Kick vs Pilot

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

Compare	KickKick	PilotPilot
In one line	Self-driving bookkeeping that categorizes transactions for you	Done-for-you bookkeeping and tax for startups
Starting price	Free	From $99/mo
Six-person team	$0/mo	$99/mo
Plans	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	Bookkeeping Essentials from $99/mo billed yearly (up to $100K monthly expenses); tax filing from $750/yr for newly formed companies, $2,000+ for partnerships and S-corps, $2,450+ for C-corps
Pricing model	Free tier	Paid
Free trial	14 days	—
Users	Unlimited	n/a
Both connect to	Ramp
Also connects to	Gusto, Mercury, Stripe Invoicing, BILL	No others on record10,000+ listed by the vendor
Team size	Just me · 2–10 people	2–10 people · 11–50 people
Available in	US	US
Phone support	None listed	Core and up
Live chat	Basic and up	Every plan
Support hours	Not published	Not published
Incidents posted	0 incidents posted on Kick's status page in the 90 days to Oct 27, 2026. Status page	We found no public status page for Pilot.
Capterra score	Not listed	4.9 / 5 from 29 reviews
Trustpilot score	4.5 / 5 from 17 reviews (few reviews)	2.9 / 5 from 20 reviews
Fit: Retail shop	50	35
Fit: Restaurant or café	45	30
Fit: Service business	82	65
Fit: Agency or studio	85	78
Fit: Trades or contractor	70	40
Fit: Online store	70	75
Why people pick it	Categorizes transactions automatically Free plan for new businesses	A team does the books Tax filing from the same people
Where it falls short	No inventory Accrual books need Plus	Costs more than software Built around startups
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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