GetGoodStanding vs Northwest Registered Agent
Pricing checked August 20, 2026
Short answer
Northwest offers to order your Certificate of Good Standing but publishes no fee for that service anywhere on the page, so we cannot quote one. What they do publish, free to anyone, is a table of every state’s own cost and processing time. We publish a flat price from $50 with the state fee included. If you plan to file it yourself, read their table. If you want it handed to you, we quote before you pay.
GetGoodStanding and Northwest, line by line
| GetGoodStanding | Northwest | |
|---|---|---|
| What the price is | From $50, all in, shown before you pay. | Not published. Their page offers the service without naming a fee for it. |
| Is the state filing fee included? | Yes. Where the state charges $25 or less, the total stays $50. Above that, the price is the state fee plus $25, rounded up to the nearest $5. | Unknown, since there is no published service fee for the state charge to sit inside or outside of. |
| Turnaround, as published | Most certificates delivered in 1 to 2 business days, same day in the states whose portals issue instantly. | They publish each state’s own processing time in a free table. They do not publish a turnaround of their own. |
| Expedited option | No rush tier. Where a state sells its own expedite, that cost is inside the price you see for that state. | Not published for the retrieval service. |
| What arrives | A signed PDF by email. A paper original by USPS Priority is an add-on. | Not stated on the page for the paid retrieval. |
| Free reference material | An all-in price for every state, a glossary, and ten question-by-question guides. | A 50-state table of state cost and state processing time, plus a page for each state and a breakdown of which states require the certificate and how recent it must be. Free, and no order required. |
| What else they sell you | Nothing. One certificate, one charge, nothing renews. | Registered agent service in every state, formation, annual reports and foreign qualification, which is the main business. |
Every figure in the Northwest column was read from their own page on August 20, 2026 and is quoted as published. Prices change without notice and your order may differ, so check their current page before you decide.
What Northwest Registered Agent charges
Northwest’s Certificate of Good Standing page invites you to hire them for the retrieval and does not name a price for it. The dollar figures in the table further down that page are what each state charges, not what Northwest charges. We are not going to guess at their fee, so this comparison sticks to what the page states.
Ours, for comparison: from $50 with the state filing fee already inside the price. Where the state charges $25 or less the total stays $50; above that it is the state fee plus $25, rounded up to the nearest $5. Nothing renews, and there is no account to create. See the exact price for your state.
When Northwest Registered Agent is the better pick
Their free material is better than ours and we would rather say so. The table on that page gives every state’s own cost and processing time in one place, and their per-state pages go further than most paid guides, down to which states will not accept a certificate older than 30, 60 or 90 days and which do not ask for one at all. If you are filing it yourself, start there. Northwest is also the better call if what you actually need is a registered agent in a new state, since that is the service they are built around and we do not offer it. Where we are different is narrow: we publish the number you will pay, the state fee is already inside it, and you can be done in about two minutes.
Quick answers
Read August 20, 2026. Northwest Registered Agent is a trademark of its owner; we are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or partnered with them. Spot something out of date? Email support@getgoodstanding.com and we will correct it.
One price, state fee included.
Order from any state. From $50, state filing fee included. Most delivered in 1–2 business days.