Comparison of accounting software

The following comparison of accounting software documents the various features and differences between different professional accounting software and personal finance packages.

Free and open source software

Package	License	Windows	Mac OS	Linux	Market focus	GL	AR/AP	DEB	$£€¥	OB	POS	EC	SOCT	PR	ERP	CRM	BI	HRM	Manf. /BOM	SCM	IM	RM	D/WM	MU	Multi Co	Tax	Other Features	Structure	Language
A1.iO	ATPL	Yes	Yes	Yes	Mid-Large market							Yes			Yes	Yes		Yes		Yes					Yes		Performance management, Contract management, Campus Management	Web based	Java on JBoss, GlassFish, PostgreSQL
Adempiere	GPL	Yes	Yes	Yes	Mid-market	Yes	Yes				Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes				Ψ	Web based	Java on JBoss, GlassFish, PostgreSQL
Apache OFBiz	Apache License	Yes	Yes	Yes	Mid-market	Yes	Yes				Yes	Yes			Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes						SaaS, Calendar, Webmail	Web based	Java
Compiere	GPL2, other proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes	Mid-market						Yes				Yes	Yes			Yes				Yes				MES	Web based	Java EE
FrontAccounting	GPLv3	Yes	Yes	Yes	Low to Mid-Market	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes				Yes	Yes			Yes	Yes	Yes			Yes	Yes			Web based	PHP
GnuCash	GPL	Yes	Yes	Yes	Personal and small enterprise	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes				Yes	Yes												ltd		Stand alone	C, Scheme
GNU Enterprise	GPL	Yes	Yes	Yes	Mid to high end market				Yes			Yes			Yes	Yes		Yes		Yes								Web based + stand alone	Python
Grisbi	GPL	Yes	Yes	Yes	Personal	Yes			Yes															Yes			?	stand alone	C
HomeBank	GPL	Yes	Yes	Yes	Personal	Yes																					?	stand alone	C, GTK+
JFire	GPL	Yes	No	Yes	All Markets						Yes				Yes	Yes							Yes					Web based, Stand alone	Java
JGnash	GPL	Yes	Yes	Yes	Personal	Yes		Yes	Yes																			stand alone	Java
KMyMoney	GPL	Yes	Yes	Yes	Personal	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes			Yes															stand alone	C++
LedgerSMB	GPL	Yes	Yes	Yes	Mid-market	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes				Yes				Yes		Yes			Yes	Yes		SaaS, Light Manufacturing, Multi-language (40),	Web based	Perl
Openbravo	MPL	Yes	Yes	Yes	Low to mid-market	Yes	Yes				Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes							Web based	Java
OpenERP	GPL	Yes	Yes	Yes	Mid-market	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes			Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes			Yes	Yes		SaaS, Calendar, Webmail	Web based and Client-server	Python
Postbooks	CPAL	Yes	Yes	Yes	Low to mid-market	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes			Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes		Yes		Yes				Professional Services	Client-server	C++, Qt
SQL-Ledger	GPL	Yes	Yes	Yes	Mid-market	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes				Yes				Yes		Yes			Yes	Yes			Web based	Perl
Tryton	GPL	Yes	Yes	Yes	Low to mid-market	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes						Yes					Yes	Yes		Yes					Thin Client - Server or Stand alone	Python
TurboCASH	GPL	Yes	No	No	Low to mid-market	Yes	Yes	Yes			Yes								Yes		Yes			Yes	Yes			Stand alone	Delphi
webERP	GPL	Yes	Yes	Yes	Low to mid-Market	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes						Yes													Web based	PHP

Proprietary software

Package	License	Windows	Mac OS X	Linux	Market focus	Type	Structure
24SevenOffice	Software as a Service	Yes	Yes	Yes	Low to Mid-Market	ERP, CRM, e-mail, collaboration, Project Management, Integrated VoIP	Web based
The Access Group	Proprietary	Yes	No	No	Mid-Market	Financials, Customer Relationship Management, Manufacturing, Job Costing, POS, Inventory control, ERP, Business Intelligence, CIS, Payroll	Stand alone
Acumatica	Proprietary and Software as a service	Yes	No	No	Mid-Market	ERP, Accounting software	Stand alone and Web based
Advanced Business Solutions	Proprietary	Yes	No	Yes	Mid-Market to High End	ERP	Stand alone
AME Accounting Software	Proprietary	Yes	No	No	Low to Mid-Market	Payroll, General Ledger, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Double-entry Accounting, Small Business Accounting	Stand alone
Baan	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes	Mid to Low-Market	ERP	Stand alone and web based
BIG4books	Software as a Service or Freeware	Yes	Yes	Yes	Low to Mid Market	Double-Entry Accounting, Small Business Accounting, Inventory control, Order Entry/Tracking, General Ledger, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, ERP, ecommerce, POS	Web based
Brightpearl	Software as a Service	Yes	Yes	Yes	Low to Mid Market	Double-Entry Accounting, Small Business Accounting, Bookkeeping, Multi-Currency, Inventory control, Order Entry/Tracking, General Ledger, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, ERP, ecommerce, POS, Retail, CRM, Reporting, Integration, Quotations, Invoices, Scheduler	Web based
CGram Enterprise	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes	Low to Mid Market	Financials; ERP; CRM;Manufacturing; Multicompany; Multicurrency; Payroll; Inventory control; Accounts Receivable; Accounts Payable; General Ledger	Stand alone
CODA	Proprietary	Yes	No	Yes	Mid-Market	GL; AP; AR; Analytics; Integration; etc.	Stand alone/Web Access
Comarch Altum	Proprietary	Yes	No	No	Low to Mid-Market	ERP; GL; Bookkeeping, Multi-Currency, Multi-Language, Double-entry Accounting, AP; AR; Analytics; Integration; CRM; BI; e-commerce; Workflow; Retail; POS	Stand alone / Web Access
Cougar Mountain Software	Proprietary	Yes	No	No	Low to High End Market	Business Accounting, POS Retail, AR, AP, Purchase Order, GL, Bank Reconciliation, Payroll, Advanced Reporting, Non-Profit (FUND), Inventory Control	Stand alone and Web based
Express Accounts from NCH Software	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	No	Low to Mid Market	Business Accounting and Invoicing	Stand Alone/Web Access
FinancialForce.com	Software as a Service	Yes	Yes	Yes	Mid-Market to Enterprise	ERP, Ordering & Billing, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Cash Management, General Ledger, Reporting & Dashboarding, Multi-Currency, Multi-Company, Global Tax, Analytics	Web based
FlexAccount	Proprietary	Yes	No	No	Mid to High End Market	ERP, Manufacturing, Intercompany, Multicurrency, Budgeting, Reporting, Analysis	Stand alone and Web Based
Fortora Fresh Finance	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	No	Personal	?	Stand alone
FreshBooks	Software as a Service	Yes	Yes	Yes	Small Businesses (Small Businesses)	Cloud accounting specialist for small business owners.	Web based
MoneyWiz	Proprietary	No	Yes	No	Personal	Personal Accounting, Cash Management, Budgets Management, Bills Management	Stand alone and Mobile
iBank	Proprietary	No	Yes	No	Personal	?	Stand alone and Mobile
invoiceit	Proprietary	Yes	No	No	Low to Mid Market	Small Business Accounting, single entry, accounts receivable, accounts payable, Contact Management System, Inventory Management, Purchasing, Quotations, Invoices, Scheduler, Marketing	Stand-alone
Intacct	Software as a Service	Yes	Yes	Yes	Mid Market	Custom Reporting, Double-Entry Accounting, Employee Expenses, ERP, Inventory Control, Order Entry/Tracking, Payroll, ecommerce, POS, Revenue Recognition, VSOE	Web based
IRIS Exchequer	Proprietary	Yes	No	Yes	Mid-Market	Payroll, General Ledger, Multi-currency, Cashbook, Sales and Purchase Ledgers, eBanking, MRP, Stock Forecasting, Project Costing, Job Costing, Time Costing, CRM, Business Intelligence, Microsoft Excel Integration, Report Writer	Stand alone - Multi User - Terminal Server
KashFlow	Software as a Service	Yes	Yes	Yes	Low to Mid-Market	Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Double-Entry Accounting, Small Business Accounting, Multi-currency, standard business reporting, management reporting, fixed asset depreciation, inventory items	Web based
Kashoo	Software as a Service	Yes	Yes	Yes	(Small Businesses)	Simple cloud accounting for small business and accountants, bookkeepers; double-entry accounting	Web based
Microsoft Dynamics AX	Proprietary	Yes	No	No	Mid Market	ERP, SCM, CRM, WMS, Project mgmt, Manufacturing, Intercompany, Multicurrency, Cost Accounting, Reporting & Analysis services	Stand alone and Web based
Microsoft Dynamics GP	Proprietary	Yes	No	No	Mid Market	ERP, SCM, manufacturing, Cost Accounting, Double-Entry Accounting, project accounting, Payroll, General Ledger, Analytic, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable	Stand alone
Microsoft Dynamics NAV	Proprietary	Yes	No	No	Mid Market	ERP, CRM, Intercompany, Multicurrency, Cost Accounting, Reporting & Analysis services	Stand alone
Microsoft Dynamics SL	Proprietary	Yes	No	No	Mid Market	?	Stand alone and Web based
Microsoft Money	Proprietary	Yes	No	No	Personal	Product is Discontinued	Stand alone
Microsoft Office Accounting	Proprietary	Yes	No	No	Low Market	Product is Discontinued	Stand alone
Mint.com	Software as a Service	Yes	Yes	Yes	Personal	Account aggregation	Web based
Moneydance	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes	Personal	Double-Entry Accounting, multi-currency	Stand alone
MYOB AccountRight	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	No	Low to High End Market	Small business and commercial accounting. Payroll and POS	Stand alone
MYOB EXO Business	Proprietary	Yes	No	No	Mid to High End Market	Larger, more complex businesses. Fully customised ERP with Accounting/General ledger, CRM, Job & Project Costing, POS, Asset Management and Intercompany Reporting. Integrated Payroll & HR available through MYOB EXO Employer Services	Stand alone, multi-user/location, terminal server, remote access
NewViews	Proprietary	Yes	No	No	Low to Mid Market	Real-time, ecommerce, Integrated, Multi-user, Payroll, General Ledger, AR, AP, Multi-Currency, Small Business Accounting, Inventory Control, Order Entry, Job Costing	Stand alone and/or Web Access
NOSA XP	Proprietary	Yes	No	No	Private Enterprises, Public Sectors and Accounting Firms	AR, AP, GL, Double-entry Accounting, Sales and Contracts, Inventory Control, Order Entry/Tracking, Job Costing, Integrated, Inter-Company, Multi-Currency, Multi-Language.	Stand alone and/or Web based
NetSuite	Software as a Service	Yes	Yes	Yes	Mid Market	CRM, ERP, ecommerce	Web based
NolaPro	Software as a Service or Freeware	Yes	Yes	Yes	Low to High End Market	Double-Entry Accounting, Small Business Accounting, Inventory Control, Order Entry/Tracking, Payroll, ERP, ecommerce, POS	Stand alone and Web based
Openda QX	Proprietary	Yes (client)	No	Yes (Linux server)	Low to Mid Market	CRM, ERP	Windows remote connect client
Open Systems Accounting Software	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes	Low to Mid Market	ERP, SCM, eCommerce, Reporting & Business Intelligence	Stand Alone
Outright	Software as a service	Yes	Yes	Yes	Entrepreneurs, freelancers, Contractors, Consultants, Small businesses - Low Market	Bookkeeping, Taxes, eCommerce, Reporting & Business Intelligence	Web based
Passport Software, Inc.	Proprietary	Yes	No	Yes	Mid to Low-Market	General ledger, Accounts Receivable, Accounts payable, ERP	Stand alone
Softline Pastel	Proprietary and Software as a service	Yes	Yes	No	Low-end to High End Markets	Accounting, ERP, CRM, Financials, Business Intelligence, POS,Small business accounting,Mid-sized enterprise accounting,Large enterprise accounting, Payroll, HR	Stand alone
Oracle E-Business Suite	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes	High Market	ERP	Web based
Peachtree by Sage	Proprietary	Yes	No	No	Low-end to High end	Business management.	Stand alone
POS Solutions	Proprietary	Yes	No	No	Newsagency pharmacy	POS	Stand alone
QuickBooks Online	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes	Low Market	Financial management, Payroll	Web Based
QuickBooks Pro/Premier	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	No	Low to Mid Market	Financial management, Inventory Management, Payroll	Stand alone
QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	No	Mid Market	Business management, Payroll	Stand alone
Quicken	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	No	Personal	Personal Cash Management, Investment Management	Stand alone
Red Wing Software	Proprietary	Yes	No	No	Low to Mid-Market	Payroll, General Ledger, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Double-entry Accounting, Fund Accounting, Inventory Management, Procurement, Order Entry/Tracking, Small Business Accounting	Stand alone
Sage	Proprietary	Yes	No	No	Accounting Firms	CRM, payroll	Stand alone
Sage 300 ERP	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes	Mid-Market	ERP, Multicurrency, Intercompany, Reporting & Analysis services, Project & Job costing, General Ledger, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Inventory control	Stand Alone and Web based
Sage Line 50	Proprietary	Yes	No	No	Low-market (for SME)	?	Stand alone
Sage Pastel Evolution	Proprietary	Yes	No	No	Small, Medium to Mid-size Enterprises (SME)	Financials, Inventory, Manufacturing, Job Costing, POS, Procurement, CRM, Business Intelligence, Payroll, HR	Stand alone
Sage PFW ERP	Proprietary	Yes	No	Yes	Mid-market	ERP, Process Manufacturing	Stand alone
SAP Business One	Proprietary	Yes	No	No	Small & Midsize Enterprises (SME)	ERP, e-Commerce	Stand alone
SAP Business ByDesign	Proprietary	Yes	No	No	Small & Midsize Enterprises (SME)	ERP, e-Commerce	Web based
SAP ERP	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes	Midsize to High-end	ERP, CRM, SCM, SRM, PLM, Global Trade Services (GTS), e-commerce, Business Intelligence, Mobile Business	Stand alone and Web based
Simply Accounting	Proprietary	Yes	No	Yes	Low-end	Business Accounting, Retail, Inventory Control	Stand alone
Tally	Proprietary	Yes	No	No	Mid-market	Business Accounting, Inventory Management,Taxation, Payroll,Remote Access	Stand alone
TRAVERSE	Proprietary	Yes	No	No	Low to Mid Market	ERP, CRM, SCM, Intercompany, Multicurrency, Manufacturing, Distribution, eCommerce, Mobile Business Solutions, Reporting & Business Intelligence	Stand Alone
Wave accounting	Software as a Service	Yes	Yes	Yes	Entrepreneurs, freelancers, contractors, consultants, small businesses – Low Market)	Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Double-Entry Accounting, Small Business Accounting, Multi-currency, automatic bank feeds, small business reporting, payroll integration	Web based
Xero	Software as a Service	Yes	Yes	Yes	Low to Mid-Market. Small & Midsize Enterprises (SME)	Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Double-Entry Accounting, Small Business Accounting, Multi-currency, automatic bank feeds, standard business reporting, management reporting, fixed asset depreciation, payroll, inventory items, expenses management	Web based
You Need a Budget (YNAB)	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes	Personal	Personal spending management, with an emphasis on budgeting	Stand alone
Package	Licence	Windows	Mac OS X	Linux	Market focus	Type	Structure

Further details

Package	Programming Language	First public release date	Latest stable release	Stable release date	Development Status	Database	Supported languages
Adempiere	J2EE, JBoss	October 12, 2006 23:46	3.6.0LTS	Jun 14, 2010	5 - Production / Stable	Oracle, PostgreSQL	+10: English, Spanish, French, ...
Apache OFBiz	Java	?	9.04	April 2009	5 - Production / Stable	any	Multilingual
CGram Software	C, Java	1982	5.0.0	August 2009	5 - Production / Stable	PostgreSQL	English
Compiere	J2EE, JBoss	June 8, 2001	3.2.0s	October, 2008	5 - Production / Stable	Oracle, Advance Server, MS SQL, PostgreSQL	+10: English, Germany, Spanish, French, Indonesia,...
Frontaccounting	PHP		2.3.15	February, 2013	5 - Production / Stable	MySQL	26 languages
GnuCash	C 80%, Scheme / Lisp 13%, Perl 7%?	Registered: 1999-11-08 23:59	2.4.13	April 21, 2013	5 - Production / Stable	XML (Compressed), SQLite3, MySQL, PostgreSQL	software: 33 languages; website: 8 languages
GNU Enterprise	Python 100%	June 28, 2002	1.4	November 19, 2008	5 - Production / Stable	PostgreSQL 8.1+	2: English, German,
Grisbi	C		0.6.0	May 19, 2010	5 - Production / Stable		German, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Chinese, Hebrew, Bulgarian.
HomeBank	C	January 2, 1998	4.0.4	June 10, 2009	5 - Production / Stable	XML file	35: English, Spanish, French, Russian, Greek, Hebrew, ...
IntarS	Objective-C	1999	6.1	September 11, 2012	5 - Production / Stable	?	German
JFire	J2EE, JBoss, Eclipse RCP, JDO	?	1.0.1	March 20, 2010	?	MS SQL, Derby, ...	English, German, Thai, ...
JGnash	Java	2003-01-01	2.8.0	March 10, 2012	5 - Production / Stable	XML, db4o	English
KMyMoney	C++	Registered: 2000-04-15 19:16	4.6.2	February 4, 2012	5 - Production / Stable	XML file	19: English, Spanish, German, Catalan, Czech, French, Galician, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese, ...
NewViews	C++, Tcl/Tk	1985	2.25.5	May 10, 2013	5 - Production / Stable	Proprietary, Object Oriented	English
LedgerSMB	Perl	September 6, 2006	1.3.24	Nov 21, 2012	5 - Production / Stable	PostgreSQL 8.3+	+40:English development, Multilingual (.po files Gettext#Translating )
Openbravo	J2EE, JBoss	?	2.50	April 2009	5 - Production / Stable	Oracle, PostgreSQL	Multilingual
OpenERP	Python, XML	?	6.0.2	April 2, 2011	5 - Production / Stable	PostgreSQL (any through SQLAlchemy in SAServer branch)	+10
SQL-Ledger	Perl	?	3.0.2	April 15, 2012	?	PostgreSQL	30: English, ...
Tryton	Python	November 17, 2008	2.6	October 22, 2012	5 - Production / Stable	PostgreSQL, SQLite	English, Catalan, French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish
webERP	PHP	January 2003	4.07.10	June 4, 2012	5 - Production / Stable	mySQL - innodb	Multilingual

See also

• Point of sale
• Comparison of development estimation software