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ClearoSystems vs. Lizenzero

ClearoSystems: a free analysis, launching soon, that establishes what you concretely have to do and shows the risks you run if you do not. Lizenzero is a strong fit for Sellers with a packaging obligation who want a digital, Europe-wide packaging compliance solution, with the option to hand the work over.

By Maarten Kuipers

Published 16.07.2026 · Last verified 10.08.2026 · Next review 20.10.2026

  • 2 providers compared
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Of every party in this overview, Lizenzero comes closest to our starting point: a cost-free, digital Obligation Check that looks at packaging per target country. The questions are detailed and country-specific — in that respect Lizenzero goes further than the other checks in this overview. The quality of the questions is a different thing from the quality of the result, though: the result establishes that you are liable for packaging in a country, sometimes naming the answer that finding rests on, but it does not systematically work out which registration is needed, whether an authorised representative has to be appointed and which steps follow — the notes on that read mainly as a description of the Lizenzero service. No risk picture for non-compliance is included. That is where ClearoSystems sets the bar higher: the needs analysis (launching soon) brings several EPR obligation areas together in one assessment and says what you concretely have to do — and what happens if you do not.

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
  • LLizenzero Logo LizenzeroDigital packaging compliance platform with two routes: a German VerpackG store and a pan-European service for 31 countries. Of every check in this overview, the cost-free Obligation Check asks the most detailed, country-specific questions. The result that follows stays more general: it establishes that you are liable for packaging in a country — or for a particular packaging category — sometimes naming the answer that finding rests on, but it does not systematically work out which registration is needed, whether an authorised representative has to be appointed and which steps follow from that; the notes on registration, reporting and representation read mainly as a description of the Lizenzero service. Further EPR areas such as WEEE and batteries are available through the Interzero group behind it.Visit providerRead review

What you get from whom

What you getCClearoSystems LogoClearoSystemsLLizenzero LogoLizenzero
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 exceptionyesSourcepartialthe check covers packaging in your target countries; the sales channel is not the starting pointSource
Your own combination of role, product, channel and target country is assessed separatelynot one regime, and not one general answer for everyoneyesSourcepartialthe most detailed, country-specific questions of the checks in this overview — but for packaging onlySource
You get an obligations profile per target countryregistration, representation, marking — not just that you are liableyesSourcepartialper country, and for packaging only: the outcome establishes that you are liable, not which actions follow from 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 shows in which countries you are liable for packaging; a risk picture for non-compliance is not stated in the outcome
Execution afterwards: registration, reporting, representationyesSourceyesSource
Countries in scope28 countriesSource31 countriesSource

Where ClearoSystems makes the difference

  • The output says what you concretely have to do: 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
  • The profile covers every regime that applies to you, not packaging alone
  • One brand, one route: no separate German store alongside a pan-European service with different prices and coverage
  • Registration, reporting and representation are carried out by our own specialists

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)

LLizenzero Logo Lizenzero

Digital packaging compliance platform with two routes: a German VerpackG store and a pan-European service for 31 countries. Of every check in this overview, the cost-free Obligation Check asks the most detailed, country-specific questions. The result that follows stays more general: it establishes that you are liable for packaging in a country — or for a particular packaging category — sometimes naming the answer that finding rests on, but it does not systematically work out which registration is needed, whether an authorised representative has to be appointed and which steps follow from that; the notes on registration, reporting and representation read mainly as a description of the Lizenzero service. Further EPR areas such as WEEE and batteries are available through the Interzero group behind it.

  • Starting pointA cost-free Obligation Check per target country, followed by a contact form.✓ verified
  • What you getYou see straight away in which countries you are liable for packaging, sometimes with the answer that finding rests on. What concretely follows from it — which registration, whether an authorised representative is required, which steps come next — is not systematically worked out, and no risk picture for non-compliance is included. Other regimes fall outside the check.✓ verified
  • Cost to find outThe check is free; the licence and the per-country service are not.✓ verified
  • What it is built forThe cost-free Obligation Check covers packaging in your target countries; further EPR areas such as electronics and batteries sit outside the check and can be covered through the Interzero group behind Lizenzero.✓ verified
  • Execution afterwardsLizenzero manages communication with the EPR systems and appoints an authorised representative per country.✓ verified
  • Reach27 EU countries plus the UK, Norway, Serbia and Switzerland.✓ verified

the most detailed, country-specific packaging obligation check in this overview, attached to direct licence sales

Pros

  • The most detailed, country-specific questionnaire of the checks in this overview
  • 31 countries from one account, including the UK, Norway, Serbia and Switzerland
  • Published prices for the German licence and the per-country service
  • Manages communication with the EPR systems, takes over registration, contracts and reporting, and appoints an authorised representative
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