Top 9 of 40 alternatives
QuickBooks Solopreneur alternatives, led by Zoho Books
The closest alternatives to QuickBooks Solopreneur in October 2026 are Zoho Books, FreeAgent and Puzzle.
9 tools compared · entry plans $13.40 to $79 a month · 3 with a free plan · prices checked 26–28 October 2026
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QuickBooks Solopreneur and its alternatives at a glance
| Tool | Best for | Starts at | A month at 100 transactions | Better than QuickBooks Solopreneur at | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QuickBooks Solopreneur | Self-employed one-person businesses filing a Schedule C | Free, then $20 a month source | $20 | 27 October 2026 | |
| Zoho Books | Small businesses and startups that want one ledger plus the wider Zoho app suite | Free, then $20 a month source | $20 | What the AI does, Reconciles your accounts | 26 October 2026 |
| FreeAgent | UK sole traders and small limited companies filing their own VAT and Self Assessment | From about $13 a month source | About $25 | Notice before a price rise, What the AI does | 26 October 2026 |
| Puzzle | A US startup on Mercury, Brex, Ramp, Stripe and Gusto that wants to replace QuickBooks | Price not established | $30 | Catching up past months, Getting your books out | 26 October 2026 |
| Pilot | A US startup or small business that wants its books done for it in QuickBooks Online | Price not established | $137 | Reconciles your accounts, Getting your books out | 26 October 2026 |
| Booke AI | A business or bookkeeping firm already on QuickBooks Online or Xero | Price not established | $156 | Getting your books out, Your data trains AI | 26 October 2026 |
| SimpleAI | Accounting firms and finance teams processing high volumes of invoices and bank statements | From $79 a month source | $106 | Past your plan’s limits, What the AI does | 27 October 2026 |
| QuickBooks Online | Small businesses that want one ledger plus payroll, payments and an accountant login | Free, then $38 a month source | $38 | What the AI does, Pays your bills | 28 October 2026 |
| FreshBooks | Service businesses and freelancers who bill clients and want their books in the same place | From $23 a month source | $43 | Catching up past months, What the AI does | 28 October 2026 |
| Wave | Freelancers and solo owners who want real double-entry books without paying for software | Free, then $19 a month source | $19 | Reconciles your accounts, Accrual books and reports | 28 October 2026 |
“About” figures are converted at the European Central Bank rate of 30 October 2026.
Closest alternatives to QuickBooks Solopreneur
The ones people open most here come first, then the closest matches. How we rank
- From Free
Cloud accounting ledger with Zia AI, bank feeds, sales tax and 1099 e-filing, from $20 a month.
Why it's on this listWhat the AI does: YesZia answers finance questions in plain English, flags anomalies in report data, pre-fills bank statement categorization, drafts emails and generates invoices, quotes and reports from a prompt.
Better than QuickBooks Solopreneur at - From £10 a month (about $13)
UK cloud accounting with HMRC filing, bank feeds and AI receipt capture, priced per business type.
Why it's on this listNotice before a price rise: YesThe terms of service promise at least 60 days' advance notice of a price or payment-term change, and a chance to decide whether to carry on before any increase.
- Price not established
AI-native accounting software with optional bookkeeper services for startups and small businesses.
Why it's on this listCatching up past months: YesFrom $300 per month of books. Catch-up bookkeeping is a one-time add-on on the pricing page: the team reviews, cleans up and closes each unfinished month, from $300 per month of books (the page's example: eleven months is $3,300).
The rest of the shortlist
- Price not established
Pilot
A bookkeeping and tax service for startups that pairs software-driven dashboards with human financial advisors.
- Price not established
Booke AI
An AI bookkeeper that works inside QuickBooks Online and Xero to categorize transactions and match documents.
- From $79 a month
SimpleAI
AI agents that extract, classify and reconcile accounting documents, then publish them into Xero or QuickBooks.
- From Free
QuickBooks Online
Intuit's cloud ledger, now with Intuit Intelligence agents that categorize, reconcile and flag errors.
- From $23 a month
FreshBooks
Double-entry small-business ledger built around invoicing, with a read-only Claude connector for questions.
- From Free
Wave
Free double-entry books for solo owners, with bank imports, receipts and payroll kept behind the paid Pro Plan.
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What are the best alternatives to QuickBooks Solopreneur?
Zoho Books, FreeAgent and Puzzle are the closest. They share the most of QuickBooks Solopreneur's features.
What is the cheapest alternative to QuickBooks Solopreneur?
3 of the 9 have a free plan: Zoho Books, QuickBooks Online and Wave. The lowest paid plan is FreeAgent, from about $13 a month. Price checked on 26 October 2026.
How much do QuickBooks Solopreneur alternatives cost?
Entry plans run from $13.40 to $79 a month, and half cost $23 or less.
When were these prices checked?
We read each price between 26 October 2026 and 28 October 2026 on the maker's own pricing page.
Sources and method
Closest first: most of QuickBooks Solopreneur's features, then the fewest gaps. How we rank
Every price was read on the maker's own pricing page.
- QuickBooks Solopreneur: quickbooks.intuit.com/solopreneur, checked 27 October 2026
- Zoho Books: zoho.com/us/books/pricing, checked 26 October 2026
- FreeAgent: freeagent.com/pricing, checked 26 October 2026
- SimpleAI: simpleaiworks.com/en/pricing, checked 27 October 2026
- QuickBooks Online: quickbooks.intuit.com/pricing, checked 28 October 2026
- FreshBooks: freshbooks.com/pricing, checked 28 October 2026
- Wave: waveapps.com/pricing, checked 28 October 2026
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