Best accounting software on Reddit

315 reviews from r/smallbusiness, r/Bookkeeping, r/Accounting and 36 more subreddits

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Xero

4.0

(62)

"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"

"I personally use Xero for accounting/bookkeeping."

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

"Xero is a better product - it is easier to use, provides basically the same functionality, and it is cheaper."

"I’d recommend Xero. Quickbooks sucks ass, is expensive, and their customer support is terrible at best and nonexistent at worst."

"Great accounting software!"

"UI is slick and it’s cost to functionality is better than QBO."

"Makes end of year tax a breeze and when you next need to get finance, you’ll be thankful you have Xero."

"I'd recommend that or QB online."

QuickBooks

4.0

(34)

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

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

"It works well for us and makes invoicing easy."

"TechSoup has a discount for QB."

"Hands down the best accounting software I've used!"

"Quickbooks is a great option for managing your accounting."

"I like how it connects to the software I already use (Buildxact), makes invoicing easy."

"Go with QuickBooks + Pilot.com!"

"The best bookeeping/ accounting software"

"Use quickbooks and as part of their onboarding they’ll have a suggested chart of accounts depending on your business. Automotive repair shops is on there. Will be a good start."

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."

Sage

3.9

(18)

"Sage Intacct offers easy-to-use reporting with real-time dashboards for critical information."

"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."

"Well worth it, with recurring invoices, automated bank statement imports, and many other features."

"Stick with Sage Intact."

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

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

"Sage200 is a comprehensive solution for inventory management and accounting."

"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."

Wave

4.2

(15)

"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 clients on Wave and Xero. They're both fine."

"I use WaveAccounting but I haven't considered a self hosted option...."

"I use Wave and would recommend."

Odoo

4.0

(15)

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

"Honestly its Odoo hands down."

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

"Great features, reasonable rates, and sophisticated import export feature. Plus, it has good reporting features."

"They give you your first module for free forever"

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

"Odoo?"

"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"

QuickBooks Online

3.9

(14)

"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."

"World standard software - Xero & QBO - are great choices, but are expensive by Philippines standards."

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

"It's really hard to beat QuickBooks online - inexpensive, simple, likely powerful/flexible enough for you needs."

"Look into Quickbooks online or MIP accounting software."

"Quickbooks online."

"You can use QBO with bill.com or chargebee for the recurring invoices and payments."

"I am leaning toward QBO for familiarity’s sake, but am also really attracted to the multi-entity functionality that Sage offers."

Zoho

4.1

(12)

"You can try the free edition."

"Fantastic"

"Simple to use and free of cost"

"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."

"Free for 2 users."

"Zoho offers essential features for early stage finance."

FreeAgent

4.7

(9)

"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"

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

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

"Pretty good"

#10

FreshBooks

4.0

(7)

"I like FreshBooks."

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

"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"

"Very basic. You get what you pay for."

#11

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."

#12

GnuCash

3.8

(6)

"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?"

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

#13

Microsoft

4.4

(5)

"Excel is a great tool for accounting, especially for those who have experience with spreadsheets."

"Super handy with subsidiaries imo"

"Excel can still cover if you are good at linking and creating dashboards."

"Microsoft Business Central is actually quite good, with strong integration with other Microsoft products."

"Dynamics 365 strikes a good balance between cost and functionality. It also has a deferral template function that would be good for accounting for unearned revenue."

#14

QBO

4.8

(4)

"QBO accountant accounts are free and include all of the QBO features that the regular business accounts have."

"Class tracking"

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

"It's the gold standard for small business, despite some flaws."

#15

Sage Intacct

4.0

(4)

"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."

#16

Akaunting

3.8

(4)

"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."

"I had some billing issues with them."

#17

Accurate

3.8

(4)

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

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

"So dah pasti cocok di Indo. So why not accurate?"

"Accurate is a decent software."

#18

Stessa

4.7

(3)

"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."

#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

QuickBooks Desktop

3.3

(4)

"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."

#21

Netsuite

3.7

(3)

"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."

#22

Gusto

5.0

(2)

"Gusto for payroll. It is the best."

"I recommend that to all my clients and everyone I work with has been happy with it."

#23

1.0

(1)

"Don't go with Sage/Bob50 is all I can recommend."

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