Four accounting platforms held against the same six-category rubric. Real prices, what the migration actually looks like, and an opinion on regional fit. Because the right answer in Manchester is rarely the right answer in Miami.
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The accounting software your accountant probably already uses. The integration with US payroll, sales tax handling and inventory is best-in-class. The UI is dated in places, but the depth and accountant familiarity is hard to beat in the US market.
Cleaner interface than QuickBooks, friendlier multi-currency, and dominant in the UK and Australian accounting market. The bank reconciliation flow alone is worth the switch for businesses that hated bookkeeping in QuickBooks.
The simplest accounting tool for people who bill clients by the hour or by the project. Beautiful invoices, painless time tracking, and very little of the bookkeeping ceremony of the bigger packages. Outgrow it eventually, but lovely while it fits.
Genuinely free invoicing and bookkeeping for very small operations. Payroll and payment processing are paid add-ons, but if you mostly need to send invoices and track expenses, Wave does the job without ever asking for your card.