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Accounting and bookkeeping tools for small businesses

Updated 31 October 202624 prices checked 26–31 October 2026Reviewed by the Tick Mark Books editorial team

All Small businesses tools

We compare 27 accounting and bookkeeping tools for small businesses as of October 2026. Pennylane has the lowest paid entry price, from about $7.82 a month. 11 have a free plan.

What the 27 offer

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Each cell is one tool

October in accounting and bookkeeping tools for small businesses

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Prices checked
24 of 27 tools, on their own pricing pages
Last checked
31 Oct oldest check 26 Oct
Accounting and bookkeeping tools for small businesses compared
ToolPrice on its siteMCP serverAPIOpen sourceSelf-host
Inkle?MCP ?API ?OPEN ?SELF
Free, then $30 a month
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ZipBooks?MCP ?API ?OPEN ?SELF
Free, then $15 a month
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Wave?MCP ?API ?OPEN ?SELF
Free, then $19 a month
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QuickBooks Solopreneur?MCP ?API ?OPEN ?SELF
Free, then $20 a month
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Zoho Books?MCP ?API ?OPEN ?SELF
Free, then $20 a month
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doola?MCP ?API ?OPEN ?SELF
From $297 a year
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FreeAgent?MCP ?API ?OPEN ?SELF
From about $13 a month
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Xero?MCP ?API ?OPEN ?SELF
From $27 a month
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Puzzle?MCP ?API ?OPEN ?SELF
No list price
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Akaunting?MCP ?API ?OPEN ?SELF
Free, then $12 a month
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QuickBooks Online?MCP ?API ?OPEN ?SELF
Free, then $38 a month
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fileLedger by fileAI?MCP ?API ?OPEN ?SELF
From $13 a month
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FreshBooks?MCP ?API ?OPEN ?SELF
From $23 a month
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Sage Accounting?MCP ?API ?OPEN ?SELF
From about $27 a month
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Digits?MCP ?API ?OPEN ?SELF
From $65 a month
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Pennylane?MCP ?API ?OPEN ?SELF
From about $7.82 a month
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Pilot?MCP ?API ?OPEN ?SELF
No list price
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Booke AI?MCP ?API ?OPEN ?SELF
No list price
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Bookkeeper360?MCP ?API ?OPEN ?SELF
From $19 a month
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BILL?MCP ?API ?OPEN ?SELF
Free, then $49 a seat a month
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Dext?MCP ?API ?OPEN ?SELF
From $31.50 a month
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Expensify?MCP ?API ?OPEN ?SELF
Free, then $5 a seat a month
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Hubdoc?MCP ?API ?OPEN ?SELF
From $12 a month
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Melio?MCP ?API ?OPEN ?SELF
Free, then $25 a month
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Shoeboxed?MCP ?API ?OPEN ?SELF
From $9 a month
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SnapTax?MCP ?API ?OPEN ?SELF
Free, then $4.99 a month
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Zeni?MCP ?API ?OPEN ?SELF
From $549 a month
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tickmarkbooks.com · All 27 accounting and bookkeeping tools for small businesses we list.

Accounting software, bookkeeping tools and services for small businesses, with what keeping the books costs a month.

Questions buyers ask

Which tool here costs the least?

11 of the 27 have a free plan: Akaunting, BILL, Expensify, Inkle and Melio and 6 more. The lowest paid plan is Pennylane, from about $7.82 a month. Price checked on 27 October 2026.

How much do accounting and bookkeeping tools for small businesses cost?

Paid plans run from $4.99 to $549 a month, across the 23 with a monthly price. The median is $20 a month.

When were these prices checked?

We read each price between 26 October 2026 and 31 October 2026 on the maker's own pricing page.

Sources and method

Cheapest month first, the ledger included; products we could not price at the end. How we rank

Every price was read on the maker's own pricing page.

All 24 sources