Akaunting vs Kick

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

Compare	AkauntingAkaunting	KickKick
In one line	Open-source accounting you can host yourself or rent from $8	Self-driving bookkeeping that categorizes transactions for you
Starting price	From $8/mo	Free
Six-person team	$8/mo	$0/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)	Free (1 entity, 250 transactions/yr); Basic $40/mo ($480 billed yearly); Plus $100/mo ($300 billed quarterly, multi-entity, accrual); Advanced $300/mo; 14-day trial
Pricing model	Free tier	Free tier
Free trial	—	14 days
Users	1 + accountant on Standard	Unlimited
Both connect to	Stripe Invoicing
Also connects to	Square POS, Shopify, WooCommerce, PayPal Invoicing, Loyverse	Gusto, Mercury, BILL, Ramp
Team size	Just me · 2–10 people	Just me · 2–10 people
Available in	US · UK · CA · AU	US
Phone support	None listed	None listed
Live chat	None listed	Basic and up
Support hours	Not published	Not published
Incidents posted	We found no public status page for Akaunting.	0 incidents posted on Kick's status page in the 90 days to Oct 27, 2026. Status page
Capterra score	3.8 / 5 from 28 reviews	Not listed
Trustpilot score	1.5 / 5 from 57 reviews	4.5 / 5 from 17 reviews (few reviews)
Fit: Retail shop	50	50
Fit: Restaurant or café	40	45
Fit: Service business	72	82
Fit: Agency or studio	65	85
Fit: Trades or contractor	60	70
Fit: Online store	45	70
Why people pick it	Open source and self-hostable Cheap cloud plans	Categorizes transactions automatically Free plan for new businesses
Where it falls short	Few bank feeds in the US Most features are paid add-on apps	No inventory Accrual books need Plus
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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