About Canopy
Canopy pairs practice management with IRS tax-resolution tooling for accounting firms, and was top-rated on G2 in both Tax Practice Management and Accounting Practice Management for the 2026 Best Software Awards.
Its AI direction is agentic: Canopy Coworker plans, executes, and escalates multi-step workflows inside the platform, and Smart Prep — powered by an integration with AI startup Filed, launched January 2026 — auto-prepares 1040s from client source documents.
Canopy Coworker is an agentic AI that executes multi-step firm workflows, while Smart Prep (via Filed) auto-preps 1040 returns from source documents.
Highlights
- Top-rated on G2 for Tax Practice Management in the 2026 Best Software Awards
- Client-portal app rated 4.9/5 across 19,000+ reviews
- Added AI-powered tax prep via the Filed integration in January 2026
Third-party reviews
Reviewers like the streamlined client relations, task management, and document storage; feedback on pricing is mixed.
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