Best Accounting Software compared
One can get all confused when deciding on an accounting software for their business. Along with that, checking individually for the pricing of various software and keeping a tab of the feature bundle is a task almost next to impossible. Henceforth, we bring to you a comparative guide with an in-depth featurette of the best accounting software in the market. We hope this makes the task of choosing the ‘right’ accounting software easier for you:
| CAPIUM | CLEARBOOKS | FREEAGENT | QUICKBOOKS ONLINE | NOMISMA | XERO | BIGTIME | SAGE50CLOUD | ZOHOBOOKS | FRESHBOOKS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good for | Small Business Enterprises | Small Business Enterprises | Freelancers/ Small Business Enterprises | Small Business Enterprises | Small Business Enterprises | Small Business Enterprises | Small and Mid Size Businesses | Freelancers/ Mid Size Business / Small Business | Freelancers/ Mid Size Business/ Small Business | Small Business Enterprises |
| Integrations | Xero, Truelayer, Nest, Smart Pensions | Autoentry, Paypal, Receiptbank, HMRC, Pay360, etc. | ReceiptBank, Paypal, Stripe, Capsule CRM, Nimbla, DebtCase,etc. | Paypal, Square, Shopify, SOS Inventory, Tsheets, Gusto, etc. | GoCardless, Paypal, Stripe, PensionSync, EasySync, HMRC, Companies House, Nomisma CRM | Excel, Exepnsify, Casher, AutoEntry, Stripe, Paypal, Hubspot, Zapier,etc. | Salesforce, Slack, Quickbooks, Lacerte, Google, Zapier | Office 365 | Online Payment Portals like Razorpay, PayPal, 2Chekout, Zoho Invoice Account | Dropbox, Hubspot, Capsule, Gusto, Gsuite, Fundbox, yearli and more |
| Accountant Access | Available | Available | Available | Available | Available | Available | Available | Available | Available | Available |
| Self-Assessment Tax | Available | Not Available | Available | Available | Available | Not Available | Not Available | Available | Not Available | Not Available |
| Invoice Tracking | Available | Available | Available | Available | Available | Available | Available | Available | Not Available | Available |
| Expense Management | Available | Available | Available | Available | Available | Available | Available | Available | Available | |
| Banking Integration | Available | Available | Available | Available | Available | Available | Not Available | Available | Available | Available |
| Fixed Asset Management | Available | Not Available | Not Available | Available in Accountant and Enterprise Edition | Not Available | Available | Not Available | Available | Not Available | Not Available |
| Bank Reconciliation | Available | Not Available | Available | Available | Available | Available | Available | Available | Available | Available |
| Mobile App | Available | Available | Available | Available | Available | Available | Available | Available | Available | Available |
| Support | 12 hours 5 days a week and 6 hours on Saturday (Phone) | 8 hours 5 days a week (Phone and Live Chat) | 8 hours 5 days a week (Phone and Email) | 11 hours during weekdays and 9 hours on weekends (Online and Phone) | 24/7(Email, Phone,Tickets, Live) | Online 24/7 | Online 24/7 | Online and Phone 24/7 | Available | 12 Hours 5 Days a week (Phone) |
| Inventory Management | Not Available | Not Available | Available | Available | Not Available | Available | Not Available | Available | Available | Not Available |
| Free Trial | 7 Days | 30 Days | 30 Days | 30 Days | 30 Days | 30 Days | Available | 30 Days | 14 Days | |
| Pricing | Starts at £180/yr (per module and per 100 clients) | Starts at £5.00/month | Starts at £8.00/month | Starting at £12/month for small businesses, or £8/month for the self-employed | Starts at £4/month | Starts from £22/month | Starts at £8.00/month | £380/year | Starts at £7.00/month/ organisation | Starts at £12.00/month |