# Akaunting — Open-source small-business books you host free yourself or run on its cloud, extended by 50+ paid apps. > Source: Tick Mark Books — https://tickmarkbooks.com/akaunting (structured, researched, re-verified) Akaunting is an open-source accounting package for small businesses and freelancers, run on the vendor's cloud or installed free on your own server. Invoicing, expenses, banking and reporting are extended by a store of paid apps. **Best for:** Freelancers and small businesses that want open-source books they can host themselves | Fact | Value | | --- | --- | | Website | https://akaunting.com | | Category | Free accounting software, Bookkeepers and accounting firms, Accounting software, Cheapest accounting software, Freelancers and the self-employed, Small businesses, Works with QuickBooks Online, Works with Xero | | Open source | No | | Price | Free | | Price checked | 28 October 2026 | Screenshot of Akaunting: https://tickmarkbooks.com/img/1920/screenshots/akaunting.webp, captured 31 October 2026 **What we checked** - Pages last read: 28 October 2026 - Price on its site: Free plan (From its pricing page) ## What it costs A month of books at 100 transactions: $36 a month at 100 transactions, on Premium Cloud ## Akaunting price and plans Prices excluding tax, as Akaunting publishes them. | Plan | Price | What's included | | --- | --- | --- | | 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 | Pricing page as we captured it: https://tickmarkbooks.com/img/1920/screenshots/akaunting/pricing.webp, captured 31 October 2026 Read on https://akaunting.com/plans, 28 October 2026. ## What Akaunting costs at your volume | Transactions | Cost | Plan | | --- | --- | --- | | 100 | $36 a month | Premium Cloud | | 500 | $36 a month | Premium Cloud | ## What we checked on Akaunting ### What it costs to keep your books **Cost at 100 transactions a month** · Yes — $36 a month on Premium Cloud for 100 transactions. > $36 per month > — https://akaunting.com/plans · Plan cards, PREMIUM CLOUD column, price cell with the MONTHLY toggle selected, checked 28 October 2026 **Cost at 500 transactions a month** · Yes — $36 a month on Premium Cloud for 500 transactions. > $36 per month > — https://akaunting.com/plans · Plan cards, PREMIUM CLOUD column, price cell with the MONTHLY toggle selected, checked 28 October 2026 **Cost for a solo freelancer** · Yes — A freelancer who wants bank transactions pulled in needs Premium Cloud at $36 a month paid monthly, or $24 a month on yearly billing. > $36 per month > — https://akaunting.com/plans · Plan cards, PREMIUM CLOUD column, price cell with the MONTHLY toggle selected, checked 28 October 2026 **Promotion and regular price** · Yes — 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) > — https://akaunting.com/plans · Billing toggle above the plan cards, checked 28 October 2026 **Ledger included** · Yes — 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. > — https://akaunting.com · Hero section under the Free Accounting Software heading, checked 28 October 2026 **What the price is based on** · Yes — 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 > — https://akaunting.com/plans · Plan cards, STANDARD CLOUD column, feature list, checked 28 October 2026 **Users included** · Partly — Standard Cloud gives one user plus one accountant, Premium ten, Elite thirty and Ultimate unlimited; the pages never price a single extra user. > Users 1 User + 1 Accountant 10 30 Unlimited > — https://akaunting.com/plans · Features comparison list, Main section, Users row, checked 28 October 2026 ### What the AI does with your books **Reconciles your accounts** · Yes — 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. > — https://akaunting.com/hc/docs/banking-feeds-reconciliations/reconciling-transactions/ · Help Center, Reconciling Transactions, opening paragraph, checked 28 October 2026 **Reads receipts and bills** · Partly — 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 receipt. > — https://akaunting.com/apps/receipt · App page, product description, checked 28 October 2026 **Pays your bills** · Yes — 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. > — https://akaunting.com/apps/expenses · App page, Approve/Refuse Expense Claims section, checked 28 October 2026 **Sends invoices** · Yes — 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. > — https://akaunting.com/accounting-software · Accounting Software Features section, Invoicing card, checked 28 October 2026 **Accrual books and reports** · Partly — 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 > — https://akaunting.com/apps/double-entry · App page, Full Features list, checked 28 October 2026 ### Who checks the AI’s work **Your accountant can sign in** · Yes — 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. > — https://akaunting.com/hc/docs/users-and-roles/adding-an-accountant/ · Help Center, Adding an Accountant, opening line, checked 28 October 2026 ### Where your books live and what it connects to **QuickBooks Online** · Yes — 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. > — https://akaunting.com/apps/quickbooks · App page, product description, checked 28 October 2026 **Xero** · Yes — 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. > — https://akaunting.com/apps/quickbooks · App page, product description, checked 28 October 2026 **Bank and card feeds** · Partly — 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. > — https://akaunting.com/hc/docs/banking-feeds-reconciliations/bank-feeds/ · Help Center, Bank Feeds, Connecting a Bank Account, checked 28 October 2026 **Stripe** · Yes — 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. > — https://akaunting.com/plans · Feature detail section below the comparison list, Payment Methods, checked 28 October 2026 **Shopify** · Yes — 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. > — https://akaunting.com/plans · Feature detail section below the comparison list, Payment Methods, checked 28 October 2026 **PayPal** · Yes — 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. > — https://akaunting.com/plans · Feature detail section below the comparison list, Payment Methods, checked 28 October 2026 **Square** · No — no page names Square sales or Gusto payroll. > Accept payments from 20+ payment providers such as Stripe, PayPal, Mollie, eWay, M-Pesa, Flutterwave, Klarna, PagSeguro, etc. > — https://akaunting.com/plans · Feature detail section below the comparison list, Payment Methods, checked 28 October 2026 **Gusto payroll** · No — no page names Square sales or Gusto payroll. > Accept payments from 20+ payment providers such as Stripe, PayPal, Mollie, eWay, M-Pesa, Flutterwave, Klarna, PagSeguro, etc. > — https://akaunting.com/plans · Feature detail section below the comparison list, Payment Methods, checked 28 October 2026 **Payroll** · Partly — 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, benefits, and deductions. > — https://akaunting.com/plans · Feature detail section below the comparison list, Payroll, checked 28 October 2026 **Moves your history in** · Yes — 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 few clicks. > — https://akaunting.com/apps/xero · App page, product description, checked 28 October 2026 **Platforms** · Yes — 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. > — https://akaunting.com/features · Some of the great features of Akaunting section, Online Accounting card, checked 28 October 2026 **Getting your books out** · Yes — 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. > — https://akaunting.com/features · All-in-one platform section, Bulk Actions card, checked 28 October 2026 ### Taxes **Files 1099s** · Partly — 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. > — https://akaunting.com/apps/categories/regulation · App store, Regulation category listing, checked 28 October 2026 **Calculates sales tax** · Yes — 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. > — https://akaunting.com/accounting-software · Accounting Software Features section, Taxes card, checked 28 October 2026 **Files sales tax** · Partly — 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. > — https://akaunting.com/plans · Feature detail section below the comparison list, Regulations, checked 28 October 2026 ### What it keeps track of **Inventory** · Partly — 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. > — https://akaunting.com/plans · Feature detail section below the comparison list, Inventory, checked 28 October 2026 **Other currencies** · Yes — 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. > — https://akaunting.com/features · All-in-one platform section, Multi-Currency card, checked 28 October 2026 **Billable time** · Partly — 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. > — https://akaunting.com/plans · Feature detail section below the comparison list, Projects, checked 28 October 2026 **Profit by project or job** · Partly — 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 > — https://akaunting.com/apps/categories/operation · App store, Operation category listing, Projects entry, checked 28 October 2026 ### Who it is built for **For accounting firms** · Yes — 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. > — https://akaunting.com/accountants · Hero section, One Accounting Software, Unlimited Clients, checked 28 October 2026 **Several businesses** · Yes — One login holds several companies: one on Standard, ten on Premium, thirty on Elite and unlimited on Ultimate, each a separate set of books. > Companies 1 10 30 Unlimited > — https://akaunting.com/plans · Features comparison list, Main section, Companies row, checked 28 October 2026 **Canada** · Yes — 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. > Bank Feeds are available in the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the UK, and the EU. > — https://akaunting.com/hc/docs/banking-feeds-reconciliations/bank-feeds/ · Help Center, Bank Feeds, Connecting a Bank Account, checked 28 October 2026 **Australia** · Yes — 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. > Bank Feeds are available in the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the UK, and the EU. > — https://akaunting.com/hc/docs/banking-feeds-reconciliations/bank-feeds/ · Help Center, Bank Feeds, Connecting a Bank Account, checked 28 October 2026 ### Trying it, starting and getting help **Free trial or free plan** · Yes — 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). > — https://akaunting.com · Home page, Free card, checked 28 October 2026 **Sign up without a sales call** · Yes — 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. > — https://akaunting.com/start · Get started screen, Cloud option, checked 28 October 2026 **Contract and cancelling** · Yes — 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. > — https://akaunting.com/terms · Terms of Service, section 2.2 Canceling, checked 28 October 2026 **Support** · Partly — 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. > — https://akaunting.com/support · Support page, Tickets card, checked 28 October 2026 ## Akaunting alternatives - [Zoho Books](https://tickmarkbooks.com/zoho-books) · Free plan, then $20 a month: Cloud accounting ledger with Zia AI, bank feeds, sales tax and 1099 e-filing, from $20 a month. - [FreeAgent](https://tickmarkbooks.com/freeagent) · From £10 a month (about $13): UK cloud accounting with HMRC filing, bank feeds and AI receipt capture, priced per business type. - [Puzzle](https://tickmarkbooks.com/puzzle) · No list price: AI-native accounting software with optional bookkeeper services for startups and small businesses. - [Pilot](https://tickmarkbooks.com/pilot) · No list price: A bookkeeping and tax service for startups that pairs software-driven dashboards with human financial advisors. - [Booke AI](https://tickmarkbooks.com/booke-ai) · No list price: An AI bookkeeper that works inside QuickBooks Online and Xero to categorize transactions and match documents. - [Stampli](https://tickmarkbooks.com/stampli) · Price on request: Procure-to-pay workspace for invoices, vendors, payments and card spend, with AI coding and routing. - [SimpleAI](https://tickmarkbooks.com/simpleai) · From $79 a month: AI agents that extract, classify and reconcile accounting documents, then publish them into Xero or QuickBooks. - [Xero](https://tickmarkbooks.com/xero) · From $27 a month: Small-business ledger with a JAX assistant that answers questions in plain language; unlimited users on every plan. - [QuickBooks Online](https://tickmarkbooks.com/quickbooks-online) · Free plan, then $38 a month: Intuit's cloud ledger, now with Intuit Intelligence agents that categorize, reconcile and flag errors. 5 of the 9 publish a price. [All 9 alternatives](https://tickmarkbooks.com/akaunting/alternatives/) ## Sources and changes Last changed 31 October 2026 **Sources on akaunting.com** (18) - https://akaunting.com/plans, read 28 October 2026 - https://akaunting.com/features, read 28 October 2026 - https://akaunting.com, read 28 October 2026 - https://akaunting.com/accounting-software, read 28 October 2026 - https://akaunting.com/hc/docs/banking-feeds-reconciliations/bank-feeds/, read 28 October 2026 - https://akaunting.com/accountants, read 28 October 2026 - https://akaunting.com/apps/categories/operation, read 28 October 2026 - https://akaunting.com/apps/categories/regulation, read 28 October 2026 - https://akaunting.com/apps/double-entry, read 28 October 2026 - https://akaunting.com/apps/expenses, read 28 October 2026 - https://akaunting.com/apps/quickbooks, read 28 October 2026 - https://akaunting.com/apps/receipt, read 28 October 2026 - https://akaunting.com/apps/xero, read 28 October 2026 - https://akaunting.com/hc/docs/banking-feeds-reconciliations/reconciling-transactions/, read 28 October 2026 - https://akaunting.com/hc/docs/users-and-roles/adding-an-accountant/, read 28 October 2026 - https://akaunting.com/start, read 28 October 2026 - https://akaunting.com/support, read 28 October 2026 - https://akaunting.com/terms, read 28 October 2026 ## Is this yours? 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