ZipBooks
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A few focused days to build a solid replacement
Simple accounting software that makes you even smarter
How to Replace ZipBooksOverview
Features
39 features across 18 categories
Accounting(3)
Dead-simple reconciliation, full suite of reports, auto-categorization, and intuitive color-coding
Lock completed books from editing to ensure data integrity
Manage bookkeeping with industry-best chart of accounts and custom categories
Automation(2)
Automate categorization with personalized Machine Learning
Automate payment reminders to customers for outstanding invoices
Billing(3)
Set fixed or hourly billing rates for time tracking
Send professional invoices in seconds, get paid seamlessly with all major credit cards or PayPal, and set-and-forget it with auto-billing and automated payment reminders
Schedule recurring invoices with auto-bill functionality
Client Management(1)
Track time across client accounts, export financial packages, cobrand your firm on client accounts, edit transactions in bulk, and manage clients from one dashboard
Collaboration(2)
Add and collaborate with team members with team permissions management
Simplify your work by collaborating with employees, contractors, accountants, or other team members. Manage team permissions on reports, invoicing and billing, time tracking, or other parts of ZipBooks
Document Management(1)
Store documents securely and share documents with team members
Expense Management(2)
Add expenses, sales, transfers and other transactions with receipt storage and tracking
Smart and automated expense tracking with receipt storage
Export(2)
Send invoices and quotes as PDF
Export reports to PDF and CSV formats
Integration(3)
Connect your bank account and credit card to save time and stay current. ZipBooks will pull your transactions and balance daily to make bookkeeping and reconciliation a snap
Migrate existing accounting data
Connect multiple bank accounts for comprehensive financial tracking
Invoicing(4)
Send custom invoices with VAT, taxes, invoice discounts, custom notes, payment terms, and custom emails
Save items and tasks for use on future invoices
Invoice in multiple currencies
Send custom quotes and estimates to clients
Mobile(1)
Manage your business on the go. Send invoices, mark payments, store receipts, and categorize expenses with an optimized mobile web experience or native mobile application
Notifications(1)
Receive account notifications within your account
Organization(1)
Tag any transaction with a customer, project, location, or other custom tag then generate reports based on one or more of your tags
Payments(1)
Accept payment by Square or PayPal
Project Management(1)
Create and manage projects with time tracking capabilities
Reporting(8)
Record 1099 payments and expenses with automated 1099 tracking for selected vendors
Filter, sort, and customize reporting with click-through to transactions and custom reports based on tags
Consolidated reports for multi-location accounting
Add custom footer to financial statements
Create customer or vendor statements
View company dashboard with key business metrics
Income Statement and Balance Sheet reporting with cash and accrual reporting options
Smart insights and reports help you retain profitable customers, get paid more quickly, and see how you're doing versus competitors
Support(1)
Chat with award-winning customer support
Time Tracking(2)
Auto-import and bill time entries to invoices
Organize your work into projects and tasks, and track your time right in ZipBooks. Once you're ready to bill, pull that time into an invoice with a single click
Pricing
Starter
- ✓Send unlimited invoices
- ✓Manage unlimited vendors & customers
- ✓Accept digital payments (Square or PayPal)
- ✓View Basic Reports
- ✓Connect 1 bank account
Smarter
- ✓Everything in Starter
- ✓Schedule recurring invoices with auto-bill
- ✓Automate reminders
- ✓Save invoice line items
- ✓Connect multiple bank accounts
- ✓Receive account notifications
- ✓Track time
- ✓Add 5 team members
Sophisticated
- ✓Everything in Smarter
- ✓Organize books with smart tagging (by location, project, and custom)
- ✓Reconcile every account quickly
- ✓Lock completed books
- ✓Share documents securely
- ✓Generate insightful reports
- ✓Invite unlimited users
Accountant
- ✓Everything in Sophisticated for you and your clients
- ✓Track time across client accounts
- ✓Export financial packages
- ✓Cobrand your firm on client accounts
- ✓Edit transactions in bulk
- ✓Manage clients from one dashboard
- ✓Migrate existing accounting data
Cost Calculator
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Total Cost Comparison
DIY hosting estimate based on Vercel + Supabase free/pro tiers (~$20/mo). Build time estimated from 39 features at easy complexity.
Build vs Buy
Should you build a ZipBooks alternative or buy the subscription? Estimate based on 39 features.
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Better ValueBuild Your Own
Buying ZipBooks saves ~$50,040 over 3 years vs building.
Estimates based on 39 features and a BuildScore of 4/5. Actual costs vary.
Integrations
3 known integrations