CheqMate Online vs SimpleChex

CheqMate Online manages cheque transactions and prints Sri Lankan cheques on a normal printer. The maker says it supports cheques from any bank in Sri Lanka, with single or batch printing and options to include a company seal and logo. It also prints payment vouchers, supports account reconciliation, and lets users manage unlimited bank accounts and view reports by payee or date range. Cheque data can be imported from standard CSV files produced by Excel or other accounting software. Standard and Business are online cloud packages, accessible on Windows, Apple, and Linux through Google Chrome, as well as from a phone or computer. Both include a 30-day free trial. Business includes automated cloud backups and costs 0.47 LKR a year; Standard costs 0.55 LKR a month and renews monthly. The maker says the app is password protected and uses SSL encryption. PREZIRE SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS lists email and phone support Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. An unrenewed Standard account is deleted 30 days after its monthly due date.

SimpleChex is a web-based service for creating business checks as PDFs with MICR-encoded routing and account numbers. Users can print checks on plain white paper or blank check stock, including Costco NL-VT-compatible stock, or email a PDF for the recipient to print and deposit like a check. The product uses the E-13B MICR font used by bank scanners. Users can save payees and addresses, and add an image or typed signature to checks. SimpleChex logs checks, batches, and emails, and past checks can be reprinted as PDFs. Firm accounts allow unlimited team members, with access scoped to selected businesses or bank accounts. For QuickBooks payroll, users can upload a payroll PDF for a MICR line to be added to each page. The service does not hold, transmit, or process funds; checks clear through the user's existing bank relationship. The free plan is free and allows one business, unlimited bank accounts, 10 checks per month, and one user. Solo costs $5 a month; Firm costs $19 a month and includes up to 10 businesses, with each additional business at $2/mo.