What it costs
A month of books at 100 transactions
$36
a month at 100 transactions, on Premium Cloud
Checked against the maker's own pages, 28 October 2026.
Akaunting price and plans
Prices excluding tax, as Akaunting publishes them.
Standard Cloud
$12 a month
Keeps no full set of books
- Flat fee
Premium Cloud
$36 a month
- Flat fee
- Adds Cost for a solo freelancer
- Adds Accrual books and reports
- Adds Bank and card feeds
Elite Cloud
$84 a month
- Flat fee
- Adds Stripe
- Adds Shopify
- Adds PayPal
- Adds Payroll
- Adds Inventory
- Adds Billable time
Ultimate Cloud
$218 a month
- Flat fee
Standard On-Premise
Free
Keeps no full set of books
- Flat fee
Premium On-Premise
$6 a month
Keeps no full set of books
- Flat fee
Elite On-Premise
$14 a month
Keeps no full set of books
- Flat fee
Ultimate On-Premise
$57 a month
Keeps no full set of books
- Flat fee
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What Akaunting costs at your volume
| Transactions a month | Cost | Plan |
|---|---|---|
| 100 transactions | $36 a monthon Premium Cloud | Premium Cloud |
| 500 transactions | $36 a monthon Premium Cloud | Premium Cloud |
What we checked on Akaunting
Cost at 100 transactions a month
$36 a month on Premium Cloud for 100 transactions.
$36 per month
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Cost at 500 transactions a month
$36 a month on Premium Cloud for 500 transactions.
On the page: Plan cards, PREMIUM CLOUD column, price cell with the MONTHLY toggle selected
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Cost for a solo freelancer
A freelancer who wants bank transactions pulled in needs Premium Cloud at $36 a month paid monthly, or $24 a month on yearly billing.
On the page: Plan cards, PREMIUM CLOUD column, price cell with the MONTHLY toggle selected
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Promotion and regular price
yearly shown monthly: the plans page opens on the yearly toggle, so Standard Cloud reads $8 a month until you switch to monthly, where it is $12.
YEARLY (4 months free)
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Ledger included
Akaunting is the books itself, so no separate QuickBooks or Xero subscription is needed; the plan price is the whole software cost.
Akaunting is a free, open-source, and online accounting software for small businesses and freelancers.
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What the price is based on
A flat monthly fee per plan, with each plan fixing how many companies, users and invoices you get rather than charging per transaction.
1 Company 1 User + 1 Accountant 1,000 Invoices
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Users included
Standard Cloud gives one user plus one accountant, Premium ten, Elite thirty and Ultimate unlimited; the pages never price a single extra user.
On the page: Features comparison list, Main section, Users row
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Reconciles your accounts
Banking has a Reconciliations screen where you pick a date range and tick off bank lines against your records; the matching itself is done by hand.
Reconcile your transactions to ensure the bank statement balance and your company's records on Akaunting match.
Reads receipts and bills
The Receipts app reads an uploaded receipt and pulls out merchant, total, tax and date; it is included from Elite Cloud or bought separately from $6 a month.
Akaunting's Receipt App automatically detects and extracts vital information like the merchant, total amount, tax amount, and date from the uploaded…
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Pays your bills
You create bills and record payments against them, and employee expense claims are routed to an approver; the pages do not show paying a vendor from inside Akaunting.
Choose an Approver of an expense claim and send an approval request to notify them for a quick response.
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Sends invoices
Unlimited invoices on every plan, sent with reminders, with online payments from more than twenty providers recorded against the invoice.
Send unlimited invoices and receive payments using various payment gateways. Stand out professionally with custom invoices.
Accrual books and reports
The Double-Entry app brings the balance sheet, the ledger report, trial balance and accrual-basis records; it is included from Premium Cloud, not on Standard.
Accrual or Cash Basis records
Your accountant can sign in
Even the one-user Standard plan carries a free accountant seat, and the Accountant role comes with its own default permissions.
Akaunting Standard plan allows you to add an Accountant, while the Ultimate plan has no limits.
QuickBooks Online
free apps move your history across from QuickBooks Online and from Xero once, and no ongoing two-way sync with either is offered.
Easily move your customers, suppliers, products, services, invoices, and all your other history to Akaunting with a few clicks.
Xero
free apps move your history across from QuickBooks Online and from Xero once, and no ongoing two-way sync with either is offered.
On the page: App page, product description
Bank and card feeds
The Bank Feeds app connects to your bank and pulls transactions in automatically, in six regions; it is included from Premium Cloud and absent from Standard.
Bank Feeds are available in the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the UK, and the EU.
Stripe
Stripe and Shopify sync are included from Elite Cloud, and PayPal sits among twenty-plus payment providers
Accept payments from 20+ payment providers such as Stripe, PayPal, Mollie, eWay, M-Pesa, Flutterwave, Klarna, PagSeguro, etc.
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Shopify
Stripe and Shopify sync are included from Elite Cloud, and PayPal sits among twenty-plus payment providers
On the page: Feature detail section below the comparison list, Payment Methods
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PayPal
Stripe and Shopify sync are included from Elite Cloud, and PayPal sits among twenty-plus payment providers
On the page: Feature detail section below the comparison list, Payment Methods
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Square
no page names Square sales or Gusto payroll.
On the page: Feature detail section below the comparison list, Payment Methods
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Gusto payroll
no page names Square sales or Gusto payroll.
On the page: Feature detail section below the comparison list, Payment Methods
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Payroll
built in: Payroll is one of Akaunting's own apps, included from Elite Cloud at $84 a month and not on Standard or Premium.
Simplify your payroll management and reduce time spent on manual processes. Get on-demand employee information, and customize payment methods,…
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Moves your history in
Free apps carry customers, vendors, items, invoices and bills over from QuickBooks Online or Xero, and the Xero one runs on the cloud service only.
This app transfers your customers, vendors, products/services, categories, invoices, bills, and a lot more from Xero to Akaunting for you in just a…
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Platforms
web: it runs in a browser on any computer, tablet or phone, and the site advertises no separate Windows, Mac, iPhone or Android app.
See your financials online anytime, anywhere on your Mac, PC, tablet or mobile phone. No limits.
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Getting your books out
Records can be exported in batch from the lists, and the self-hosted build keeps the whole database on your own server; the pages do not say which reports export.
Enable, disable, export, and delete records easily in batch mode.
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Files 1099s
A Form 1099 (USA) app tracks and prepares the IRS forms for contractors; it comes with Ultimate Cloud or is bought separately from the app store.
Form 1099 (USA) Track and prepare IRS tax forms easily.
Calculates sales tax
Sales tax calculation is on every plan: you set up tax rates, link them to items or transactions, and they are applied automatically.
Create sales taxes and automatically calculate them on every transaction.
Files sales tax
Filing comes from the regulation apps, included on Ultimate: GST returns and BAS for Australia and Making Tax Digital for UK VAT, bought separately on lower plans.
Get the regulations required by governments for tax filling and return such as GST, MTD, Form 1099, etc.
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Inventory
Stock levels, SKUs, variants, warehouses and transfer orders come with the Inventory app, included from Elite Cloud and not on Standard or Premium.
Stock management, SKU, item groups and variants, transfer orders, adjustments, warehouses, histories, and more.
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Other currencies
Multiple currencies are on every plan, with invoices and expenses entered in any currency and converted to your main one.
Send invoices and add expenses in any currency and let the system convert them in your main currency.
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Billable time
The Projects app tracks time spent on tasks and links it to invoices and bills; it is included from Elite Cloud, not below.
Create tasks, assign them to teammates, discuss with your customers, track the time spent, and link to invoices/bills.
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Profit by project or job
Projects organize tasks, teams and time against invoices and bills, giving a per-project view; the app arrives with Elite Cloud and above.
Projects Organize tasks, work with teams, track time, and deliver on milestones
For accounting firms
There is an accountant partner program with unlimited client companies on Ultimate, white labeling and a client portal, though no separate firm rate card is published.
Manage clients' finances and grow your practice with accounting features that make your job convenient and efficient.
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Several businesses
One login holds several companies: one on Standard, ten on Premium, thirty on Elite and unlimited on Ultimate, each a separate set of books.
On the page: Features comparison list, Main section, Companies row
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Canada
Sold worldwide and translated into fifty-plus languages, with bank connections in the US, Canada, the UK, Australia, New Zealand and the EU, plus US 1099, UK MTD and Australian GST apps.
On the page: Help Center, Bank Feeds, Connecting a Bank Account
Australia
Sold worldwide and translated into fifty-plus languages, with bank connections in the US, Canada, the UK, Australia, New Zealand and the EU, plus US 1099, UK MTD and Australian GST apps.
On the page: Help Center, Bank Feeds, Connecting a Bank Account
Free trial or free plan
The self-hosted Standard build is free for good, and each cloud plan has a try-it-free link from the plan card before you pay.
The Standard plan of the On-Premise (self-hosted) version is free in terms of price and freedom (source code available).
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Sign up without a sales call
You sign up with an email or a Google account and buy a plan straight from the plan card; no sales call stands in the way.
Start using Akaunting on our server instantly.
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Contract and cancelling
Monthly or yearly billing, renewing automatically, and you cancel yourself from the Subscriptions page, keeping access until the period ends.
Subscriptions can be canceled at any time from the Website's Subscriptions page.
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Support
Help is by help center, community forum, support tickets and a paid dedicated option; no phone or live chat for support, and no hours are published.
You can use the ticket system for your questions and/or issues for the apps you purchased to get support from the developer of the app directly.
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Akaunting alternatives
All 9 alternatives6 more alternatives
5 of the 9 publish a price.
- PilotNo list priceA bookkeeping and tax service for startups that pairs software-driven dashboards with human financial advisors.
- Booke AINo list priceAn AI bookkeeper that works inside QuickBooks Online and Xero to categorize transactions and match documents.
- StampliOn quoteProcure-to-pay workspace for invoices, vendors, payments and card spend, with AI coding and routing.
- SimpleAIFrom $79 a monthAI agents that extract, classify and reconcile accounting documents, then publish them into Xero or QuickBooks.
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