# Uncat — Asks your clients to explain uncategorized transactions, then syncs their answers back into the books.

> Source: Tick Mark Books — https://tickmarkbooks.com/uncat (structured, researched, re-verified)

Uncat is a client-request tool for accounting and bookkeeping firms that collects explanations, classes and receipts for uncategorized transactions. It syncs those answers to and from QuickBooks Online, QuickBooks Desktop and Xero, priced per client file.

**Best for:** Accounting firms chasing clients for missing transaction detail at month end

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Website | https://www.uncat.com/ |
| Category | Bookkeepers and accounting firms, Cheapest accounting software, Works with QuickBooks Online, Works with Xero |
| Open source | No |
| Price | $9 a month |
| Price checked | 28 October 2026 |

Screenshot of Uncat: https://tickmarkbooks.com/img/1920/screenshots/uncat.webp, captured 30 October 2026

**What we checked**

- Pages last read: 28 October 2026
- Price on its site: From $9 a month (From its pricing page)

## What it costs

A month of books at 100 transactions: $36 a month at 100 transactions, on Uncat, on Xero Early

## Uncat price and plans

Prices excluding tax, as Uncat publishes them.

| Plan | Price | What's included |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Uncat, on QuickBooks Online Simple Start | $9 a month | Flat fee; Needs QuickBooks Online Simple Start, $38 a month |
| Uncat, on Xero Early | $9 a month | Flat fee; Needs Xero Early, $27 a month |
| Free 7-day trial | Free | Trial; Flat fee |

Read on https://support.uncat.com/help/articles/0868810-uncat-has-a-free-7-day-trial, 28 October 2026.

## What Uncat costs at your volume

| Transactions | Cost | Plan |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 100 | $36 a month | Uncat, on Xero Early |
| 500 | $36 a month | Uncat, on Xero Early |

## What we checked on Uncat

### What it costs to keep your books

**Cost at 100 transactions a month** · Yes — $36 a month on Uncat, on Xero Early for 100 transactions. Includes Xero Early at $27 a month, which Uncat, on Xero Early needs.

> You can add a credit card at any time to start a paid subscription at $9 per client (i.e. client file) per month.
> — https://support.uncat.com/help/articles/0868810-uncat-has-a-free-7-day-trial · Billing article 'Uncat has a free 7-day trial', body paragraph on starting a paid subscription, checked 28 October 2026

**Cost at 500 transactions a month** · Yes — $36 a month on Uncat, on Xero Early for 500 transactions. Includes Xero Early at $27 a month, which Uncat, on Xero Early needs.

> You can add a credit card at any time to start a paid subscription at $9 per client (i.e. client file) per month.
> — https://support.uncat.com/help/articles/0868810-uncat-has-a-free-7-day-trial · Billing article 'Uncat has a free 7-day trial', body paragraph on starting a paid subscription, checked 28 October 2026

**Cost for a solo freelancer** · Yes — One client file costs $9 a month, whatever the transaction count, and the books it works in are billed separately by QuickBooks or Xero.

> You can add a credit card at any time to start a paid subscription at $9 per client (i.e. client file) per month.
> — https://support.uncat.com/help/articles/0868810-uncat-has-a-free-7-day-trial · Billing article 'Uncat has a free 7-day trial', body paragraph on starting a paid subscription, checked 28 October 2026

**Promotion and regular price** · No — none: the $9 per client file per month figure is the standing rate on both the home page and the billing article, with no first-months discount or annual rate shown as monthly.

> $9/month/client
> — https://www.uncat.com/ · Home page, Highlights list, fourth bullet, checked 28 October 2026

**Ledger included** · No — Uncat works inside books you already pay for: it syncs to and from QuickBooks Online, QuickBooks Desktop and Xero, and none of those subscriptions is part of its $9 fee.

> Sync to and from QuickBooks Online, QuickBooks Desktop, and Xero so you can close the books on time every time.
> — https://www.uncat.com/ · Home page, Highlights list, first bullet, checked 28 October 2026

**What the price is based on** · Yes — Billing is a flat $9 per client file per month, not per user, per transaction or per dollar of spending, and adding a client changes the bill automatically.

> You can add a credit card at any time to start a paid subscription at $9 per client (i.e. client file) per month.
> — https://support.uncat.com/help/articles/0868810-uncat-has-a-free-7-day-trial · Billing article 'Uncat has a free 7-day trial', body paragraph on starting a paid subscription, checked 28 October 2026

**Users included** · Yes — Every client file includes as many firm users and client users as you want, and the vendor states coworkers cost nothing extra, so the price never rises with headcount.

> You can invite as many coworkers as you'd like at no additional cost.
> — https://support.uncat.com/help/articles/9033218-invite-your-accounting-and-bookkeeping-coworkers-to-uncat · Managing your Firm article, first paragraph, checked 28 October 2026

**Catching up past months** · Partly — It will pull in older months so you can clean them up, but that history costs extra and Uncat only gathers client answers rather than doing the catch-up work itself.

> If you need to sync back further to clean up prior months, you can choose a different sync start date in client settings. There will be a one-time clean up charge of $9 per month for the additional months.
> — https://support.uncat.com/help/articles/1518629-sync-any-date-range-for-a-client-in-uncat · Working with Clients article 'Sync any date range for a client in Uncat', body, checked 28 October 2026

### What the AI does with your books

**What the AI does** · Yes — Its stated automation reads uploaded receipts for vendor, amount, date and line items and proposes the matching transaction, and the vendor also claims pattern-based pre-labeling of expenses.

> Uncat's OCR engine parses each receipt, extracts vendor, amount, date, and line items, then suggests matches to transactions in your connected books - all without manual data entry.
> — https://support.uncat.com/help/articles/8857618-uncat-and-karbon-integration · Karbon Integration article, Overview section, item 3 'Import Receipts from Karbon to Uncat', checked 28 October 2026

**What the AI costs** · Yes — included: the automation sits inside the one $9 per client file plan, with no separate charge, add-on or credit balance named anywhere in the billing articles.

> The free trial is full-featured so you can sync and update unlimited transactions with QuickBooks Online, Xero, and QuickBooks Desktop.
> — https://support.uncat.com/help/articles/0868810-uncat-has-a-free-7-day-trial · Billing article 'Uncat has a free 7-day trial', sentence on the trial being full-featured, checked 28 October 2026

**Categorizes transactions** · Partly — The vendor claims it pre-labels expenses from past patterns and client behavior, but the point of the product is asking the client, and a person still approves what lands in the books.

> Smart, Pattern-Based Categorization : Uncat learns from past transactions and client behavior, pre-labeling expenses based on patterns.
> — https://www.uncat.com/blog/how-accountants-save-hours-every-week-with-uncats-automated-categorization · Blog post, section 'How Uncat Automates Transaction Categorization', checked 28 October 2026

**Reconciles your accounts** · No — Uncat states it cannot see the bank feed at all, so matching accounts to their statements stays in QuickBooks or Xero; Uncat only works the transactions already posted there.

> Uncat does not have access for visibility to the bank feed.
> — https://support.uncat.com/help/articles/1417793-bank-feed-workflow-with-uncat · Transactions Module article 'Bank feed workflow with Uncat', second sentence, checked 28 October 2026

**Reads receipts and bills** · Yes — Clients can upload in the dashboard, forward by email or text a photo in, and Uncat reads vendor, date and amount and looks for the matching transaction in the books.

> The client can then upload receipts via the Receipts tab in the Uncat dashboard, by forwarding a receipt to their Uncat email address, or by texting the receipt to Uncat. Uncat will pass the receipt for information about the vendor, date, and amount, and look for a corresponding transaction in QuickBooks.
> — https://support.uncat.com/help/articles/8067612-sync-receipts-to-quickbooks-online-with-uncat · QuickBooks Online Integration article 'Sync receipts to QuickBooks Online with Uncat', body, checked 28 October 2026

### Who checks the AI’s work

**People check the books** · No — Checking is the firm's own job: Uncat supplies no bookkeepers, and an accountant user on your side approves the updates clients make before they count as done.

> As an accountant user, you can approve updates that your client has made to transactions in Uncat.
> — https://support.uncat.com/help/articles/4016037-approve-updates-in-uncat · Transactions Module article 'Approve updates in Uncat', first sentence, checked 28 October 2026

**Your accountant can sign in** · Yes — Firm colleagues are free and unlimited, with three permission levels, so bringing another accountant or bookkeeper into a client file adds nothing to the bill.

> If you work in an accounting or bookkeeping firm, you can invite your colleagues to Uncat from the settings page. You can invite as many coworkers as you'd like at no additional cost.
> — https://support.uncat.com/help/articles/9033218-invite-your-accounting-and-bookkeeping-coworkers-to-uncat · Managing your Firm article, first two sentences, checked 28 October 2026

### Where your books live and what it connects to

**QuickBooks Online** · Yes — Three ledgers are named and all three sync both ways: QuickBooks Online in near real time, Xero hourly, QuickBooks Desktop every twenty minutes through the Web Connector

> Sync to and from QuickBooks Online, QuickBooks Desktop, and Xero so you can close the books on time every time.
> — https://www.uncat.com/ · Home page, Highlights list, first bullet, checked 28 October 2026

**Xero** · Yes — Three ledgers are named and all three sync both ways: QuickBooks Online in near real time, Xero hourly, QuickBooks Desktop every twenty minutes through the Web Connector

> Sync to and from QuickBooks Online, QuickBooks Desktop, and Xero so you can close the books on time every time.
> — https://www.uncat.com/ · Home page, Highlights list, first bullet, checked 28 October 2026

**QuickBooks Desktop** · Yes — Three ledgers are named and all three sync both ways: QuickBooks Online in near real time, Xero hourly, QuickBooks Desktop every twenty minutes through the Web Connector

> Sync to and from QuickBooks Online, QuickBooks Desktop, and Xero so you can close the books on time every time.
> — https://www.uncat.com/ · Home page, Highlights list, first bullet, checked 28 October 2026

**NetSuite** · No — NetSuite is not among them.

> Sync to and from QuickBooks Online, QuickBooks Desktop, and Xero so you can close the books on time every time.
> — https://www.uncat.com/ · Home page, Highlights list, first bullet, checked 28 October 2026

**Bank and card feeds** · No — Uncat never touches the bank itself; the ledger's own feed brings transactions in, and the recommended setup codes them to an uncategorized account so Uncat picks them up from there.

> Uncat does not have access for visibility to the bank feed. The preferred workflow is to categorize transactions from the bank feed to an uncategorized account in QuickBooks in order to automatically sync into Uncat.
> — https://support.uncat.com/help/articles/1417793-bank-feed-workflow-with-uncat · Transactions Module article 'Bank feed workflow with Uncat', body, checked 28 October 2026

**Moves you off QuickBooks Desktop** · Partly — A QuickBooks Desktop file connects through the Web Connector and three months of matching transactions sync in by default; reaching further back costs $9 for each extra month.

> When you connect a client to Uncat, we will automatically sync in matching transactions for the past three months. If you need to sync back further to clean up prior months, you can choose a different sync start date in client settings. There will be a one-time clean up charge of $9 per month for the additional months.
> — https://support.uncat.com/help/articles/1518629-sync-any-date-range-for-a-client-in-uncat · Working with Clients article 'Sync any date range for a client in Uncat', body, checked 28 October 2026

**Platforms** · Yes — web, ios, android: it runs in a browser on the desktop and on phones, with receipts also accepted by forwarded email or text message, and the vendor names no installed app.

> You can access Uncat and make updates via your mobile browser (e.g. Safari on iPhone; Chrome on Android). You can also forward receipts by email into Uncat or by text message.
> — https://support.uncat.com/help/articles/3995987-accessing-uncat-on-mobile · Other Helpful Information article 'Accessing Uncat on mobile', body, checked 28 October 2026

**Getting your books out** · Partly — You can take out what Uncat holds, transactions as a spreadsheet file and receipts as a zip, but the books themselves stay in QuickBooks or Xero and are exported from there.

> If you need to make backups or archive data from Uncat, you'll see options in the dashboard and on the receipts tab to export transactions in a CSV file or download receipts in a ZIP file.
> — https://support.uncat.com/help/articles/3872834-export-transactions-or-receipts · Receipts Module article 'Export transactions or receipts', body, checked 28 October 2026

### Taxes

**Files 1099s** · Partly — You can chase and collect the W-9 itself through the Requests tab, but nothing on the site says Uncat prepares or files the 1099 forms afterwards.

> Using the Request tab in the Uncat dashboard, you can request w9s, bank statements, and other documents from your clients.
> — https://support.uncat.com/help/articles/9875625-request-w9s-and-other-documents-via-uncat · Requests Module article 'Request w9s and other documents via Uncat', first sentence, checked 28 October 2026

**Calculates sales tax** · Partly — Tax is one of the fields you and the client can set on a transaction, which the vendor says suits Canada, the UK and Australia, but it does not compute what you owe by state.

> You can update tax for transactions in the Uncat dashboard. This is especially popular for firms with clients in Canada, the UK, Australia, and other jurisdictions with multiple tax rate options.
> — https://support.uncat.com/help/articles/5900992-uncat-supports-tax-rates · Transactions Module article 'Uncat supports tax rates', body, checked 28 October 2026

### What it keeps track of

**Inventory** · Partly — Expenses can be coded to products and services with a quantity so they land as item-based entries, but the vendor states this works for QuickBooks Online clients only.

> This feature is not currently supported for QuickBooks Desktop or Xero.
> — https://support.uncat.com/help/articles/8439933-use-products-and-services-on-qbo-expense-transactions · QuickBooks Online Integration article 'Use Products and Services on QBO Expense Transactions', section 'Who this applies to', checked 28 October 2026

**Profit by project or job** · Partly — Class and customer are among the fields you can set and split a transaction by, which feeds job costing in the ledger, but Uncat itself shows no profit by project.

> Uncat supports vendor, amount, date, description, payment account, category, tax, billing, customer, and class.
> — https://support.uncat.com/help/articles/2116247-what-fields-from-quickbooks-can-i-update-in-uncat · QuickBooks Online Integration article 'What fields from QuickBooks can I update in Uncat?', body, checked 28 October 2026

### Who it is built for

**For accounting firms** · Yes — The whole product is the firm plan: every client in one dashboard at $9 each, unlimited colleagues with three permission levels, and your own logo and color on what clients see.

> In Uncat settings, you can upload your firm logo, and you can customize the color of Uncat to match your brand.
> — https://support.uncat.com/help/articles/1993282-add-your-logo-and-customize-uncat-in-settings · Managing your Firm article 'Add your logo and customize Uncat in settings', body, checked 28 October 2026

**Several businesses** · Yes — One account holds as many client files as you add and you move between them in the dashboard; each one added costs another $9 a month and the bill updates by itself.

> You can add a client to Uncat anytime by clicking the Add Client button at the top right of the Uncat dashboard page or the Settings page. When you add a client, it will update your billing automatically.
> — https://support.uncat.com/help/articles/6125920-adding-a-client-to-uncat · Working with Clients article 'Adding a client to Uncat', body, checked 28 October 2026

**Canada** · Yes — The company is US-based and built around US QuickBooks, and it states that setting tax rates is popular with firms whose clients sit in Canada, the UK and Australia.

> This is especially popular for firms with clients in Canada, the UK, Australia, and other jurisdictions with multiple tax rate options.
> — https://support.uncat.com/help/articles/5900992-uncat-supports-tax-rates · Transactions Module article 'Uncat supports tax rates', second sentence, checked 28 October 2026

**Australia** · Yes — The company is US-based and built around US QuickBooks, and it states that setting tax rates is popular with firms whose clients sit in Canada, the UK and Australia.

> This is especially popular for firms with clients in Canada, the UK, Australia, and other jurisdictions with multiple tax rate options.
> — https://support.uncat.com/help/articles/5900992-uncat-supports-tax-rates · Transactions Module article 'Uncat supports tax rates', second sentence, checked 28 October 2026

### Trying it, starting and getting help

**Free trial or free plan** · Partly — Seven days, full featured, on your real client files, with as many clients and users as you like and no card to hand over before you start.

> Uncat offers a free 7-day trial during which time you can connect as many clients as you would like. ... The trial is risk free and does not require a credit card.
> — https://support.uncat.com/help/articles/0868810-uncat-has-a-free-7-day-trial · Billing article 'Uncat has a free 7-day trial', opening and closing sentences, checked 28 October 2026

**Sign up without a sales call** · Yes — You sign yourself up with an Intuit login or an email address, add clients from the dashboard, and add a card whenever you choose to start paying; a demo call is optional.

> You can add a credit card at any time to start a paid subscription at $9 per client (i.e. client file) per month.
> — https://support.uncat.com/help/articles/0868810-uncat-has-a-free-7-day-trial · Billing article 'Uncat has a free 7-day trial', body paragraph on starting a paid subscription, checked 28 October 2026

**Contract and cancelling** · Partly — Billing is month to month through a card you manage yourself, and dropping one client is a button, but closing the whole account means asking support to do it.

> If you'd like to cancel your Uncat account for your firm and all your clients, please submit a support ticket and we will complete and confirm the cancellation.
> — https://support.uncat.com/help/articles/3779758-canceling-your-uncat-account · Billing article 'Canceling your Uncat account', first sentence, checked 28 October 2026

**Support** · Yes — You reach people by email or by raising a ticket from the help center, which also carries the product articles; the vendor publishes no hours, phone support or chat.

> You can email us at hello@uncat.com or visit support.
> — https://www.uncat.com/contact · Contact page, body line under 'Get in touch.', checked 28 October 2026

## Uncat 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.
- [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.
- [Pilot](https://tickmarkbooks.com/pilot) · No list price: A bookkeeping and tax service for startups that pairs software-driven dashboards with human financial advisors.
- [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.
- [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.
- [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/uncat/alternatives/)

## Sources and changes

Last changed 30 October 2026

**Sources** (19)

- https://support.uncat.com/help/articles/0868810-uncat-has-a-free-7-day-trial, read 28 October 2026
- https://www.uncat.com/, read 28 October 2026
- https://support.uncat.com/help/articles/1417793-bank-feed-workflow-with-uncat, read 28 October 2026
- https://support.uncat.com/help/articles/1518629-sync-any-date-range-for-a-client-in-uncat, read 28 October 2026
- https://support.uncat.com/help/articles/5900992-uncat-supports-tax-rates, read 28 October 2026
- https://support.uncat.com/help/articles/9033218-invite-your-accounting-and-bookkeeping-coworkers-to-uncat, read 28 October 2026
- https://www.uncat.com/blog/how-accountants-save-hours-every-week-with-uncats-automated-categorization, read 28 October 2026
- https://www.uncat.com/contact, read 28 October 2026
- https://support.uncat.com/help/articles/1993282-add-your-logo-and-customize-uncat-in-settings, read 28 October 2026
- https://support.uncat.com/help/articles/2116247-what-fields-from-quickbooks-can-i-update-in-uncat, read 28 October 2026
- https://support.uncat.com/help/articles/3779758-canceling-your-uncat-account, read 28 October 2026
- https://support.uncat.com/help/articles/3872834-export-transactions-or-receipts, read 28 October 2026
- https://support.uncat.com/help/articles/3995987-accessing-uncat-on-mobile, read 28 October 2026
- https://support.uncat.com/help/articles/4016037-approve-updates-in-uncat, read 28 October 2026
- https://support.uncat.com/help/articles/6125920-adding-a-client-to-uncat, read 28 October 2026
- https://support.uncat.com/help/articles/8067612-sync-receipts-to-quickbooks-online-with-uncat, read 28 October 2026
- https://support.uncat.com/help/articles/8439933-use-products-and-services-on-qbo-expense-transactions, read 28 October 2026
- https://support.uncat.com/help/articles/8857618-uncat-and-karbon-integration, read 28 October 2026
- https://support.uncat.com/help/articles/9875625-request-w9s-and-other-documents-via-uncat, read 28 October 2026

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