# Synder — Posts sales, fees and taxes from 30+ channels into QuickBooks, Xero, NetSuite or Sage Intacct. > Source: Tick Mark Books — https://tickmarkbooks.com/synder (structured, researched, re-verified) Synder is accounting automation that posts sales, fees, refunds and taxes from more than 30 sales and payment platforms into QuickBooks, Xero, NetSuite or Sage Intacct. It then reconciles each channel against the platform's own records before the numbers reach your books. **Best for:** Ecommerce and SaaS sellers syncing Stripe, Shopify or Amazon sales into QuickBooks | Fact | Value | | --- | --- | | Website | https://synder.com/ | | Category | AI bookkeeping for QuickBooks and Xero, Bookkeepers and accounting firms, Month-end close and reconciliation, Freelancers and the self-employed, Works with QuickBooks Online, Works with Xero | | Open source | No | | Price | $65 a month | | Price checked | 29 October 2026 | Screenshot of Synder: https://tickmarkbooks.com/img/1920/screenshots/synder.webp, captured 29 October 2026 **What we checked** - Pages last read: 29 October 2026 - Price on its site: From $65 a month (From its pricing page) ## What it costs A month of books at 100 transactions: Does not apply No plan keeps a full set of books ## Synder price and plans Prices excluding tax, as Synder publishes them. | Plan | Price | What's included | | --- | --- | --- | | Basic | $65 a month | Keeps no full set of books; 500 transactions | | Essential | From $129 a month | Keeps no full set of books; 1,000 transactions | | Pro | From $299 a month | Keeps no full set of books; 10,000 transactions; adds Inventory; adds Profit by project or job | | Pro Max | From $599 a month | Keeps no full set of books; 20,000 transactions | Pricing page as we captured it: https://tickmarkbooks.com/img/1920/screenshots/synder/pricing.webp, captured 29 October 2026 Read on https://synder.com/pricing/, 29 October 2026. ## What we checked on Synder ### What it costs to keep your books **Cost for a solo freelancer** · Yes — One freelancer at roughly 30 transactions fits the cheapest plan, Basic, at $65 a month billed monthly or $52 billed yearly, plus their own QuickBooks Online or Xero subscription, which Synder does not include. > Basic sync tools included $65 /mo > — https://synder.com/pricing/ · Plan cards, Basic column, with the billing control set to Pay monthly, checked 29 October 2026 **Promotion and regular price** · Partly — Yearly shown monthly: Basic is shown at $52 per month billed yearly, with a 15-day trial. > $52/mo Billed yearly > — https://synder.com/pricing/ · Annual billing plan cards, Basic column, checked 29 October 2026 **Ledger included** · No — Synder is not the ledger: it posts into an accounting system you pay for separately, and the entry plans reach only QuickBooks Online, Xero or Puzzle, so that subscription sits on top of Synder's fee. > Connect 30+ sales channels and payment processors to your accounting system and let transactions flow in automatically, so your books match what actually happened. > — https://synder.com/product/auto-reconciliation/ · 'Your platforms and your books, always in sync' section, checked 27 October 2026 **What the price is based on** · Yes — Pricing is a flat monthly base per account set by the monthly transaction volume you sync, with each plan carrying an included allowance and higher volume billed separately within the same plan. > The final price is tailored to match your monthly transaction syncing needs within the plan limits. > — https://synder.com/pricing/ · Plan cards, note under the Essential, Pro and Pro Max prices, checked 27 October 2026 **Users included** · Yes — Each plan includes a set number of additional users beyond the owner, one on Basic and Essential, two on Pro and Pro Max, unlimited on Premium, and further users cost a fee Synder does not publish. > Additional Synder users available based on your plan’s limit. Extra users can be added for a fee. > — https://synder.com/pricing/ · Compare plans table, Additional users row, checked 27 October 2026 **Past your plan’s limits** · Yes — Passing the included sync allowance does not stop the service: extra syncs can be bought and the plan cards say higher volume is billed separately, but no per-transaction overage rate is published anywhere. > Imports are available within your sync limit (if exceeded, additional syncs can be purchased). > — https://synder.com/pricing/ · Compare plans table, Historical data import row tooltip, checked 27 October 2026 **Catching up past months** · Partly — Synder backfills past months by importing platform history from any start date, but history is a paid extra on Basic and Essential and only Pro and above include three free months; it is not a bookkeeper cleaning up existing books. > Paid unlimited history > — https://synder.com/pricing/ · Compare plans table, Historical data import row, Basic and Essential columns, checked 27 October 2026 **Notice before a price rise** · No — The terms promise no warning at all: CloudBusiness reserves the right to change the terms, the site, the products and the services at any time and without notice, and no price-increase notice period appears in them. > CloudBusiness reserves the right to modify, amend, suspend, terminate, upgrade, update or otherwise modify these Terms, the Site, the Products and the Services, at any time and without notice. > — https://synder.com/terms/ · Terms and Conditions, Updates clause, checked 27 October 2026 ### What the AI does with your books **What the AI does** · Yes — Synder opens its own workflows to outside AI assistants such as Claude and ChatGPT, and inside the product AI builds reports from a plain-English question and helps write the rules that categorize transactions. > Connect Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, or any MCP-capable assistant and ask for what you need in plain language – a health check, your sync status, a P&L, a reconciliation run. > — https://synder.com/product/mcp-server/ · Synder MCP hero section, checked 27 October 2026 **What the AI costs** · Yes — included: the AI report builder and the AI assistant connection are presented as part of the product, and the pricing page carries no AI add-on line, no credit bundle and no separate AI charge on any plan. > Type a question in plain English – "Top 10 products by revenue last quarter" – and AI builds the chart for you. > — https://synder.com/product/financial-reporting/ · 'Self-service reporting' section, AI report generation block, checked 27 October 2026 **Categorizes transactions** · Partly — Transactions are categorized as they sync by if-then rules you set, but those Smart Rules are a paid extra on Basic and Essential and only Pro and above include free ones; no page says the engine learns from your corrections. > Smart Rules are used for categorizing and refining transaction data > — https://synder.com/pricing/ · Compare plans table, Smart Rules row, checked 27 October 2026 **Reconciles your accounts** · Yes — Reconciliation runs inside Synder on every plan: clearing-account lines are matched to the platform's own records, period balances are verified before summaries post, and payouts are split into charges, fees and refunds. > Match every line in your clearing account to the platform's own records – automated via API, standard upload, or custom mapping. > — https://synder.com/product/auto-reconciliation/ · 'Auto reconciliation software' section, Transaction reconciliation block, checked 27 October 2026 **Sends invoices** · Partly — Incoming payments are matched to open invoices, partial and split payments included, on every plan, but sending invoices from Synder is a paid extra: the invoicing row reads Paid in all five plan columns. > Invoicing Automated invoicing feature Paid > — https://synder.com/pricing/ · Compare plans table, Other Synder products, Invoicing row, checked 27 October 2026 **Accrual books and reports** · Partly — Synder builds revenue recognition schedules for subscriptions and reports on its own data, a mini profit and loss among them, but the full profit and loss, balance sheet and cash flow statement come from the connected ledger. > 16 curated starter reports cover the questions ecommerce sellers ask most – gross sales, AOV, gateway fees, top products, sales by channel, refunds, taxes, mini P&L. > — https://synder.com/product/financial-reporting/ · 'Self-service reporting' section, Template library block, checked 27 October 2026 ### Who checks the AI’s work **People check the books** · No — No bookkeeper checks the output: Synder states it runs machines end to end with no human in the loop, so reviewing the mismatches it flags before they post is your job or your accountant's. > Synder protects its customer sensitive personally identifiable information (PII) and ensures that the data isn’t exposed to any Human-in-the-Loop (HITL) or offshore extraction teams. > — https://synder.com/soctwo/ · 'Synder guarantees the safe processing of your data' section, checked 27 October 2026 **Your own bookkeeper** · No — Synder assigns nobody to your books; it says no human touches the data, and the named person higher plans provide is a customer success manager for the software, not a bookkeeper or accountant. > Synder is an automated system all the way through, which means data privacy, absolute accuracy and lots of data processed in seconds. > — https://synder.com/soctwo/ · 'No Humans-in-the-Loop' security card, checked 27 October 2026 **Your accountant can sign in** · Yes — Every plan includes at least one additional user beyond the owner, one on Basic and Essential and two on Pro and Pro Max, so an accountant can be invited at no extra cost until that limit is used up. > Additional Synder users available based on your plan’s limit. Extra users can be added for a fee. > — https://synder.com/pricing/ · Compare plans table, Additional users row, checked 27 October 2026 **Accuracy the vendor claims** · Yes — Synder advertises 100% reconciliation accuracy and 100% accurate data sync across its feature pages, but no page says what was measured, over which period or by whom, so the figure cannot be checked. > 100% reconciliation accuracy > — https://synder.com/product/auto-reconciliation/ · Auto Reconciliation hero metrics, checked 27 October 2026 ### Where your books live and what it connects to **QuickBooks Online** · Yes — Synder posts into QuickBooks Online, QuickBooks Desktop, Xero, NetSuite, Sage Intacct and Puzzle, but the entry plans reach only QuickBooks Online, Xero and Puzzle > Synder integrates with QuickBooks Online, QuickBooks Desktop, Sage Intacct, NetSuite and Xero. > — https://synder.com/pricing/ · FAQ, 'Which accounting platforms does Synder integrate with?', checked 27 October 2026 **Xero** · Yes — Synder posts into QuickBooks Online, QuickBooks Desktop, Xero, NetSuite, Sage Intacct and Puzzle, but the entry plans reach only QuickBooks Online, Xero and Puzzle > Synder integrates with QuickBooks Online, QuickBooks Desktop, Sage Intacct, NetSuite and Xero. > — https://synder.com/pricing/ · FAQ, 'Which accounting platforms does Synder integrate with?', checked 27 October 2026 **QuickBooks Desktop** · Yes — Synder posts into QuickBooks Online, QuickBooks Desktop, Xero, NetSuite, Sage Intacct and Puzzle, but the entry plans reach only QuickBooks Online, Xero and Puzzle > Synder integrates with QuickBooks Online, QuickBooks Desktop, Sage Intacct, NetSuite and Xero. > — https://synder.com/pricing/ · FAQ, 'Which accounting platforms does Synder integrate with?', checked 27 October 2026 **NetSuite** · Yes — Synder posts into QuickBooks Online, QuickBooks Desktop, Xero, NetSuite, Sage Intacct and Puzzle, but the entry plans reach only QuickBooks Online, Xero and Puzzle NetSuite and Sage Intacct start on Pro, and a custom accounting system for… > Synder integrates with QuickBooks Online, QuickBooks Desktop, Sage Intacct, NetSuite and Xero. > — https://synder.com/pricing/ · FAQ, 'Which accounting platforms does Synder integrate with?', checked 27 October 2026 **Bank and card feeds** · Partly — Synder imports from your sales and payment platforms, hourly on Essential and above but only daily on Basic, and splits payouts so bank reconciliation ties; the bank and card feed itself belongs to the ledger it posts into. > Frequency of data imports from the connected integrations to the accounting platform > — https://synder.com/pricing/ · Compare plans table, Import frequency row, checked 27 October 2026 **Stripe** · Yes — More than 30 sales and payment platforms connect, Stripe, Shopify, PayPal, Square, Amazon, eBay and Etsy among them, while Magento, Walmart, TikTok and Clover are premium connections from Pro upwards. > Synder connects with 30+ popular sales and payment platforms, including Shopify, Amazon, eBay, Etsy, Stripe, PayPal, Square, and more. > — https://synder.com/pricing/ · FAQ, 'What sales and payment platforms does Synder support?', checked 27 October 2026 **Shopify** · Yes — More than 30 sales and payment platforms connect, Stripe, Shopify, PayPal, Square, Amazon, eBay and Etsy among them, while Magento, Walmart, TikTok and Clover are premium connections from Pro upwards. > Synder connects with 30+ popular sales and payment platforms, including Shopify, Amazon, eBay, Etsy, Stripe, PayPal, Square, and more. > — https://synder.com/pricing/ · FAQ, 'What sales and payment platforms does Synder support?', checked 27 October 2026 **PayPal** · Yes — More than 30 sales and payment platforms connect, Stripe, Shopify, PayPal, Square, Amazon, eBay and Etsy among them, while Magento, Walmart, TikTok and Clover are premium connections from Pro upwards. > Synder connects with 30+ popular sales and payment platforms, including Shopify, Amazon, eBay, Etsy, Stripe, PayPal, Square, and more. > — https://synder.com/pricing/ · FAQ, 'What sales and payment platforms does Synder support?', checked 27 October 2026 **Square** · Yes — More than 30 sales and payment platforms connect, Stripe, Shopify, PayPal, Square, Amazon, eBay and Etsy among them, while Magento, Walmart, TikTok and Clover are premium connections from Pro upwards. > Synder connects with 30+ popular sales and payment platforms, including Shopify, Amazon, eBay, Etsy, Stripe, PayPal, Square, and more. > — https://synder.com/pricing/ · FAQ, 'What sales and payment platforms does Synder support?', checked 27 October 2026 **Payroll** · Yes — integration: payroll is run by Gusto, and Synder's part is connecting Gusto to QuickBooks or Xero so employee lists and payment records move across without duplicates; Synder runs no payroll of its own. > Integrate your QuickBooks and Gusto platforms via Synder, and be able to assist with transferring employees’ lists and information from or into payroll systems > — https://synder.com/payroll-management-for-small-business/ · Payroll Management for Small Business, intro paragraph, checked 27 October 2026 **Platforms** · Yes — web: Synder runs in a browser and lists only an internet connection, a modern browser and a connected accounting platform as requirements; no Windows, Mac, iPhone or Android app is advertised on the site. > Internet connection, modern web browser (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge), active account with at least one supported accounting platform > — https://synder.com/ · SoftwareApplication structured data, softwareRequirements field, checked 27 October 2026 **Getting your books out** · Partly — Your general ledger stays in QuickBooks or Xero, which you keep, and each reconciled period's audit trail can be downloaded; no page describes a full export of Synder's own transaction store. > every reconciliation has a full audit trail you can download or revisit > — https://synder.com/product/auto-reconciliation/ · 'Auto reconciliation software' section, Balance reconciliation block, checked 27 October 2026 ### Taxes **Files your tax return** · No — Synder prepares records and then hands off: its own income-tax page points you to online tax preparation software for the filing, and no plan includes preparing or filing a return. > you can focus on tax filing with the help of online tax preparation software > — https://synder.com/income-tax-management-software/ · 'Get accurate reconciliation' block, checked 27 October 2026 **Calculates sales tax** · Yes — Synder takes the tax each platform collected and, when a rate is missing, works it out and maps it to the right code, assigning state, county and city jurisdictions from the shipping address on each sale. > If the rate isn't available, it calculates it and finds the matching tax code in your accounting system – across state, county, and city-level jurisdictions. > — https://synder.com/product/sales-tax-automation/ · 'Tax handling that keeps your books clean' section, Multi-state tax tracking block, checked 27 October 2026 **Files sales tax** · No — Synder reports what you owe without filing or paying it: its own FAQ puts nexus tracking and obligation calculations with tools such as Avalara and keeps Synder to the recording side. > Synder focuses on the recording side – pulling tax data from your sales platforms and getting it into your accounting system with the right codes and accounts applied. > — https://synder.com/product/sales-tax-automation/ · FAQ, 'Does Synder integrate with my tax tool?', checked 27 October 2026 ### What it keeps track of **Inventory** · Partly — Stock quantities and cost of goods sold post with every sale and refund, but Basic and Essential can only use inventory items that already exist in your ledger; automatic creation of missing ones starts on Pro. > new inventory-type items cannot be created—only non-inventory items, which you’ll need to manually convert to inventory if required > — https://synder.com/pricing/ · Compare plans table, Inventory tracking row, Basic and Essential tooltip, checked 27 October 2026 **Other currencies** · Yes — Multicurrency is on every plan including Basic: each transaction posts at the rate actually charged and cross-currency payouts reconcile, while gain and loss accounting is left to the ledger's own currency features. > Processing and synchronization of transactions in multiple currencies > — https://synder.com/pricing/ · Compare plans table, Multicurrency row, checked 27 October 2026 **Profit by project or job** · Partly — Synder applies classes and locations automatically so sales split by channel, store or program in the ledger, and QuickBooks locations mapping is reserved for Pro and above; it publishes no project profitability view of its own. > QuickBooks locations mapping supported > — https://synder.com/pricing/ · Compare plans table, QuickBooks locations mapping row, checked 27 October 2026 **Funds for nonprofits** · Partly — A nonprofit can have donations categorized and classes and locations applied automatically, which is how programs get tracked in the ledger, but Synder documents no restricted-fund or grant accounting of its own. > Categorize products, apply classes and locations automatically with our smart settings. > — https://synder.com/industry/nonprofit/ · 'Accurate financial reports' block, checked 27 October 2026 ### Your data and its security **SOC 2 report** · Yes — Synder holds a SOC 2 Type 2 report that customers can request by email, and it publishes a live trust report plus penetration testing by an outside security firm. > Synder’s SOC 2 Type 2 report is available for Synder customers upon request to help@synder.com > — https://synder.com/soctwo/ · 'Synder is SOC 2 Type 2 Certified' section, checked 27 October 2026 ### Who it is built for **For accounting firms** · Yes — Accounting firms get a Partner Program priced by client count, 10% off all plans at three clients, 15% at seven and 20% at fifteen, plus a Firm Workspace holding clients and staff together and a directory listing. > 3+ clients -10% on all plans > — https://synder.com/pricing-accountants/ · Partner Program Perks, client-count tiers, checked 27 October 2026 **Several businesses** · Yes — Several client organizations sit in one workspace where clients and staff are managed together and an agent can report on every organization at once; what each extra organization adds to the bill is not published. > Firm Workspace Quickly add additional stakeholders and manage clients and staff within one interface. > — https://synder.com/industry/accounting-with-synder/ · 'What you get with Synder' section, Firm Workspace block, checked 27 October 2026 ### Trying it, starting and getting help **Free trial or free plan** · Partly — You can run Synder on your own books for 15 days without paying and without a card, but there is no standing free plan and the vendor states purchases after that are non-refundable. > we offer a 15-day trial—no credit card required—so you can explore Synder before making a commitment > — https://synder.com/pricing/ · FAQ, 'Can I get a refund?', checked 27 October 2026 **Sign up without a sales call** · Partly — Basic and Essential are self-serve: start a trial, connect the platforms yourself and pay by card. Pro, Pro Max and Premium replace the sign-up button with Talk to sales and come with guided setup. > Self-serve setup > — https://synder.com/pricing/ · Compare plans table, Setup model row, Basic and Essential columns, checked 27 October 2026 **Contract and cancelling** · Partly — You can pay month to month at the higher rate and the 20% saving requires a year, but the terms call every purchase final and non-cancelable, so stopping mid-term brings no refund. > all purchases are final and non-cancelable or non-refundable > — https://synder.com/terms/ · Terms and Conditions, Payments clause, checked 27 October 2026 **Support** · Yes — Email support comes with every plan and sits in the standard queue, where Synder warns investigations may take over two weeks to begin; phone, live chat, Zoom and a named success manager arrive on Pro and above. > Email, phone/live chat, Zoom support, Dedicated CSM / fast-track tech support lane > — https://synder.com/pricing/ · Compare plans table, Support options row, Pro Max column, checked 27 October 2026 ## Synder alternatives - [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. - [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. - [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. - [Expensify](https://tickmarkbooks.com/expensify) · Free plan, then $5 a seat a month: Receipt scanning, company cards, bill pay and reimbursements that feed QuickBooks, Xero or NetSuite. 5 of the 9 publish a price. [All 9 alternatives](https://tickmarkbooks.com/synder/alternatives/) ## Sources and changes Last changed 29 October 2026 **Sources on synder.com** (13) - https://synder.com/pricing/, read 29 October 2026 - https://synder.com/product/auto-reconciliation/, read 27 October 2026 - https://synder.com/product/sales-tax-automation/, read 27 October 2026 - https://synder.com/soctwo/, read 27 October 2026 - https://synder.com/product/financial-reporting/, read 27 October 2026 - https://synder.com/terms/, read 27 October 2026 - https://synder.com/, read 27 October 2026 - https://synder.com/income-tax-management-software/, read 27 October 2026 - https://synder.com/industry/accounting-with-synder/, read 27 October 2026 - https://synder.com/industry/nonprofit/, read 27 October 2026 - https://synder.com/payroll-management-for-small-business/, read 27 October 2026 - https://synder.com/pricing-accountants/, read 27 October 2026 - https://synder.com/product/mcp-server/, read 27 October 2026 ## Is this yours? 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