FreshBooks vs Akaunting

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

Compare	FreshBooksFreshBooks	AkauntingAkaunting
In one line	Invoicing and time tracking for service businesses	Open-source accounting you can host yourself or rent from $8
Starting price	From $23/mo + $11/extra person	From $8/mo
Six-person team	$23/mo	$8/mo
Plans	Lite $23/mo (5 clients); Plus $43/mo (50 clients); Premium $70/mo (unlimited clients); the same billed yearly; first-year discounts common (Lite was $1/mo for the first year when checked); team members $11/mo each	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)
Pricing model	Free trial	Free tier
Free trial	30 days	—
Users	1 included	1 + accountant on Standard
Both connect to	Stripe Invoicing
Also connects to	Gusto, Squarespace Commerce, Novo, Ecwid, Payoneer Workforce Management100+ listed by the vendor	Square POS, Shopify, WooCommerce, PayPal Invoicing, Loyverse
Team size	Just me · 2–10 people	Just me · 2–10 people
Available in	US · UK · CA · AU	US · UK · CA · AU
Phone support	Plans not stated; Select only	None listed
Live chat	Every plan	None listed
Support hours	Phone: office hours · Live chat: 24/7	Not published
Incidents posted	4 incidents posted on FreshBooks's status page, which covers all FreshBooks products and regions, in the 90 days to Oct 27, 2026; 0 marked major or critical by FreshBooks. Status page	We found no public status page for Akaunting.
Capterra score	4.5 / 5 from 4,529 reviews	3.8 / 5 from 28 reviews
Trustpilot score	3.8 / 5 from 1,051 reviews	1.5 / 5 from 57 reviews
Fit: Retail shop	58	50
Fit: Restaurant or café	40	40
Fit: Service business	90	72
Fit: Agency or studio	88	65
Fit: Trades or contractor	80	60
Fit: Online store	45	45
Why people pick it	Best-looking invoices Time tracking built in	Open source and self-hostable Cheap cloud plans
Where it falls short	Per-user fees Client caps on lower plans	Few bank feeds in the US Most features are paid add-on apps
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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

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