Patriot Accounting vs Pilot

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

Compare	Patriot AccountingPatriot Software	PilotPilot
In one line	Plain US bookkeeping from $20 a month, with payroll from the same company	Done-for-you bookkeeping and tax for startups
Starting price	From $20/mo	From $99/mo
Six-person team	$20/mo	$99/mo
Plans	Accounting Basic $20/mo (unlimited users); Accounting Premium $30/mo (estimates, recurring invoices, user permissions); 50% off the first 3 months; 30 days free	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 trial	Paid
Free trial	30 days	—
Users	Unlimited	n/a
Both connect to	No shared connections on record.
Also connects to	Stripe Invoicing, Patriot Payroll	Ramp10,000+ listed by the vendor
Team size	Just me · 2–10 people	2–10 people · 11–50 people
Available in	US	US
Phone support	Every plan	Core and up
Live chat	Every plan	Every plan
Support hours	Phone: 9a.m. - 7p.m. ET, Monday - Friday	Not published
Incidents posted	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	We found no public status page for Pilot.
Capterra score	4.8 / 5 from 3,966 reviews	4.9 / 5 from 29 reviews
Trustpilot score	Not listed	2.9 / 5 from 20 reviews
Fit: Retail shop	60	35
Fit: Restaurant or café	55	30
Fit: Service business	82	65
Fit: Agency or studio	70	78
Fit: Trades or contractor	80	40
Fit: Online store	45	75
Why people pick it	Low price with US phone support Pairs with Patriot Payroll	A team does the books Tax filing from the same people
Where it falls short	US only No inventory or multi-currency	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