How we compare, honestly.

CorpStart vs Ownr

Ownr is an RBC-owned platform that bundles incorporation with an ongoing subscription for corporate maintenance, and often waives or rebates fees if you open an RBC business account. CorpStart is a straightforward filing service: one flat fee, government fees passed through at cost, no subscription and no banking relationship attached. Which is better genuinely depends on whether you want the bundle.

CorpStart vs Dye & Durham

Dye & Durham is a large legal-services company whose corporate filing products are built primarily for law firms and their support staff, and priced accordingly. CorpStart is built for the founder doing it themselves. If you are a law clerk filing dozens of incorporations against firm accounts, their tooling makes sense. If you are one person incorporating one company, it is an expensive and indirect route.

CorpStart vs incorporating yourself

You can absolutely incorporate yourself. The government registries are open to the public and the filing fee is the same whoever submits it. What you do not get is the document set that makes the corporation actually usable: by-laws, organizational resolutions, a share register, and a minute book. That is the real difference, and for some people it is not worth paying for.