The best Bookkeeping tools
Top picks
Xero
Cloud accounting with invoicing, bank reconciliation and reports, with no per-user licence fees on any plan.
Best for: Small and growing businesses, bookkeepers and accountants that want shared cloud books with bank reconciliation and invoicing, and the option to connect other apps through an API.
- Free plan
- No
- Price
- From $27/mo
- MCP server
- Yes
- API
- Yes
Exact Online
Bookkeeping and accounting software for managing business finances and keeping complete financial records.
Best for: Dutch small and mid-sized businesses and their accountants that want bookkeeping, invoicing, VAT filing and bank reconciliation in one system, with AI agents handling routine entries.
- Free plan
- No
- Price
- From €49/mo
- MCP server
- API
- Yes
QuickBooks
Cloud accounting from Intuit for invoicing, expenses, bank feeds and reports, with a free plan and four paid tiers.
Best for: Small businesses and their bookkeepers, mainly in markets where Intuit sells it, that want cloud accounting with bank feeds, invoicing and reports and an accountant who can log in.
- Free plan
- Yes
- Price
- From $38/mo
- MCP server
- Yes
- API
- Yes
The top 4 side by side
| 7 points compared | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starts at | $27/mo | €49/mo | $38/mo | $180/mo |
| Free plan | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| MCP server | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Accountant access | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Bank feed sync | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Multi-currency | Yes | Yes | ||
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All Bookkeeping tools
- Cloud accounting with invoicing, bank reconciliation and reports, with no per-user licence fees on any plan.
- Bookkeeping and accounting software for managing business finances and keeping complete financial records.
- Cloud accounting from Intuit for invoicing, expenses, bank feeds and reports, with a free plan and four paid tiers.
Provides business banking, payments and lending services for Dutch small businesses and self-employed entrepreneurs.
Cloud accounting and bookkeeping platform for managing your business finances and financial reporting.
How we rank
Every tool in a category is ranked by the same rule, worked out from the data we hold, not by who pays us. In order:
- How many of the category's shared features it has.
- Whether there is a free plan to start on.
- How open it is to AI: an API and an MCP server.
- Whether its pricing is public.
- Name, A to Z, when all else is equal.
When we add a tool or learn more about one, the ranking updates by itself.