ZipBooks

zipbooks.com
Accounting Software
Few Days

Simple accounting software that makes you even smarter

How to Replace ZipBooks

Overview

ZipBooks is a complete yet easy-to-use accounting solution designed for small businesses and freelancers. It combines invoicing, billing, expense tracking, and financial reporting with intelligent insights to help businesses manage their finances efficiently. The platform features automated bookkeeping, professional invoicing, payment processing, and data-driven analytics.

Features

39 features across 18 categories

Accounting(3)

Accounting & Bookkeeping

Dead-simple reconciliation, full suite of reports, auto-categorization, and intuitive color-coding

Book LockingPremium

Lock completed books from editing to ensure data integrity

Chart of Accounts

Manage bookkeeping with industry-best chart of accounts and custom categories

Also in: Jobber, Melio, Lemonway

Automation(2)

Auto-CategorizationAI

Automate categorization with personalized Machine Learning

Automated Payment RemindersPremium

Automate payment reminders to customers for outstanding invoices

Also in: monday.com, Notion, Airtable

Billing(3)

Billing Rates

Set fixed or hourly billing rates for time tracking

Invoicing & Billing

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

Recurring Invoices & Auto-BillPremium

Schedule recurring invoices with auto-bill functionality

Also in: Insightly, Airtable, Obsidian

Client Management(1)

Client Account ManagementPremium

Track time across client accounts, export financial packages, cobrand your firm on client accounts, edit transactions in bulk, and manage clients from one dashboard

Also in: mycase, Litify, Acuity Scheduling

Collaboration(2)

Team Collaboration

Add and collaborate with team members with team permissions management

Team 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

Also in: Notion, Airtable, Obsidian

Document Management(1)

Document ManagementPremium

Store documents securely and share documents with team members

Expense Management(2)

Expense Management

Add expenses, sales, transfers and other transactions with receipt storage and tracking

Expense Tracking

Smart and automated expense tracking with receipt storage

Export(2)

PDF Export for Invoices

Send invoices and quotes as PDF

Report Export

Export reports to PDF and CSV formats

Also in: Looker, Hunter, MLflow

Integration(3)

Bank Connect

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

Data MigrationPremium

Migrate existing accounting data

Multiple Bank Account ConnectionPremium

Connect multiple bank accounts for comprehensive financial tracking

Invoicing(4)

Custom Invoice Features

Send custom invoices with VAT, taxes, invoice discounts, custom notes, payment terms, and custom emails

Invoice TemplatesPremium

Save items and tasks for use on future invoices

Multi-Currency Invoicing

Invoice in multiple currencies

Quotes & Estimates

Send custom quotes and estimates to clients

Mobile(1)

Mobile Accounting

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)

Account NotificationsPremium

Receive account notifications within your account

Organization(1)

Smart Tagging

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)

Payment Processing

Accept payment by Square or PayPal

Project Management(1)

Project Management

Create and manage projects with time tracking capabilities

Reporting(8)

1099 Tracking

Record 1099 payments and expenses with automated 1099 tracking for selected vendors

Advanced ReportingPremium

Filter, sort, and customize reporting with click-through to transactions and custom reports based on tags

Consolidated Multi-Location ReportingPremium

Consolidated reports for multi-location accounting

Custom Report FootersPremium

Add custom footer to financial statements

Customer & Vendor Statements

Create customer or vendor statements

Dashboard

View company dashboard with key business metrics

Financial Statements

Income Statement and Balance Sheet reporting with cash and accrual reporting options

Intelligence & ReportsAI

Smart insights and reports help you retain profitable customers, get paid more quickly, and see how you're doing versus competitors

Support(1)

Customer Support

Chat with award-winning customer support

Time Tracking(2)

Time Entry Auto-Import & BillingPremium

Auto-import and bill time entries to invoices

Time Tracking

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

Free
  • Send unlimited invoices
  • Manage unlimited vendors & customers
  • Accept digital payments (Square or PayPal)
  • View Basic Reports
  • Connect 1 bank account

Smarter

$15/mo
  • 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

$35/mo
  • 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

Custom
  • 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

Keep Paying ZipBooks

Monthly$15/mo
Yearly$180/yr
5-Year Total$900

Build It Yourself

Est. Build Time~4 hrs
Hosting$20/mo
DifficultyEasy

Total Cost Comparison

1 Year
SaaS
$180
DIY
$240
3 Years
SaaS
$540
DIY
$720
5 Years
SaaS
$900
DIY
$1.2k

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.

Buy ZipBooks

Better Value
Monthly cost$150/mo
3-year total$5,400
Time to deployDays

Build Your Own

Development cost$36,000
Maintenance$540/mo
3-year total$55,440
Dev time~3 months

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