Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) reporting is the job of turning what you sold into the declaration each country's scheme asks for, then filing it on time.
Below we rank seven tools on that job alone, with what each does at reporting time, who presses submit, and what it costs to start. They split into EPR reporting software you run yourself and services that file on your behalf, and deciding which of those you want narrows the list fast.
What EPR reporting actually covers
Reporting is the part of EPR that comes back every year, so it pays to be precise about what the word covers.
An EPR report is a declaration you file with a compliance scheme or a national authority, stating what you placed on the market in a period. It is broken into the categories and materials that scheme charges on, and a fee follows from it.
Two things make it harder than that sounds. Every scheme has its own category list and its own format, and the numbers have to come from product data most companies do not hold yet.
The cycle a reporting tool has to carry
Six moves sit between a sales figure and a filed report. A tool that covers only some of them leaves the rest on your desk.
- Collect what you placed on the market. Units sold or shipped in the period, country by country.
- Describe the product. Component by component, with the material of each part and what it weighs.
- Map it to the scheme's categories. The same carton lands in a different bucket in Germany than it does in France.
- Turn units into kilograms and fees. Volumes multiplied by per-unit material weights, then the scheme's rate for each material.
- File it in the right format. A portal upload, a spreadsheet template or an API, on that scheme's own deadline.
- Keep the evidence. What you filed and how you arrived at it, for the audit that may follow.
Boiled down, the cycle takes two things you already have somewhere in the business and turns them into two things you have to hold on to.
The cadence is set by the scheme rather than by you. Most work on a calendar year and want the figures early the next year, some ask for quarterly data, and the dates move country by country.
Our guide to EPR reporting walks the same cycle as a set of steps to follow, and the annual reporting entry in our glossary defines the yearly version of it.
Jobs that sit next to reporting and get mistaken for it
Plenty of software sold under the EPR banner does something adjacent to reporting rather than reporting itself. Here is what each of those neighbouring jobs is, and where it stops.
| The job | What it is | Why it is not reporting |
|---|---|---|
| Registration | A producer number in a national register | Once per country. The reporting repeats for as long as you sell there. |
| Obligation assessment | Which countries and streams apply to you | It tells you what to file. It does not build or send it. |
| Fee modelling | What a declaration will cost you | The same numbers, a different purpose, nothing submitted. |
| Recyclability assessment | A score against a scheme's design rules | It sets the rate through eco-modulated fees, not the report. |
| Conformity documentation | The EU Declaration of Conformity under PPWR | A document you hold per pack, not a filing on a cycle. |
That table is also what set the roster, because four groups of tool dropped out on it.
Recyda generates declaration reports and an EU Declaration of Conformity, which is genuinely close. They do not claim to submit anything on your behalf, though, and packaging is the only stream they cover.
Assent and Source Intelligence chase packaging data out of your suppliers and hand you report-ready outputs. That makes them a source for step two rather than a tool for the whole cycle.
Valpak and Ecosurety are UK compliance schemes working from a different rulebook, so they sit on the UK packaging list instead. AlgoREP answers France only and Lizenzero covers packaging only.
Complir documents EPR obligations inside a broader compliance platform.
prduct.com now goes further on packaging, publishing registration and reporting per market, net-weight reports and a recyclability grade that sets the fee tier. The module that generates the declaration is still in development, and neither of them files the return for you.
Where the seven tools sit on the reporting job
Two questions separate these seven more sharply than any feature list does, and the first is where the numbers come from.
The bars run from a tool you hand finished totals to, up to one that builds the declaration out of a product record you own. The further right a tool sits, the less arithmetic lands on your desk before a report exists.
The second question is who presses submit, which is the column on the right. Those two do not move together, and that is the useful part. Ecoveritas does deep data work and still files for you, while EPR Insights hands you an export to send yourself.
Handing the whole thing over is a legitimate way to buy this, and for a company with nobody to own the numbers it is the better answer. It is just not software you run, and the two get sold in much the same words.
How we ranked them for the reporting job
We scored each tool on six things, all of them about the reporting cycle rather than about EPR in general.
| What we looked for | Why it decides the reporting job |
|---|---|
| Reporting is the product, not a side module | A reporting screen bolted onto a broader platform tends to stop at an export. The cycle needs categories, rates, deadlines and formats maintained per scheme. |
| It gets from product data to a declaration | The hard step is turning components and weights into tonnage by material. A tool that starts from finished totals leaves that work with you. |
| It covers the schemes you actually file in | Coverage is counted in schemes, not countries, because one country often has several. Your own list is the only one that matters. |
| You can choose who submits | Some teams want to press send themselves, others want it off their plate. The tools that offer both let you change your mind later. |
| It holds the evidence | An audit asks how you got the number, not just what you filed. The workings have to survive the person who did them leaving. |
| You can see the price before you talk to anyone | A published price lets you size the cost against the scheme fees you are already paying. Demo-only pricing does not. |
Two of those six are where the field splits hardest, and they are the ones plotted above.
The best EPR reporting software in 2026 ranked
We ranked these seven by how completely they carry the reporting cycle for a producer selling in more than one market.
What moved a tool up was how far it gets from raw product data to a scheme-shaped declaration, how many of your schemes it maintains, whether you can pick who submits, and whether the price is public.
Each entry says what the tool is, who it suits, and the one thing to check before you commit.
1. Repax for running the reporting cycle yourself
Repax treats a report as an output of your product data rather than a document you assemble every year.
You describe each product once, component by component, with materials, weights and the supplier the part came from. From that one record Repax produces whatever a given market asks for, so a new scheme is a new output rather than a new data project.
That is what the dashboard above is showing. Mass placed on the market year to date, the markets you are active in, and how much of the catalogue is described well enough to report on.
Doing it in that order is the whole point. Fix the product data once and every future deadline in every market reuses it, instead of rebuilding a spreadsheet each spring.
It is also our own product, so we lead with it, though we are straight about where each rival wins below. Two of the three parts are live today, with a third on the way.
- Core is the product-data and reporting engine behind every market and stream.
- Declare produces the signed EU Declaration of Conformity for packaging, which is a separate job from the annual report.
- Comply registers you and files with the schemes for you, with an authorised representative where one is required.
- Best for: producers who want the reporting cycle as a workflow their own team runs, with the product data staying theirs.
- What it does at reporting time: holds per-component material weights, turns the period's volumes into kilograms per material, calculates the fees, and produces each scheme's report format from the same records.
- Who presses submit: you do, or Comply, the Repax product that files for you across EU markets.
- Markets and streams: one data layer that answers each market's own register and format rather than a fixed country list, covering packaging, batteries, electronics and textiles.
- Pricing: a free tier at €0 a month, paid plans from €29 a month, enterprise on request (as of August 2026).
- Watch-out: Repax hands you the numbers, the report and the Declaration of Conformity, and you press send. It does not register you, submit on your behalf or act as a scheme.
2. Lorax EPI for deciding later who presses submit
Lorax EPI calls their product EPR Reporting Software, and they are the only one here that sells you both delivery models.
Their ENVI platform holds the reporting rules, timelines, fee structures and categories for schemes around the world, and calculates your reports from your product and packaging data. Their own site puts the coverage at over 200 schemes.
The two service levels are the reason they place second. Software-Only leaves data preparation, analysis and the submitting with you. Outsourced Compliance has them manage the process and submit reports directly into scheme portals where that is needed.
Starting on one and moving to the other is a commercial conversation rather than a migration, which matters if you are about to double the number of markets you sell in.
One boundary is worth knowing before you scope the work. Plastic packaging taxes sit outside what they handle, because those are tax registrations rather than EPR, so a UK Plastic Packaging Tax obligation needs its own answer.
- Best for: producers filing across many schemes who want the option of doing it themselves or having it done.
- What it does at reporting time: calculates the reports from your product and packaging data against per-scheme rules, categories, rates and deadlines held in one place.
- Who presses submit: you on the software-only tier, Lorax EPI on the outsourced tier where a portal submission is needed.
- Markets and streams: global, with over 200 schemes named, covering packaging, WEEE, batteries and textiles.
- Pricing: sales-led, with no public price on the reporting product (as of August 2026).
- Watch-out: you cannot size the cost without a sales conversation, and plastic packaging taxes are out of scope by their own statement.
3. Ecoveritas for reporting you would rather not touch at all
Ecoveritas sells the reporting cycle as a managed service, with the software sitting behind the people doing the work.
Their service spine runs from obligation assessment through data collection, calculation and then registration and reporting, with analytics on top. Their platform, my.ecoveritas, is where you see the result rather than where the work happens.
Data quality is the part they lead on, and for a large packaging portfolio that is the right thing to lead on. They will either guide your team through registration or manage it for you, and their experts deal with the regulators directly.
They report EPR data in more than 30 countries, for clients whose combined turnover they put above £50 billion, which tells you the size of company this is shaped for.
- Best for: large packaging portfolios with nobody internally who can own the data and the deadlines.
- What it does at reporting time: collects your raw packaging data, calculates the obligation from it, then handles registration and the submissions on the agreed cycle.
- Who presses submit: they do, and they liaise with the regulators on your behalf.
- Markets and streams: EPR data reporting in more than 30 countries, packaging first, with WEEE and battery calculations alongside.
- Pricing: sales-led, with no public price (as of August 2026).
- Watch-out: you are buying a service with software attached, so the workflow and the data expertise stay on their side of the line rather than becoming yours.
4. Sphera for consolidating scheme fees into one invoice
Sphera's EC4P platform answers a question the others mostly leave alone, which is who actually pays each scheme.
They carry out the registration and the reporting, and they can pay the recycling fees on your behalf and bill you once for the whole programme. If you are currently settling dozens of small invoices in different currencies, that alone can justify the conversation.
Coverage is the widest on this list, with over 360 compliance schemes named on their own materials. Packaging, WEEE and batteries are covered, and textiles are not listed among them.
Delivery is hybrid rather than self-serve. Consultants and the platform arrive together, and no software-only tier is advertised, which is the trade-off for the breadth.
- Best for: enterprises with obligations in dozens of markets that want registration, reporting and fee payment consolidated.
- What it does at reporting time: manages global registrations and data reporting from a single dashboard, then pays the scheme fees and invoices you once.
- Who presses submit: they do, as part of a managed programme.
- Markets and streams: global, over 360 compliance schemes, covering packaging, WEEE and batteries, with textiles not listed.
- Pricing: demo-only, with no public price (as of August 2026).
- Watch-out: it is bought as an enterprise programme, so a producer who only needs reporting software is buying consultancy alongside it. There is no advertised way to license just the platform.
5. ecosistant for a long tail of small markets
ecosistant is the value answer once your obligation is spread thinly across a lot of countries.
Their setup starts with short questionnaires about what you sell and where, and returns the country-specific requirements that follow. From there a single dashboard holds the obligations you have picked up across up to 30 European countries.
Streams are broader than the price suggests, covering packaging under PPWR, electronics and batteries, textiles, and furniture and mattresses. Their published entry price is €24.90 per country.
The delivery model is worth reading closely. Their guidance is written so you can license your packaging with the schemes yourself, and a premium tier adds an account manager who takes that over for you.
- Best for: smaller producers with modest volumes in many European countries who want the lowest credible price per market.
- What it does at reporting time: establishes what each country requires from you, then holds the licensing and the declarations for those markets in one dashboard.
- Who presses submit: you do by default with their guidance, or their account manager does on the premium tier.
- Markets and streams: up to 30 European countries, covering packaging, electronics, batteries, textiles, and furniture and mattresses.
- Pricing: public, from €24.90 per country (as of August 2026).
- Watch-out: only the entry price is published, the deeper help arrives as a paid tier on top, and the schemes' own volume-based fees are separate.
6. EPR Insights for reporting straight out of your order data
EPR Insights starts from the one dataset a small online seller definitely already has, which is their orders.
Install the Shopify app and order data syncs automatically. You then map your products to packaging categories once using their smart rules, and reports come out of the same mapping every period after that.
The output is aimed squarely at the filing step. They produce country-ready exports formatted to match local authority requirements, and describe the files as audit-ready.
Coverage is listed as 39 countries with 14 or more active markets, so checking your own list against the active set is worth doing before you buy. Packaging, WEEE and batteries run through one workflow rather than three tools.
- Best for: small ecommerce sellers who want their first few markets reported from data they already have.
- What it does at reporting time: turns synced order data plus a one-off product mapping into per-country exports in the format each authority asks for.
- Who presses submit: you do, using the export they generate.
- Markets and streams: 39 countries listed with 14 or more active, covering packaging, WEEE and batteries.
- Pricing: public, from $15 a month with a seven-day free trial (as of August 2026).
- Watch-out: the model assumes ecommerce orders, so container shipments and wholesale channels fit less naturally, and the gap between listed and active markets is real.
7. Staxxer for handing the filing over with your VAT
Staxxer's argument is that EPR reporting is only half of a cross-border seller's paperwork. The other half is VAT, and buying the two from different providers is the expensive way to do it.
They arrange the registrations and submit the EPR reports for you, alongside VAT registration, returns and bookkeeping in the same countries. Order data reaches them through integrations with Amazon, Shopify and Bol.com.
Pricing is unusually plain for a done-for-you provider. German packaging EPR is listed at 199 to register plus 159 a year, Dutch packaging EPR at 199 plus 299 a year, with the same structure across nine EU countries.
Those EPR lines carry no currency symbol on their price page, though everything else on it is priced in euros.
That published list is also the limit. EPR is priced for those nine countries, and their own site names packaging, electronics and batteries as the streams.
- Best for: marketplace sellers who owe VAT in the same countries where they owe EPR and want one provider for both.
- What it does at reporting time: takes your integrated order data, registers you where needed, and files the EPR reports on your behalf.
- Who presses submit: they do, as a service.
- Markets and streams: EPR priced for nine EU countries, covering packaging, electronics and batteries.
- Pricing: public and per country, for example 199 to register plus 299 a year for Dutch packaging, with VAT priced separately (as of August 2026).
- Watch-out: you hand the cycle over rather than own it, so your product data stays wherever it lives today and the evidence trail sits with them.
Which one fits how you report
The right pick follows the shape of your reporting rather than the size of your company. Six patterns cover most of it.
- One or two markets and you want to keep control. Start on the Repax free tier. The product data you build is the part that keeps paying off as markets are added.
- Many schemes and no settled view on who should file. Lorax EPI, because you can buy the software now and move to their outsourced tier later without changing platform.
- A big packaging portfolio and nobody to own the numbers. Ecoveritas, whose whole offer is doing the data work and the submissions for you.
- Dozens of markets and a pile of scheme invoices. Sphera, for the single invoice and the widest scheme coverage on this list.
- A long tail of small countries. ecosistant at €24.90 per country, unless one of those markets is large enough to justify a full platform.
- You sell on Shopify or a marketplace. EPR Insights if you want the report out of your order data, or Staxxer if VAT lands in the same countries and you would rather hand both over.
If company size matters to you more than the reporting model, the small-business list and the enterprise list split the field that way instead.
There is also a wider EPR software comparison covering tools that do more than reporting, and a multi-stream list if you report packaging, electronics and batteries at the same time.
All seven tools in one table
Here are the seven side by side, with the column that matters most on a reporting page, which is who ends up pressing submit. Prices are as of August 2026.
| Tool | Who presses submit | What it produces | Markets and streams | Pricing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Repax | You do | Each scheme's report format from your product records | Every market from one data layer, four streams | Free, then €29/mo |
| Lorax EPI | You or them, your choice | Reports calculated against per-scheme rules | Global, 200-plus schemes, four streams | Sales-led |
| Ecoveritas | They do | Managed submissions from your raw data | 30-plus countries, packaging first | Sales-led |
| Sphera | They do | Managed reporting plus fee payment on one invoice | Global, 360-plus schemes, three streams | Demo-only |
| ecosistant | You, or them on premium | Country requirements and declarations in one dashboard | Up to 30 European countries, five streams | From €24.90 per country |
| EPR Insights | You do | Country-ready exports from order data | 39 listed, 14-plus active, three streams | From $15/mo |
| Staxxer | They do | Filed reports from your integrated order data | Nine EU countries, three streams | 199 plus 299 a year, per country |
Frequently asked questions about EPR reporting software
Short answers to what producers ask most before they choose a reporting tool.
What is EPR reporting software?
Software that turns what you placed on the market into the declaration each EPR scheme requires, then gets it filed.
In practice that means holding your product and packaging data, converting volumes into kilograms per material, applying each scheme's categories and rates, and producing the report in the format that scheme accepts.
Tools differ on how much of that they cover. Some stop at an export you upload yourself, and others carry the submission and the scheme relationship as well.
What is the best EPR reporting software?
Repax, for a producer that wants to own the reporting cycle rather than outsource it. You describe each product once and that record answers every scheme you file with, which is what stops the annual scramble from repeating.
Lorax EPI is the strongest alternative, and the better pick if you want the choice between filing yourself and having them file for you. Ecoveritas and Sphera are the answers when you would rather the whole thing sat with a provider.
Is there free EPR reporting software?
Yes, at a small scale. Repax has a free tier at €0 a month with paid plans from €29 a month, and EPR Insights starts at $15 a month with a seven-day free trial.
The software price is separate from what you pay the schemes either way. Scheme fees are charged on the weight and material of what you actually place on the market, so the software is usually the smaller line.
How much does EPR reporting software cost?
Anywhere from nothing to a negotiated enterprise contract. The published prices here start with a free Repax tier and $15 a month at EPR Insights, then €24.90 per country at ecosistant, and 199 to register plus 159 to 299 a year per country at Staxxer.
Lorax EPI, Ecoveritas and Sphera are all sold through their sales teams with no public price, so sizing those means a conversation first.
Can EPR software submit the report for you?
Some can, and it is worth asking directly rather than assuming. Sphera, Staxxer and Ecoveritas file on your behalf as part of a service, and Lorax EPI does it on their outsourced tier while leaving it with you on the software-only tier.
Repax Core and EPR Insights produce the report and you submit it. Repax Comply handles registration and filing for you, as a separate membership.
How often do you have to file an EPR report?
The scheme decides, not you. Most schemes work on a calendar year and want the figures early in the following year, some ask for quarterly data, and the dates vary country by country.
That is a reason to care about deadline handling in a tool. Once you are filing in eight markets, remembering which portal wants what and when is the part that fails first.
What data do you need to file an EPR report?
Volumes placed on the market for the period, broken down by material weight, for every country and stream you are obligated in. In practice that means knowing what each product is made of, component by component, before you can total anything up.
Packaging data reporting is the version of this most producers meet first, and weight by material is the field everything else is derived from.
Does EPR reporting software replace your compliance scheme?
No. A scheme or producer responsibility organisation takes on the recycling obligation and receives your declaration, and you still need one where the law requires it.
Reporting software sits on your side of that relationship. It produces the numbers the scheme asks for and keeps the workings, which is a different job from being the scheme.
