Accounting Software reviews from Reddit

Summary

We analyzed 436 Reddit reviews across 47 subreddits and 107 posts to rank the best Accounting Software brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/smallbusiness, r/Bookkeeping, r/Accounting, r/SaaS, r/smallbusinessuk. Top-rated brands include Xero (4.1/5), QuickBooks (3.9/5), Wave (4.0/5).

Stats

Reviews436

Subreddits47

Posts107

Brands88

Products16

Top communities

r/smallbusiness108 r/Bookkeeping82 r/Accounting49 r/SaaS35 r/smallbusinessuk25

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Xero

4.1

(88)

"Personally, love Xero - easy to use. Great UI and UX. Good for both accountants and business owners. Super versatile across different industry verticals, and competitive on cost."

"I’m a big fan of Xero. More accountant-centric, they don’t change their buttons or layout every few months, and I prefer the stylings of the reports."

"Xero no doubt. I am an accountant myself. Bookkeeping for uk clients. So I can say this is the best."

"The majority of contacts have said Xero for ease of use and great app interface for capturing receipts on the run."

"Another vote for Xero here. Super simple to use."

"Xero.com is great. Dumped QuickBooks Online for it. No regrets."

"Xero is absolutely the best accounting software ever created. I’ve used many and Xero works perfectly."

"I handle a 4x entity global company with over $40m revenue and 40 employees in xero with a few 3rd party integrations and I find it excellent."

"I’d vouch for Xero"

"Xero offers a user-friendly interface, easy tax filing, and highly efficient accounting features."

QuickBooks

3.9

(62)

"Quick books. In addition to being the best system for most small businesses, it has the advantage that most tax preparers know the system."

"I love Quickbooks. It’s so easy!"

"Super user-friendly and connects directly with bank accounts."

"I second quickbooks online or xero."

"A lot of people seem to like QuickBooks Online."

"QuickBooks, easiest to work with."

"Quickbooks is pretty easily the best, in my opinion."

"Been using QuickBooks with A2X integration—it auto-syncs Amazon data and breaks down fees super clean."

"I highly recommend quickbooks premier accountant uk edition 2020."

"It will be the best $300-$450 a month you'll ever spend."

Wave

4.0

(24)

"I’ve been using Wave Accounting for 10+ years and if you have simple accounting needs, it’s free tier is great."

"For accounting, we use Wave accounting which is a lot simpler than QuickBooks."

"Wave"

"Waveapps is free."

"Wave is free and awesome!"

"It's free and does the job."

"Simple to use and free of cost"

"I have been using wave for years."

"Been using it for years. I think they take a small percentage of invoice payments made through their system, but other than that I haven't paid anything."

"Been using https://www.waveapps.com/pricing for years. Still on the Free plan."

Intuit

4.4

(21)

"QuickBooks is the standard."

"QuickBooks is an excellent accounting software that simplifies financial management."

"QuickBooks Desktop is highly recommended for its comprehensive features."

"Quickbooks is the way to go. It's the industry standard, very easy to navigate."

"I highly recommend QuickBooks Desktop 2024 Enterprise Edition."

"There's a reason everyone used Quickbooks."

"We use it because Buildern integrates with it. We like both, no complaints."

"QuickBooks Premier Desktop rocks .... I use old versions. No monthly fee; no BS."

"QBO is the tool I’m most comfortable with. The ability to link scans in QBO is a game changer."

"QuickBooks Online can easily handle recurring invoices and is recommended for managing unearned income."

QuickBooks Online

3.7

(23)

"Quickbooks Online for sure. Affordable, user friendly and integrates well with other sales software."

"QBO is best imho."

"QuickBooks Online has the most market share of bookkeeping software."

"90% of our clients use QBO. It integrates well with everything and is cost effective."

"QBO is rolling out more automation around categorization, with "in transaction" adding of new vendors or customers."

"If you're US based I would recommend QBO, if not I would say Xero."

"Assuming you are small but growing QuickBooks Online is a great option. You can track your journal entries and cut checks with relative ease."

"If you don't need inventory then quickbooks online is probably your best bet. It's the easiest and most widely used."

"I would say I got comfortable with it very quickly. MUCH more user friendly than QuickBooks desktop."

"Otherwise I’d suggest Quickbooks Online or Xero."

Odoo

4.0

(15)

"Odoo. It’s insanely cheap vs the incumbents and is awesome for SMEs."

"Odoo, A great free, open CRM/ERP."

"Honestly its Odoo hands down."

"Happy with it, and happy to recommend it."

"They give you your first module for free forever"

"Try Odoo, seems to be free for 1-2 users"

"Odoo Cloud has a one app free service where you get Accounting (and invoices) free."

"Odoo is the future, well ... I hope there's some revolution using AI to automate the bookkeeping part at least."

"Odoo will be affordable, has lot features for e-commerce, but complex, you need a specialist to setup."

"Https://www.odoo.com/fr_FR"

Zoho

4.0

(15)

"You can try the free edition."

"Fantastic"

"Simple to use and free of cost"

"Hey, ended up sticking with Zoho. There free version does most of what I need."

"I am a fan of the Zoho work place apps, been using them for a couple of years now."

"We just started using Zoho when starting up and I'm happy with it thus far."

"Zoho Books is a great option for businesses with an annual revenue below 700 million."

"I have moved from wave to zoho for similar purposes."

"They have a free plan and the first couple of plans are relatively cheap."

"Zoho does a good job and there are ways around it to get the line items like you want."

Sage

3.9

(14)

"Sage Online is the most user friendly South African based tool! Costs around R300pm and even has a nice cellphone app."

"I find it easy to use and really intuitive."

"Various tiers of software and it can do everything you ask."

"I've used Sage before. It's not bad at all. I found it more user friendly than QBO."

"I’ve always used Sage. I’ve been involved in several different businesses as an entrepreneur, and it has been pretty easy to adapt it to each business as I have grown."

"Sage is another good option that integrates well with Chargebee."

"It's easy to use and of all the iterations of online accounting software, it's the one that will piss your accountant off the least."

"Sage is cheap, my accountants use it, and Payroll makes SARS Payroll taxes easy."

"Sage is better than Xero in some aspects but less user friendly and not as amazing in the reporting customisability."

"Sage is a good product."

FreeAgent

4.5

(11)

"Freeagent is amazing (and free if you have a mettle account)."

"Another vote for Freeagent"

"Open a Mettle or Natwest account and get it free."

"FreeAgent can do what you need and you get it free if you open a free Mettle account."

"Simple but effective"

"Worth the £35 pcm"

"Freeagent is good."

"Freeagent is fantastic for freelancers and if you open a Mettle account with NatWest it’s free"

"If you've got a Natwest account, try Freeagent."

"FreeAgent is free for a NatWest RBS or Mettle business banking customer."

#10

FreshBooks

3.8

(11)

"I like FreshBooks."

"Freshbooks is user-friendly and effective for small businesses."

"Love Freshbooks."

"Freshbooks, all the way."

"FreshBooks – Feels made for freelancers. Super clean UI and really helpful if you’re juggling multiple clients."

"I’d recommend Freshbooks if you’re doing time based billing."

"Fresh books"

"Freshbooks is a good one to start."

"Work well with small - mid market companies"

"I have some clients who use fresh books and its reports are awful."

#11

bookeeping.ai

4.3

(9)

"Bookeeping.ai is your best bet."

"You can connect Stripe and have your transactions pulled straight to the tool and every aspect of your bookkeeping taken care with little to no input from you. Also gives you tax suggestions."

"AI Paula accountant autocategorizes entries, generates invoices for you, prepares statements, and you can even request tax forms to contractors."

"Although in beta, I think I will continue to use it because it captures almost everything I need for my bookkeeping."

"I like the latest cause we automate invoicing, entries categorization and requesting tax forms from contractors."

"You could check out bookeeping.ai if you want something which automates a few workflows?"

"I have been using bookeeping.ai to do my books."

"Bookeeping.ai is worth a try. From businesses to freelancers, serves different categories."

"Check out bookeeping.ai. I'm using it way better than spreadsheets, and I send my invoices with it."

#12

Sage Intacct

4.3

(8)

"Sage Intacct is integrated with 400 third-party software vendors, including credit card providers."

"Sage Intacct integrates with multiple payroll providers, allowing for seamless recording of journal entries directly from your payroll provider."

"We sell Sage Intacct and switched from QuickBooks to Sage."

"I like Sage Intacct. Its user interface is great and easy to use."

"Sounds like Sage Intacct, GP365, or Netsuite...possibly a version of quickbooks?"

"Right now leaning toward the first."

"Look in the Sage portfolio like Sage 100 or Sage Intacct."

"I’m a fan of sage intact."

#13

Netsuite

3.9

(8)

"I’d look at small business editions of the new few major ERP software venders that obviously prioritize ‘financials first’. NetSuite and Acumatica both have a small business edition that would be good for this."

"I think Netsuite is overkill for small businesses and it's much more costly. It's definitely more powerful than QuickBooks or Xero."

"Depending on how much your budget is, it is either Netsuite, Sage Intacct, or Busines Central 365."

"Netsuite if you have a big budget and a lot of transactions"

"NetSuite would probably work great for that size."

"We really enjoy Netsuite, have you looked into them?"

"NetSuite is a very good option, although more expensive."

"Depending on your scale, Netsuite is a valid option too but typically much more involved to setup and expensive."

#14

GnuCash

3.8

(8)

"GnuCASH. It's open source, does double entry accounting and invoicing/expense tracking."

"I have used wave and can't go wrong. I have also done a lot with Gnucash."

"I used GnuCash. For a simple business that just requires a few invoices a month, it was perfectly fine."

"It's a comprehensive double entry accounting software reasonably similar to QuickBooks."

"GnuCash and MoneyManagerEX are both good"

"[GNUcash](https://gnucash.org), perhaps?"

"GnuCash. It’s free, open source and does a lot. The con is it’s less intuitive than subscription services."

"I've used GnuCash, and it was a little fiddly, and clunky in places, but certainly seemed ok for fairly sophisticated personal use."

#15

Zoho Books

4.0

(6)

"My suggestion is to go with Zoho Books, I've had many happy clients."

"We use Zoho Books and it's pretty good!"

"Zoho Books if you want a more traditional (and free) app."

"Zoho Books is pretty straightforward and reasonably priced."

"Zoho Books is free if your revenue is less than $50,000 per year and not as expensive as Quickbooks if it is more."

"It's widely used and well-known among accountants and tax preparers."

#16

QuickBooks Desktop

3.5

(6)

"Cloud based is better then desktop for software in general HOWEVER… since my recommendation to you would be quickbooks, I would say in that case the desktop version is better."

"As someone who uses QBO and QBD, I'd never pick Online over Desktop. Go for Quickbooks Desktop."

"You can switch to Quickbooks desktop and host the files in your own server to get the best of both worlds."

"I always advice them to purchase the old non subscription versions of quickbooks."

"QB is great. The online version is just beginning to be usable."

"QBD is the best, but it's NOT good."

#17

Stessa

4.8

(4)

"Stessa has been great & free."

"I like the charts and reporting. Easy to classify expenses and track income linked with my bank for auto import."

"Completely free"

"It's what we use and can try for free."

#18

Akaunting

3.6

(5)

"There's a free plan if you install it on-premise."

"Look at akaunting [https://akaunting.com/](https://akaunting.com/)"

"Akaunting is a great free self-hosted accounting option."

"An open source option is “Akaunting”. Maybe the AT could be a good option while you grow."

"I had some billing issues with them."

#19

Fondo

4.7

(3)

"Love Fondo. I've been using them plus Puzzle for the past year and it's finally a solution I like."

"I use Puzzle (and love it) but I'm looking for a bookkeeper. It looks like they have a direct partnership with Fondo so wanted to get your thoughts."

"I see you picked Fondo already, it sounds like a good fit for your stage!"

#20

Manager.io

4.3

(3)

"In my opinion the simpler the better and for that reason I love Manager.io."

"I’m using manager.io, the free version. I don’t have a need for cloud yet."

"Manager.io."

#21

Accurate

3.7

(3)

"Masih bisa diandalkan untuk lokasi kantor yang tidak satu area."

"Accurate is preferred for new starts despite a learning curve."

"Accurate is a decent software."

#22

QBO

5.0

(2)

"Class tracking"

"I usually just use classes and segmented reporting in QBO"

#23

3.0

3.0

(1)

"We use Explorer Eclipse, it works well, but it’s expensive."

#88

Kick

3.0

(1)

"Check out Kick."

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