  • What you getThe free check qualifies your situation and returns a compliance report at a general level; which action is required in which specific target country is not worked out in it. The deeper route then runs per obligation area along different paths — packaging through the Lizenzero obligation check, electronics through a cost estimate, batteries through a quote process — and the individual determination of costs and services is a separate step.✓ verified
  • Cost to find outThe compliance check is labelled free of charge on their services page.✓ verified
  • What it is built forInterzero addresses manufacturers across the board and explicitly also online and marketplace sellers.✓ verified
  • Execution afterwardsInterzero supports registration and reporting and carries out authorised-representative activities.✓ verified
  • ReachMore than 30 countries in the EPR portfolio.✓ verified

a free compliance check attached to a portfolio of more than 30 countries

Pros

  • A free compliance check as the starting point, with its own deeper route per obligation area
  • More than 30 countries in the portfolio
  • Registration, reporting and representation in one place
  • An established group with a long record in waste management
Visit Interzero

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