Official sources and downloadable comparison data
29 official pages inform this selected-plan snapshot. Public documentation checked 17 October 2026; authenticated software workflows are untested.
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Version 2026-10-17.1 · Initial release. Unknown feature values are null in JSON and “Not verified” in CSV. Source notes explain plan limitations and regional context.
QuickBooks Online
- QuickBooks US plans — US monthly list prices: Free 0, Simple Start 38, Essentials 85, Plus 140 USD. Free 1 bank and 2 invoices/month unless qualifying Payments. Plus project profitability. Promotions excluded.
- QuickBooks report export — Financial reports can be exported to Excel; plan report availability and roles apply. Free export availability not independently established.
- Intuit US bank CSV format — Three columns Date Description Amount; signed examples. Recommended date dd/mm/yyyy. Four-column Credit/Debit example direction differs from common statement headings; tool uses signed output only. Zero-removal troubleshooting is not permission to drop transactions silently.
Xero
- Xero US pricing — Early 27 Growing 59 Established 97 USD monthly list prices; no per-user licence fee. Early 20 invoices/5 bills. Established multi-currency and projects.
- Xero October 2026 price update — US list prices effective 1 October 2026:27/59/97. Do not reuse old 25/55/90. Sales tax and optional add-ons extra.
- Xero CSV bank statements — Date and Amount required; Description recommended optional. YYYY/MM/DD supported; dot-decimal signed amounts. Account role and manual column/date mapping apply.
- Xero export formats — General help with role-dependent CSV/XLS and PDF report exports; export separate areas, not one complete restore backup. Country-specific tax reports are not compared.
FreshBooks
- FreshBooks US prices — Plus 43 USD monthly 50 clients; Premium 70 unlimited clients, adds project profitability. Team members 11/month each. Promotions and payment/payroll extras excluded.
- FreshBooks project profitability — Project profitability report Premium/Select only; Plus time tracking is not this report.
- FreshBooks report exports — Export for Excel downloads CSV; reports run one currency at a time. This is not consolidated multi-currency accounting evidence.
Wave
- Wave US pricing and comparison — Starter 0 USD, Pro 19 USD/month monthly list. Pro bank auto-import via eligible Plaid connection. Payments and receipt services have extra conditions/charges; free invoices are not free card processing.
Zoho Books
- Zoho Books US pricing — Free 0 revenue eligibility<=50 K perfinancialyear; Standard 20 and Professional 50 USD month-to-month, not annual equivalents 15/40. Professional includes project profitability. Free/Standard/Professional financial report exports include PDF/CSV/XLS/XLSX; instantaneous 20 Krecords spreadsheet or 5 KPDF, asynchronous 100 Krecords for selected plans.
- Zoho Books US full comparison — Free lacks third-party bank feeds; Standard includes them. Professional adds multi-currency invoicing/vendor transactions; same customer across currencies requires Premium. Free 1000/Standard 5000/Professional 10000 invoices/year.
FreeAgent
- FreeAgent UK pricing — Sole trader regular 19 GBP/month before 20%VAT, promotional half-price excluded; business-structure plans are not generic feature tiers. Conditional bank-sponsored free offers excluded from zero-price filter.
- FreeAgent project tools — Project income/expenses/profitability and time tracking; project P&L PDF/CSV exports.
- FreeAgent banking — Bank feeds depend on bank support; OFX/QIF/CSV statement upload; multi-currency bank accounts.
- FreeAgent data export — Full level 8 access; Excel account data export, separate attachment ZIP and financial report PDFs. Export is not guaranteed cross-product restore.
Sage Accounting
- Sage Accounting UK retail pricing — Start 20 Standard 43 Plus 59 GBP monthly retail list excluding 20%VAT. Plus multi-currency. Introductory 90% discount and accountant wholesale prices excluded.
- Sage UK bank feeds — Connect supported bank accounts; specific bank availability must be checked.
- Sage UK data export — Export lists and reports; bank-feed transactions among documented export types. Do not interpret as a complete restorable backup.
Manager Desktop
- Manager desktop download and licence — Free forever offline desktop Win/Mac/Linux, single user, cross-platform backup/restore. Cloud and server editions excluded.
- Manager multiple currencies — Foreign-currency bank accounts and exchange gains/losses. Legacy official guide; confirm UI against installed release.
- Manager bank statement import — Bank statement import workflow. Guide is public documentation, not our installed desktop test.
GnuCash
- GnuCash licence and download — Free open-source software for Windows/macOS/Linux. Version number is deliberately not compared.
- GnuCash features — Double-entry desktop accounting, small-business invoices and multiple currency accounts. Online banking capabilities depend on available integration; automatic feed filter remains unverified.
- GnuCash report export manual — Reports export to HTML/print, not evidence every report has direct CSV export.
- GnuCash CSV import/export — CSV transaction import requires account/column/date/encoding mapping; no native acceptance test performed here.
Patriot Accounting
- Patriot US accounting pricing — Basic 20 Premium 30 USD monthly list. Bank import, invoices and financial reports in both. Premium recurring invoices/estimates/permissions; payroll separate.
- Patriot accounting report formats — Financial reports download to PDF or spreadsheet, with date/customer filters.