Repax vs Assent compared for EPR software in 2026

Repax vs Assent is really a choice between two kinds of tool. Both help producers handle packaging under Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), the rules that make a business pay for collecting and recycling the packaging, batteries and electronics it puts on the market.

Assent is a broad supply chain compliance platform, with packaging EPR as one module alongside chemicals and product safety. Repax is a dedicated EPR platform: EPR is all it does.

For most producers, Repax is the better fit, because it covers more waste streams from a product record you own and builds in the EU documents you will soon need. Assent makes sense when packaging EPR is one small piece of a much larger supply chain compliance program.

How Repax and Assent stack up

The fastest way to see the difference is side by side. The table scores the two on the things producers actually weigh. Every mark reflects each vendor's own current, public information.

Read down the columns and the split is clear. Assent is built to pull packaging data out of a complex supplier base, with real depth on North American packaging laws.

Repax is built so you own the data yourself, across more streams and markets, with the EU documents baked in. Two different shapes of the same job.

What Repax does best

Repax comes at the job from the data you already hold. Instead of collecting it from your suppliers, you describe each product once and every report is generated from that single record. It is also our own product, so we lead with it, though we are straight about where Assent wins.

Here is where that model pulls ahead for most producers.

1. You own the data, and it is not tied to one supply chain. You spec a product once, its materials and their weights, and reuse that record for every market and stream. Update a material once and every product using it carries the change, without a fresh round of supplier outreach.
2. More than packaging. Repax covers over 30 EPR categories across packaging, batteries, electronics and textiles. Assent's EPR module is packaging only, so a producer who also files for electronics or textiles would need another tool for those. Repax does not.
3. The PPWR deadline is already solved. Declare produces the EU Declaration of Conformity that the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) requires from 12 August 2026. It generates the signed document with a unique ID and hosts the public page its QR code resolves to. Assent's EPR module does not offer that document.
4. You can start today, and you know the price. Repax publishes its pricing and has a free tier, so you set it up yourself and see it working before you speak to anyone. Assent is demo and quote only.

One honest caveat. Repax does not file into scheme portals for you yet, that is the job of Comply, which is not live, so today you still submit through each scheme's own channel.

What Assent does best

Where Repax works from your own product record, Assent works the other way around. It is a supply chain sustainability platform whose packaging EPR module is aimed at large manufacturers, and its real strength is pulling compliance data out of a supplier base that does not have it to hand.

Here is where that model genuinely wins.

1. It chases the data down your supply chain for you. Assent's Supplier Engagement Engine reaches out to your suppliers in their own language, teaches them what EPR is, and requests the packaging data you are missing. For a manufacturer with hundreds of suppliers who have never heard of EPR, that outreach is the hard part, and Assent does it.
2. Deep North American packaging coverage. The module is built around US and Canadian packaging laws by name: California SB 54, Oregon SB 582, Colorado HB22-1355 and Canada's Federal Plastics Registry. If your compliance work is weighted to North America, that focus fits.
3. One platform for a much wider program. Packaging is one module among many. If you already run chemical or product safety compliance on Assent, keeping packaging in the same place, drawing on the same supplier data, is a real advantage.

If you are a large manufacturer whose suppliers hold the packaging data, and North America is your main compliance ground, Assent is built for exactly that.

Pricing and how each is sold

The two could not be more different on price, and it is the clearest practical split between them.

Repax

Repax publishes its pricing. Core and Declare each share the same tiers:

• Free: €0/mo
• Growth: €29/mo
• Pro: €59/mo
• Enterprise: custom, for high volume

Prices are as of 2026 and shown before VAT. You start on the free tier with no sales call, and the free plan stays free rather than expiring after a trial.

Assent

Assent does not publish a price. Its pricing page asks you to request a custom quote, and the EPR page offers only Book a Demo and Get a Quote.

So your cost comes from an enterprise agreement, scoped to your needs. Normal for this kind of platform, but you cannot see a number, or start, without talking to sales.

The gap is real. With Repax you can see the price and try it free today. With Assent you buy the way you buy enterprise software: a demo, a quote, and a contract. Treat these as 2026 details and confirm current pricing with each vendor.

Choosing based on your supply chain

The cleanest way to choose is by the shape of your supply chain, and how big a part packaging plays in your wider compliance. Match yourself to the description that sounds most like you.

• Your suppliers hold the packaging data, and there are a lot of them. Assent. Its Supplier Engagement Engine is built to collect that data at scale, which is the slowest part of the job for a big manufacturer.
• Packaging EPR is one line item in a much bigger compliance program. Assent. If you already run chemicals or product safety there, keeping packaging on the same platform makes sense.
• North American packaging laws are your main job. Assent leans that way, by name.
• You want to own your EPR reporting across more than packaging. Repax. One product record covers packaging, batteries, electronics and textiles.
• You sell across the EU and need the PPWR Declaration of Conformity. Repax. Declare is built for that document, from signing to hosted retention.
• You want to start today and know the price. Repax. Free tier, public pricing, self-serve.

So which should you buy

It comes down to who holds your data and how wide your compliance program is.

Buy Repax if you:

• want to own EPR across packaging, batteries, electronics and textiles
• need the PPWR Declaration of Conformity
• want public pricing with a self-serve start

That is most of the producers we build for.

Buy Assent if you:

• keep packaging data with your suppliers, and there are a lot of them
• treat packaging EPR as one part of a broad supply chain compliance program
• work mainly in North America

Match the tool to where your data lives and how wide your compliance program runs, and the choice answers itself.

Repax vs Assent questions producers ask

Short, direct answers to the questions that come up most when weighing Repax against Assent.

Is Repax or Assent better for EPR compliance?

For most producers, Repax, because it covers packaging, batteries, electronics and textiles from a product record you own, builds in the PPWR Declaration of Conformity, and publishes its pricing. Assent is the better fit for a large manufacturer whose packaging data sits with suppliers and whose compliance program reaches well beyond packaging.

What is the difference between Repax and Assent?

Assent is a broad supply chain compliance platform where packaging EPR is one module, built to collect data from your suppliers, with strong North American coverage. Repax is a dedicated EPR platform where you spec a product once and generate every market's report from that record, across more streams, with Core and Declare live and Comply on the way.

Is Assent only for packaging?

For EPR, yes. Assent's EPR module covers packaging only. The wider Assent platform handles other kinds of product compliance, but a producer who also needs batteries, electronics or textiles under EPR would cover those somewhere else. Repax covers all four from one record.

Does Assent handle the PPWR Declaration of Conformity?

Assent's EPR packaging page does not list a dedicated tool for the EU Declaration of Conformity. Its module is built around collecting packaging data and producing report-ready outputs with fee estimates. Repax built Declare specifically for that document, from signing to the hosted page its QR code points to.

How much does Assent cost?

Assent does not publish a price. Even its pricing page asks you to request a custom quote, so cost is set by an enterprise agreement scoped to your needs. Repax, by contrast, publishes its tiers, free at €0, then €29 and €59 a month, and has a free plan you can start today. Confirm current pricing with each vendor.

Which is better for a North American manufacturer?

Assent has the edge for North America. Its packaging module is built around US and Canadian laws by name, including California SB 54, Oregon, Colorado and Canada's Federal Plastics Registry, and its supplier outreach suits a large US manufacturer. Repax works globally and is EU-built, so it becomes the stronger pick once the EU and the PPWR document are in play.

Which is better for an EU producer?

Repax. It is EU-built and EU-hosted, covers EU streams beyond packaging, and builds in the PPWR Declaration of Conformity that applies from 12 August 2026. Assent references Europe but names North American packaging laws, so an EU-focused producer gets more from Repax.

The regulation behind the declaration is on EUR-Lex, and the European Commission keeps an overview on its packaging waste pages.