Zoho Books vs Akaunting

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

Compare	Zoho BooksZoho	AkauntingAkaunting
In one line	Free for small revenue, strong with the Zoho suite	Open-source accounting you can host yourself or rent from $8
Starting price	Free	From $8/mo
Six-person team	$0/mo	$8/mo
Plans	Free under $50k revenue; Standard $15/mo; Professional $40/mo; Premium $60/mo; Elite $120/mo; Ultimate $240/mo (billed annually)	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 tier	Free tier
Free trial	—	—
Users	1 on free; 3 on Standard	1 + accountant on Standard
Both connect to	Square POS, Stripe Invoicing, PayPal Invoicing
Also connects to	Ramp, Helcim, Zoho Expense, Wise Business, Payoneer Workforce Management	Shopify, WooCommerce, 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	Standard and up	None listed
Live chat	Standard and up	None listed
Support hours	Email: Monday to Friday, 9 am to 9 pm ET · Phone: Mon- Fri ( 9:00AM to 9:00PM ET )	Not published
Incidents posted	Zoho has a public status page. Status page	We found no public status page for Akaunting.
Capterra score	4.4 / 5 from 681 reviews	3.8 / 5 from 28 reviews
Trustpilot score	Not listed	1.5 / 5 from 57 reviews
Fit: Retail shop	66	50
Fit: Restaurant or café	55	40
Fit: Service business	75	72
Fit: Agency or studio	72	65
Fit: Trades or contractor	65	60
Fit: Online store	70	45
Why people pick it	Generous free tier Deep Zoho ecosystem	Open source and self-hostable Cheap cloud plans
Where it falls short	Fewer accountants know it UI is dense	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