Akaunting vs Zoho Books

Akaunting is web-based accounting software for creating invoices, capturing receipts, tracking inventory, using bank feeds, and providing accountant access. Automated reconciliation is not available. A free plan is listed, alongside cloud and on-premise paid plans. Standard Cloud costs $12 a month and includes one company, one user plus one accountant, 1,000 invoices, and four apps. Premium Cloud costs $36 a month for 10 companies, 10 users, 10,000 invoices, and 10 apps. Elite Cloud costs $84 a month for 30 companies, 30 users, 30,000 invoices, and 30 apps. Ultimate Cloud costs $218 a month with unlimited companies, users, and invoices and all apps. On-premise Premium costs $72 a year and Elite $168 a year; Standard On-Premise has no listed price. Akaunting was founded in 2017.

Zoho Books is an accounting service for invoices, bills, banking, inventory, expenses, projects, reporting, and online payments. It includes bank feeds, automated reconciliation, receipt capture, and accountant access, with dedicated iOS and Android apps. Inventory tools cover stock tracking, reorder alerts, warehouses, serial numbers, batch tracking, and bin locations. It supports foreign transactions with exchange rates applied in real time, and changes sync across devices with automatic cloud backup. Transactions use two-factor authentication and SSL encryption; Zoho Books does not store credit card information. The free plan includes one user and one accountant, allows five scheduled reports, and remains available indefinitely while annual revenue is at or below $50K. Standard costs $15 a month with annual billing. A 14-day free trial is available. Subscriptions are pay-as-you-go without a contract commitment and can be cancelled. Support hours are Monday to Friday, 9 am to 9 pm ET, with channels varying by plan.