Akaunting vs Patriot Accounting

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

Compare	AkauntingAkaunting	Patriot AccountingPatriot Software
In one line	Open-source accounting you can host yourself or rent from $8	Plain US bookkeeping from $20 a month, with payroll from the same company
Starting price	From $8/mo	From $20/mo
Six-person team	$8/mo	$20/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)	Accounting Basic $20/mo (unlimited users); Accounting Premium $30/mo (estimates, recurring invoices, user permissions); 50% off the first 3 months; 30 days free
Pricing model	Free tier	Free trial
Free trial	—	30 days
Users	1 + accountant on Standard	Unlimited
Both connect to	Stripe Invoicing
Also connects to	Square POS, Shopify, WooCommerce, PayPal Invoicing, Loyverse	Patriot Payroll
Team size	Just me · 2–10 people	Just me · 2–10 people
Available in	US · UK · CA · AU	US
Phone support	None listed	Every plan
Live chat	None listed	Every plan
Support hours	Not published	Phone: 9a.m. - 7p.m. ET, Monday - Friday
Incidents posted	We found no public status page for Akaunting.	2 incidents posted on Patriot Software's status page, which covers all Patriot Software products and regions, in the 90 days to Oct 27, 2026; 2 marked major or critical by Patriot Software. Status page
Capterra score	3.8 / 5 from 28 reviews	4.8 / 5 from 3,966 reviews
Trustpilot score	1.5 / 5 from 57 reviews	Not listed
Fit: Retail shop	50	60
Fit: Restaurant or café	40	55
Fit: Service business	72	82
Fit: Agency or studio	65	70
Fit: Trades or contractor	60	80
Fit: Online store	45	45
Why people pick it	Open source and self-hostable Cheap cloud plans	Low price with US phone support Pairs with Patriot Payroll
Where it falls short	Few bank feeds in the US Most features are paid add-on apps	US only No inventory or multi-currency
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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