7 Best QuickBooks Alternatives for Small Businesses

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QuickBooks

You’re likely well aware that QuickBooks is the reigning incumbent for best accounting software. Although there’s plenty working in QuickBooks’ favor — industry dominance, ease of use and scalability, for instance — small-business owners might consider alternatives, depending on their budget and what features they need. Before you settle on an option, just make sure your data isn’t “trapped” if you change your mind. You want to be able to easily move data in and out of solutions, especially if your needs change as your business grows.

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Xero

Xero has three pricing tiers and all of them support unlimited users. If you’re a super small business, the Early plan at $12/month may work for you — just keep in mind you can only enter up to five bills and 20 invoices. However, most small businesses quickly outgrow this package and move up to the $34/month Growing plan. More complex businesses that deal with multiple currencies and have to claim expenses and track projects need the Established plan, which is $65/month.

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Sage Business Cloud Accounting

Sage is a full accounting package that offers desktop and cloud products. Its cloud-based solution, Sage Accounting, has two plan tiers: a $10/month one for self-employed people and micro-businesses, and a $25/month one for small businesses. The latter unlocks unlimited collaboration, quotes and estimates, cash flow forecasts and the ability to manage purchase invoices. There are also HR tools, POS integrations, ecommerce features and sales and marketing features available.

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FreshBooks

If you’re worried about getting stuck on an issue with the software and having to wade through pages of online FAQs to try to solve the problem yourself, don’t be. FreshBooks has excellent customer-service associates who respond quickly to your questions, often replying to emails within 90 minutes and to phone calls within three rings.

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Wave Accounting

Wave Accounting is a completely free accounting software that’s easy to set up and lets you connect your business bank account so your bookkeeping information will appear automatically. Some of the tools built into the product include income and expense tracking, receipt scanning, unlimited collaborators, accounting reports, invoicing and integrations powered by Zapier.

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Zoho Books

Zoho Books is part of the Zoho One suite of services — which includes over 40 different business apps, including customer relationship management, HR tools and reporting options. Zoho Books’ four plans range in functionality, number of users and workflows that are included. First, Zoho offers a free plan. Then, the Standard plan costs $20 per month, the Professional plan costs $50 per month and the Premium plan costs $70 per month.

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Bonsai

Next up on our list of QuickBooks alternatives is Bonsai — an all-in-one product suite for freelancers that has some nifty accounting features built in. With Bonsai, you can track your billable expenses by creating an expense, assigning it to a project and attaching those expenses to an invoice. You also can connect your bank account to import your expenses. What’s more, Bonsai generates expense reports and analytics so you can understand your business spending over time.

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FreeAgent

FreeAgent is an accounting software designed specifically for small-business owners. It only has one price — $24/month — and it comes with pretty much everything you’ll need from an accounting perspective. This includes invoicing, expense tracking, sales tax calculation and a dashboard that offers you a real-time view of your cash flow. Other FreeAgent perks include automated bank feeds, unlimited users and a mobile app.

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