Does Drake Tax have AI? SmartExtract, Drake Intelligence and the 2026 prices

Yes, as of the 2026 tax year. Drake Software's homepage now advertises Drake Intelligence, integrated AI across its products, and Drake SmartExtract, AI-powered extraction that reads uploaded PDFs such as W-2s and populates the return fields for the preparer to confirm. SmartExtract is marked beta in both Drake Tax and Drake Tax Online. That is what moved Drake from this directory's Excluded sheet, where Lacerte, ProSeries and GoSystem still sit, to a listing.

Drake Tax prices for tax year 2026

Read on Drake's pricing page in October 2026, early-season prices through November 30:

• Pay-Per-Return: $379.99, with 10 individual returns included; additional individual returns $49.99 and business returns $74.99.
• Drake Tax 1040: $1,895 early-season ($1,995 from December 1).
• Drake Tax Pro: $2,375 early-season ($2,495 from December 1), unlimited individual and business returns, multi-user.
• Practice Essentials Bundle (Drake Portals, Workflow and E-Sign): $599 early-season.

AI add-ons that work with Drake

• GruntWorx: Drake's own scan-organize-populate partner, sold through the Drake site, from $10/return or $5.50 a return in a 250-return bundle.
• TXF Intelligence: extracts a client's documents for side-by-side review and drops a file into your Drake Imports folder; $30/return, first three free.
• Juno: $50/return flat, pushes the data into Drake and runs an AI review before filing.
• Black Ore: $60/return for complex 1040s and K-1s, exporting to Drake among seven suites.
• Filed and Soraban name Drake among their integrations and are priced after a demo.
• SmartVault ($65/user/mo) and Liscio ($19/user/mo) integrate with Drake on the document and portal side.

Research beside the return

Drake has no research assistant of its own in the listing, so the cited-answer tools priced for small offices pair with it: Hive Tax at $79/mo, Bizora from $29.99/mo, CPA Pilot from $29/mo and TheTaxBook WebLibrary Plus with TaxBert at $429 for the first user.

Quick answers

Is Drake SmartExtract included in the Drake Tax price?

Drake's homepage advertises SmartExtract as part of Drake Intelligence in Drake Tax and Drake Tax Online, marked beta; the pricing page lists no separate charge for it. Confirm on the Drake site before you rely on it for the season.

What does Drake Tax cost for a small office in 2026?

Pay-Per-Return is $379.99 with 10 individual returns included; Drake Tax 1040 is $1,895 and Drake Tax Pro $2,375 at early-season prices, rising $100 from December 1.

What is the cheapest AI data entry that works with Drake?

GruntWorx from $5.50 a return in bundles, then TXF Intelligence at $30/return (three free) and Juno at $50/return.