Akaunting
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Free Accounting Software for Small Businesses
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Features
67 features across 31 categories
Accessibility(1)
Access Akaunting on your Mac, PC, tablet or mobile phone with no limits
Accounting(5)
The chart of accounts (COA) is a listing of the general ledger accounts to which amounts can be debited or credited
Issue credit/debit notes to your customers/vendors for returning goods
Chart of Accounts, Balance Sheet, General Ledger, Trial Balance, Accounts Payable, Journal Entries, Cost of Goods Sold
Access a General Ledger for comprehensive financial management
Manual journal entries allow you to debit or credit amounts for the selected accounts. You can also add a short description for these adjusting entries
Automation(3)
Automatically trigger business-critical actions based on tasks performed in different apps and save yourself time and headache
Get reminders for recurring payments
Automatically create invoices, revenues, bills, and payments for ongoing jobs with just a click
Banking(5)
Create unlimited bank and cash accounts and track their opening and current balances
Connect your bank accounts directly to Akaunting
Import transactions securely to automate your bookkeeping and reports by connecting your bank accounts. Covers US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, UK, and European countries
Add deposits to and transfers between accounts and keep the balance of your bank accounts active
Manage multiple bank accounts within the same system
Billing(1)
Send professional invoices to clients and accept online payments with no commission or transaction fees
Catalog(1)
Create and list products or services for your business
Client Management(1)
Give clients the ease of a client portal to share transactions and invoices and accept bulk payments
Communication(1)
Customize the content of emails sent to your customers as you wish
Compliance(3)
Get the regulations required by governments for tax filling and return such as GST, MTD, Form 1099, etc
Automatically calculate sales tax for transactions
Set up different names for each tax and link specific taxes to specific products or transactions
Customer Management(3)
Create clients and send invoices to them. You can also set a password so they could access the client portal
See the customer profile, address, list of transactions, and paid, open, and overdue totals at a glance
Create and manage unlimited customer profiles
Customer Relationship Management(1)
Track every step of your customer journey, manage leads and opportunities, and analyze your sales pipeline
Customization(1)
Add custom/extra fields to invoices, customers, items, accounts, transfers, bills, vendors, and more
Data Management(1)
Import data from files into the system
Document Management(2)
Scan and upload receipts for document management and record keeping
Attach your business files and/or receipts to invoices, expenses, payments for original evidence
Expense Management(2)
Create and manage bills so your finances are always accurate and healthy. Know what and when to pay
The expense management feature is designed to help you get your business expenses done easily and collectively with all your team members
Financial Management(5)
Stay on top of cash flow and make smarter decisions about your business
Support for cryptocurrency assets management
Keep track of mounting bills and expenses and monitor money flowing out
The currency exchange rates are fetched from the most popular data providers
Send invoices and add expenses in any currency and let the system convert them in your main currency
Financial Planning(1)
Plan and measure the monies needed to manage your day-to-day, monthly and yearly expenses. Estimate your income/expenses and foresee any potential financial shortfalls
Human Resources(2)
Create and manage employee profiles
Simplify your payroll management and reduce time spent on manual processes. Get on-demand employee information, and customize payment methods, benefits, and deductions
Integration(4)
Extend Akaunting without leaving the admin panel, you can install or purchase from 50+ apps
Sync your current and future products, customers, and orders from 10+ eCommerce platforms such as WooCommerce, Shopify, OpenCart, Magento, etc. with Akaunting
Eliminate manual accounting and human error. This app will sync your current and future Shopify products, customers, and orders with Akaunting
Get paid faster with Stripe and automatically sync payments to Akaunting invoices, saving time on manual updates and data importation
Inventory Management(1)
Stock management, SKU, item groups and variants, transfer orders, adjustments, warehouses, histories, and more
Localization(1)
Manage your finances in your language. Switch between languages easily, instantly. Available in 50+ languages
Organization(3)
Manage your calendar regarding your books and reduces the probability of overdue payments
Manage the finances of multiple companies from one admin panel and assign users to different companies
Create categories for incomes, expenses and items and see the flow of your business at a glance
Payments(1)
Accept payments from 20+ payment providers such as Stripe, PayPal, Mollie, eWay, M-Pesa, Flutterwave, Klarna, PagSeguro, etc
Productivity(2)
Address autocomplete allows you to accurately find and record the address details of your clients swiftly
Enable, disable, export, and delete records easily in batch mode
Project Management(1)
Create tasks, assign them to teammates, discuss with your customers, track the time spent, and link to invoices/bills
Purchasing(1)
Have your sales and purchase orders in one place, simplifying your bookkeeping and accounting processes
Reporting(5)
Get balance sheet and trial balance reports as part of double-entry accounting features
Create dashboards and widgets that serve different purposes and share them with your staff/accountant
Get detailed financial reports to help you better visualize all the information you need to improve your business
Schedule your reports to be sent to your email address or other users in the organization and even to external people at different time intervals
Generate unlimited financial reports
Retail(1)
Automate your retail with the Point of Sale app and increase your revenue. This app offers the best features for you to manage your shop integrated with Akaunting
Sales(3)
Encourage client loyalty with your work by giving them a discount from the usual cost
Create estimates, communicate with customers, get approvals, and convert them into invoices
Proposals app untangles your process and puts your team on the straight path to sales success. Create, send, and track sales documents
Security(3)
Configure permissions on a Role level to protect and simplify their management experience
The Roles feature lets you create and edit the abilities of your team with a few simple clicks and gives you a clear view of the separation of duties
Two-factor authentication, or two-step verification, is a type of multi-factor authentication that requires two methods for confirming your identity
Vendor Management(2)
Create and manage unlimited vendor profiles
Create vendors so you could assign bills and payments to them and later filter their transactions easily
Pricing
Standard Cloud
- ✓1 Company
- ✓1 User + 1 Accountant
- ✓1,000 Invoices
- ✓4 Apps Included
- ✓Ticket Support
- ✓Unlimited Customers
- ✓Unlimited Vendors
- ✓Unlimited Reports
- ✓Unlimited Products/Services
- ✓Multiple Currencies
- ✓Bank Accounts
- ✓Multi Company
- ✓Powerful Reporting
- ✓Customer Summary
- ✓Various Payments
- ✓Tax Rates
- ✓Discount
- ✓Unlimited Attachments
- ✓Transaction Categories
- ✓Bulk Actions
- ✓Dashboards & Widgets
- ✓Deposits & Transfers
- ✓Vendor Management
- ✓Customer Management
- ✓Billable Expenses
- ✓Live Currency Rates
- ✓Billing Calendar
- ✓Two-Factor Authentication
- ✓Address Auto-complete
- ✓Recurring Transactions
- ✓Unlimited Customers
- ✓Unlimited Vendors
- ✓Unlimited Reports
- ✓Recurring Payment Reminders
- ✓Multiple Currencies
- ✓Manage Employees
- ✓List Products or Services
- ✓Sales Tax Calculation
- ✓Multiple Bank Accounts
- ✓Import From File
- ✓Email Templates
- ✓Fine-Grained Permissions
- ✓Mobile & Tablet Ready Interface
- ✓Multilingual Admin & Client Panel
Premium Cloud
- ✓10 Companies
- ✓10 Users
- ✓10,000 Invoices
- ✓10 Apps Included
- ✓Ticket Support
- ✓Everything in Standard, plus...
- ✓Double-Entry
- ✓Bank Feeds
- ✓Expense Claims
- ✓Roles & Permissions
- ✓Client Portal
- ✓Unlimited Customers
- ✓Unlimited Vendors
- ✓Unlimited Reports
- ✓Recurring Payment Reminders
- ✓Multiple Currencies
- ✓Manage Employees
- ✓List Products or Services
- ✓Sales Tax Calculation
- ✓Multiple Bank Accounts
- ✓Import From File
- ✓Bank Connection
- ✓Chart of Accounts
- ✓Balance Sheet
- ✓Trial Balance
- ✓Manual Journals
- ✓General Ledger
Elite Cloud
- ✓30 Companies
- ✓30 Users
- ✓30,000 Invoices
- ✓30 Apps Included
- ✓Ticket Support
- ✓Everything in Premium, plus...
- ✓Estimates (Quotes)
- ✓Payroll
- ✓Projects
- ✓Inventory
- ✓CRM
- ✓Receipts (Scan Documents)
- ✓Shopify
- ✓Stripe
- ✓Unlimited Customers
- ✓Unlimited Vendors
- ✓Unlimited Reports
- ✓Recurring Payment Reminders
- ✓Multiple Currencies
- ✓Manage Employees
- ✓List Products or Services
- ✓Sales Tax Calculation
- ✓Multiple Bank Accounts
- ✓Import From File
- ✓Bank Connection
- ✓Chart of Accounts
- ✓Balance Sheet
- ✓Trial Balance
- ✓Manual Journals
- ✓General Ledger
Ultimate Cloud
Popular- ✓Unlimited Companies
- ✓Unlimited Users
- ✓Unlimited Invoices
- ✓All Apps Included
- ✓Ticket Support
- ✓Everything in Elite, plus...
- ✓Budgeting
- ✓Credit & Debit Notes
- ✓Sales & Purchase Orders
- ✓Point of Sale (POS)
- ✓Custom Fields
- ✓Auto-Schedule Reports
- ✓Automations
- ✓Crypto Assets
- ✓Regulations (GST, MTD, Form 1099)
- ✓Proposals
- ✓Payment Methods
- ✓eCommerce Platforms
- ✓All 50+ Apps
- ✓Unlimited Customers
- ✓Unlimited Vendors
- ✓Unlimited Reports
- ✓Recurring Payment Reminders
- ✓Multiple Currencies
- ✓Manage Employees
- ✓List Products or Services
- ✓Sales Tax Calculation
- ✓Multiple Bank Accounts
- ✓Import From File
- ✓Bank Connection
- ✓Chart of Accounts
- ✓Balance Sheet
- ✓Trial Balance
- ✓Manual Journals
- ✓General Ledger
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Integrations
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