QuickBooks Online vs Akaunting

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

Compare	QuickBooks OnlineIntuit	AkauntingAkaunting
In one line	The accounting software most US accountants already use	Open-source accounting you can host yourself or rent from $8
Starting price	From $38/mo	From $8/mo
Six-person team	$38/mo	$8/mo
Plans	Simple Start $38/mo (1 user); Essentials $85/mo (3 users); Plus $140/mo (5 users); Advanced up to 25 users; every plan adds 2 accountant logins; list prices, with promotions often cutting the first 3 months	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	1–25 depending on plan	1 + accountant on Standard
Both connect to	Square POS, Shopify, Stripe Invoicing, WooCommerce, PayPal Invoicing
Also connects to	Toast, Gusto, Rippling, Homebase, Deel, Squarespace Commerce, Mercury, Relay +42 more800+ listed by the vendor	Loyverse
Team size	Just me · 2–10 people · 11–50 people	Just me · 2–10 people
Available in	US · UK · CA · AU	US · UK · CA · AU
Phone support	Plans not stated (US)	None listed
Live chat	Every paid plan	None listed
Support hours	Live chat: Mon–Fri 6 AM–6 PM PT, Sat 6 AM–3 PM PT, Sun closed (Simple Start, Essentials, Plus), Mon–Fri 6 AM–7 PM PT, Sat–Sun 6 AM–3 PM PT (Advanced) · Phone: Monday- Friday 6am -6pm PST	Not published
Incidents posted	5 incidents posted on Intuit's status page, which covers all Intuit products and regions, in the 90 days to Oct 27, 2026; 2 marked major or critical by Intuit. Status page	We found no public status page for Akaunting.
Capterra score	4.3 / 5 from 8,546 reviews	3.8 / 5 from 28 reviews
Trustpilot score	Not listed	1.5 / 5 from 57 reviews
Fit: Retail shop	92	50
Fit: Restaurant or café	88	40
Fit: Service business	90	72
Fit: Agency or studio	85	65
Fit: Trades or contractor	92	60
Fit: Online store	80	45
Why people pick it	Every US accountant knows it Strong bank feeds and reconciliation Large integration catalog	Open source and self-hostable Cheap cloud plans
Where it falls short	Frequent price increases User limits on lower tiers	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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