Akaunting vs Kashoo

Two accounting tools side by side. Prices are the starting plan a small business would pick, in USD.

Compare	AkauntingAkaunting	KashooKashoo
In one line	Open-source accounting you can host yourself or rent from $8	One flat plan with unlimited users, inventory, and multi-currency
Starting price	From $8/mo	From $27/mo
Six-person team	$8/mo	$27/mo
Plans	Self-hosted free; Cloud Standard $8/mo (1 user + 1 accountant, 1,000 invoices); Premium $24/mo; Elite $56/mo; Ultimate $145/mo, billed yearly (monthly $12/$36/$84/$218)	One plan: $30/mo, or $324/yr ($27/mo); unlimited users; each extra business is a separate subscription
Pricing model	Free tier	Free trial
Free trial	—	14 days
Users	1 + accountant on Standard	Unlimited
Both connect to	Square POS, Stripe Invoicing
Also connects to	Shopify, WooCommerce, PayPal Invoicing, Loyverse	No others on record
Team size	Just me · 2–10 people	Just me · 2–10 people
Available in	US · UK · CA · AU	US · CA
Phone support	None listed	Every plan
Live chat	None listed	Every plan
Support hours	Not published	Not published
Incidents posted	We found no public status page for Akaunting.	We found no public status page for Kashoo.
Capterra score	3.8 / 5 from 28 reviews	4.5 / 5 from 132 reviews
Trustpilot score	1.5 / 5 from 57 reviews	3.2 / 5 from 1 reviews (few reviews)
Fit: Retail shop	50	70
Fit: Restaurant or café	40	55
Fit: Service business	72	80
Fit: Agency or studio	65	72
Fit: Trades or contractor	60	72
Fit: Online store	45	60
Why people pick it	Open source and self-hostable Cheap cloud plans	Unlimited users at no extra cost Inventory and multi-currency in the one plan
Where it falls short	Few bank feeds in the US Most features are paid add-on apps	No free plan Payroll only through an integration
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Six-person prices are what a team of six would pay on the published plans; "Not listed" means those plans don't cover six. How we calculate prices