Xero vs Akaunting

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

Compare	XeroXero Ltd	AkauntingAkaunting
In one line	Cloud accounting with unlimited users on every plan	Open-source accounting you can host yourself or rent from $8
Starting price	From $27/mo	From $8/mo
Six-person team	$27/mo	$8/mo
Plans	Early $27/mo (20 invoices); Growing $59/mo; Established $97/mo; unlimited users, no per-user fees; intro offers often cut 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	Unlimited	1 + accountant on Standard
Both connect to	Square POS, Shopify, Stripe Invoicing, WooCommerce, PayPal Invoicing
Also connects to	Shopify POS, Gusto, Rippling, Deel, Mercury, Relay, Bluevine, Square Invoices +27 more1,000+ listed by the vendor	Loyverse
Team size	Just me · 2–10 people · 11–50 people · 51–200 people	Just me · 2–10 people
Available in	US · UK · CA · AU	US · UK · CA · AU
Phone support	None listed	None listed
Live chat	None listed	None listed
Support hours	Web form: 24/7	Not published
Incidents posted	26 incidents posted on Xero Ltd's status page, which covers all Xero Ltd products and regions, in the 90 days to Oct 27, 2026; 10 marked major or critical by Xero Ltd. Status page	We found no public status page for Akaunting.
Capterra score	4.4 / 5 from 3,332 reviews	3.8 / 5 from 28 reviews
Trustpilot score	4.1 / 5 from 11,478 reviews	1.5 / 5 from 57 reviews
Fit: Retail shop	84	50
Fit: Restaurant or café	80	40
Fit: Service business	88	72
Fit: Agency or studio	90	65
Fit: Trades or contractor	84	60
Fit: Online store	85	45
Why people pick it	Unlimited users Clean interface Good for multi-currency	Open source and self-hostable Cheap cloud plans
Where it falls short	Early plan limits are tight Fewer US accountants use it	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