Adagio Accounting vs Frappe Books

Adagio Accounting is software for small to mid-sized companies whose accounting offices are managed by trained accountants. It processes transactions in batches, allowing review and correction before entries post permanently to the general ledger. Modules cover general ledger, financial reporting, bank reconciliation, accounts payable, receivables, inventory, order processing, job costing, CRM, and more. Reporting can span departments, divisions, and multiple companies, while inventory includes accurate costing. Adagio supports audit controls and provides batch detail as an additional audit trail. Deployment options include on-premise LAN or terminal-server installation and a hosted cloud service. Cloud base subscriptions allow up to five companies, with licensing based on simultaneous users. Workstations require Windows 11; Windows Pro is recommended and Windows Home is not. Adagio for Accountants costs $100 a month and includes specified modules, one administrator and one general-user license, and unlimited client accounts. Softrak Systems was founded in 1984 and released Adagio Accounting in 1999.

Frappe Books is accounting software for small businesses, available free under the AGPL-3.0 license. It supports quotes, invoices, payments, bills, supplier payments and returns, alongside double-entry bookkeeping, journal entries and financial reports. Inventory tools track stock across locations, including batches, expiry dates and serial numbers, and the software supports point-of-sale transactions. Businesses in India can produce GSTR-1 and GSTR-2 reports for GST returns. Books User, Books Manager and System Manager roles control access to records, reports and settings. Company data stays in the database of the customer’s Frappe site, and the software runs on the customer’s own server. It is listed for Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, self-hosted use, web and Windows. On phones, it runs in a browser and can be added to the home screen, but an internet connection is required. The old desktop app is no longer supported. Frappe states that its quality and information security systems have ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 27001:2022 certifications and SOC 2 Type II attestation.