Puzzle vs Akaunting

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

Compare	PuzzlePuzzle	AkauntingAkaunting
In one line	Accounting for startups that live in Stripe and a neobank	Open-source accounting you can host yourself or rent from $8
Starting price	From $30/mo	From $8/mo
Six-person team	$30/mo	$8/mo
Plans	Starter $30/mo monthly or $24/mo billed yearly (1 seat); Core $72/mo monthly or $58/mo billed yearly (5 seats); Complete $120/mo (unlimited seats); Scale $360/mo	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	60 days	—
Users	1 on Starter; 5 on Core	1 + accountant on Standard
Both connect to	Stripe Invoicing
Also connects to	Rippling, Deel, Mercury, BILL, Ramp, Brex, Rho	Square POS, Shopify, WooCommerce, PayPal Invoicing, Loyverse
Team size	Just me · 2–10 people	Just me · 2–10 people
Available in	US	US · UK · CA · AU
Phone support	None listed	None listed
Live chat	Plans not stated	None listed
Support hours	Not published	Not published
Incidents posted	We found no public status page for Puzzle.	We found no public status page for Akaunting.
Capterra score	See reviews on Capterra	3.8 / 5 from 28 reviews
Trustpilot score	3.2 / 5 from 1 reviews (few reviews)	1.5 / 5 from 57 reviews
Fit: Retail shop	25	50
Fit: Restaurant or café	15	40
Fit: Service business	75	72
Fit: Agency or studio	82	65
Fit: Trades or contractor	30	60
Fit: Online store	55	45
Why people pick it	Cash and accrual books at once Strong startup integrations	Open source and self-hostable Cheap cloud plans
Where it falls short	No inventory Built for US startups, not local shops	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