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Vera Fairbanks

Accountant, Beacon Legal Partners

OtherAccounting201 to 500 employees

4.0

Mar 26, 2025

LinkedIn confirmedUsed 2 or more years

Our accountant came around in a month

Purchase orders, sales orders and inventory arrived on Professional and covered everything we needed when we started carrying stock. I had budgeted for moving to a different product entirely at that point and did not have to.

Pros

Custom workflow rules that a non technical owner can build

Cons

The mobile app lags well behind the browser product

Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
1 found this helpful

Dana Raghavan

Practice Manager, Prairie Rose Bakery

United StatesFinancial services11 to 50 employees

4.0

Jan 20, 2025

Verified userLinkedIn confirmedUsed 6 to 12 months

Free until we hit fifty thousand, then twenty dollars

Our accountant pushed back hard at first because she is a QuickBooks person. She spent a month in it and now says the reporting is better. She still charges us slightly more for working outside her usual system and it is worth it.

Pros

The feature to price ratio is not close to anything else here

Cons

Fewer US accountants know it than QuickBooks

Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
1 found this helpful

Rachel Jimenez

Operations Manager, Vertex Machine Works

United StatesReal estate500+ employees

3.0

Dec 31, 2024

LinkedIn confirmedUsed 6 to 12 months

Sales tax covers the basics only

Sales tax tracking handles the straightforward case well. Economic nexus across a dozen states is not something it solves on its own and we ended up adding Avalara. Fine, expected at this price, worth knowing.

Pros

A genuine free plan under fifty thousand dollars of revenue

Cons

US payroll only covers a limited set of states

Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality

Response from the vendorJan 6, 2025

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1 found this helpful

Freya Waterhouse

Project Manager, Trailhead Bicycles

United StatesNonprofit1 to 10 employees

5.0

Oct 5, 2024

Verified userLinkedIn confirmedUsed 2 or more years

The client portal ended the invoice copy emails

Our accountant pushed back hard at first because she is a QuickBooks person. She spent a month in it and now says the reporting is better. She still charges us slightly more for working outside her usual system and it is worth it.

Pros

Multi currency handled properly at no extra cost

Cons

The mobile app lags well behind the browser product

Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
1 found this helpful

Lionel Goldberg

Studio Director, Willow & Ash Salons

United StatesMarketing11 to 50 employees

5.0

Jul 9, 2026

Verified userUsed 2 or more years

The client portal ended the invoice copy emails

Our accountant pushed back hard at first because she is a QuickBooks person. She spent a month in it and now says the reporting is better. She still charges us slightly more for working outside her usual system and it is worth it.

Pros

Open API available on affordable plans

Cons

Support replies are slow and often generic

Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
0 found this helpful

Michelle Choi

Project Manager, Hillcrest Family Clinic

United StatesNonprofit51 to 200 employees

5.0

Jun 30, 2026

Verified userLinkedIn confirmedUsed 1 to 2 years

Free until we hit fifty thousand, then twenty dollars

Our accountant pushed back hard at first because she is a QuickBooks person. She spent a month in it and now says the reporting is better. She still charges us slightly more for working outside her usual system and it is worth it.

Pros

Client portal with card payment included

Cons

Some features assume you run the wider Zoho suite

Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
0 found this helpful

Naomi Mahoney

Head of Operations, Tidewater Marine Services

United StatesSoftware11 to 50 employees

4.0

Mar 23, 2026

Verified userUsed 2 or more years

It grew with us from two people to eleven

The client portal was an accident of buying it and turned out to be the thing customers comment on. They log in, see every invoice and statement, and pay by card without emailing me for a copy. I used to spend an hour a week resending documents.

Pros

Open API available on affordable plans

Cons

Support replies are slow and often generic

Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
0 found this helpful

Rachel Ishikawa

Accountant, Trailhead Bicycles

United StatesFinancial services11 to 50 employees

4.0

Feb 28, 2026

Verified userUsed 1 to 2 years

It grew with us from two people to eleven

The API is on the plan we already pay for, which is not true of most competitors. Our developer had our internal job system posting invoices into Books in about two days.

Pros

Client portal with card payment included

Cons

Support replies are slow and often generic

Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
0 found this helpful

Anika Fitzgerald

Bookkeeper, Sandbar Hospitality

United StatesFinancial services51 to 200 employees

5.0

Feb 27, 2026

Used 1 to 2 years

Our accountant came around in a month

Our accountant pushed back hard at first because she is a QuickBooks person. She spent a month in it and now says the reporting is better. She still charges us slightly more for working outside her usual system and it is worth it.

Pros

Custom workflow rules that a non technical owner can build

Cons

The mobile app lags well behind the browser product

Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
0 found this helpful

Jonathan Marchetti

Head of Operations, Fairview Veterinary

United StatesMarketing11 to 50 employees

3.0

Feb 5, 2026

Verified userLinkedIn confirmedUsed 6 to 12 months

Sales tax covers the basics only

Sales tax tracking handles the straightforward case well. Economic nexus across a dozen states is not something it solves on its own and we ended up adding Avalara. Fine, expected at this price, worth knowing.

Pros

Custom workflow rules that a non technical owner can build

Cons

The mobile app lags well behind the browser product

Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
0 found this helpful

Alistair Grimaldi

VP of Sales, Harborline Supply

United StatesEcommerce51 to 200 employees

5.0

Oct 19, 2025

Verified userUsed 6 to 12 months

The automation does work I used to do by hand

The client portal was an accident of buying it and turned out to be the thing customers comment on. They log in, see every invoice and statement, and pay by card without emailing me for a copy. I used to spend an hour a week resending documents.

Pros

A genuine free plan under fifty thousand dollars of revenue

Cons

Fewer US accountants know it than QuickBooks

Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
0 found this helpful

Emmett Castellanos

Practice Manager, Summit Physio

United StatesMarketing51 to 200 employees

4.0

Oct 11, 2025

Verified userUsed 6 to 12 months

It grew with us from two people to eleven

The client portal was an accident of buying it and turned out to be the thing customers comment on. They log in, see every invoice and statement, and pay by card without emailing me for a copy. I used to spend an hour a week resending documents.

Pros

The feature to price ratio is not close to anything else here

Cons

Some features assume you run the wider Zoho suite

Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
0 found this helpful

Adrian Aoki

Operations Manager, Tidewater Marine Services

United StatesFinancial services11 to 50 employees

5.0

Sep 17, 2025

Used less than 6 months

The client portal ended the invoice copy emails

Purchase orders, sales orders and inventory arrived on Professional and covered everything we needed when we started carrying stock. I had budgeted for moving to a different product entirely at that point and did not have to.

Pros

Client portal with card payment included

Cons

Fewer US accountants know it than QuickBooks

Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
0 found this helpful

Deepa Beaumont

Sales Director, Aurora Print House

United StatesNonprofit1 to 10 employees

5.0

Aug 20, 2025

Verified userLinkedIn confirmedUsed 2 or more years

Free until we hit fifty thousand, then twenty dollars

We came off a spreadsheet and expected to compromise somewhere. Two years in I still have not found the compromise. Bank feeds are stable, reconciliation rules learned our vendors, and the reports my accountant asks for come straight out. For twenty dollars a month I keep expecting the other shoe.

Pros

Custom workflow rules that a non technical owner can build

Cons

Sales tax will not solve multi state nexus alone

Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
0 found this helpful

Alistair Mahoney

Studio Director, Granite Peak Roofing

United StatesMarketing1 to 10 employees

4.0

Aug 17, 2025

Used 1 to 2 years

Our accountant came around in a month

We ran the free plan for the whole first year because we were under the revenue threshold. Not a trial, not a countdown, just free until the business was big enough to pay. When we crossed it the paid plan was twenty dollars. That is a very different experience from being pushed off a cliff at day thirty.

Pros

The feature to price ratio is not close to anything else here

Cons

US payroll only covers a limited set of states

Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
0 found this helpful

Bianca Ellsworth

People Operations Lead, Summit Physio

CanadaFinancial services1 to 10 employees

4.0

Aug 11, 2025

Verified userUsed 2 or more years

The automation does work I used to do by hand

The client portal was an accident of buying it and turned out to be the thing customers comment on. They log in, see every invoice and statement, and pay by card without emailing me for a copy. I used to spend an hour a week resending documents.

Pros

Custom workflow rules that a non technical owner can build

Cons

The mobile app lags well behind the browser product

Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
0 found this helpful

Amelia Kirkwood

Practice Manager, Beacon Legal Partners

United StatesManufacturing201 to 500 employees

5.0

Jul 11, 2025

Verified userLinkedIn confirmedUsed 1 to 2 years

Our accountant came around in a month

Multi currency is included rather than gated. We invoice a Toronto client in Canadian dollars and a London one in pounds, the exchange rates update automatically, and the gain and loss postings are right without me thinking about them.

Pros

A genuine free plan under fifty thousand dollars of revenue

Cons

Support replies are slow and often generic

Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
0 found this helpful

Heather Whitfield

Owner, Meridian Dental Group

United StatesLegal1 to 10 employees

4.0

Jun 20, 2025

Verified userUsed less than 6 months

Better reporting than the price implies

Multi currency is included rather than gated. We invoice a Toronto client in Canadian dollars and a London one in pounds, the exchange rates update automatically, and the gain and loss postings are right without me thinking about them.

Pros

Multi currency handled properly at no extra cost

Cons

Sales tax will not solve multi state nexus alone

Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
0 found this helpful

Devon Jefferson

Founder, Sandbar Hospitality

CanadaManufacturing11 to 50 employees

5.0

Jun 19, 2025

Verified userLinkedIn confirmedUsed 2 or more years

The automation does work I used to do by hand

The client portal was an accident of buying it and turned out to be the thing customers comment on. They log in, see every invoice and statement, and pay by card without emailing me for a copy. I used to spend an hour a week resending documents.

Pros

Custom workflow rules that a non technical owner can build

Cons

Sales tax will not solve multi state nexus alone

Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
0 found this helpful

Leonard Dashwood

Project Manager, Clearview Windows

CanadaMarketing201 to 500 employees

4.0

May 12, 2025

LinkedIn confirmedUsed 6 to 12 months

The automation does work I used to do by hand

Our accountant pushed back hard at first because she is a QuickBooks person. She spent a month in it and now says the reporting is better. She still charges us slightly more for working outside her usual system and it is worth it.

Pros

The feature to price ratio is not close to anything else here

Cons

Some features assume you run the wider Zoho suite

Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
0 found this helpful