Accountable vs Kick
A Kick alternative where every agent change can be undone
Both run several companies on one bill and let Claude or ChatGPT write. Accountable logs each write, holds entries of $5,000 or more for an owner and undoes any change.
Side by side
Accountable vs Kick: side by side
Facts and list prices checked Nov 2026. Accountable is accountable.im.
Price for 1 company
Accountable: $0 on Free (100 transactions categorized automatically a month), or $149 a month on Pro.
Kick: $0 on Free (250 transactions a year), $40 a month on Basic, $100 on Plus, or $300 on Advanced.
Price for 3 companies
Accountable: $198 a month on Pro: $149 covers 2 companies, and the third costs $49.
Kick: About $200 a month on Plus: $100, plus $50 for each extra company once it passes 250 transactions a year.
Kick's four plans
Accountable: Three plans: Free ($0, 1 company), Pro ($149, 2 companies included, $49 for each extra) and Holding ($399, 10 companies included, $29 for each extra).
Kick: Free ($0, 1 entity, 250 transactions a year), Basic ($40, billed $480 a year), Plus ($100, billed $300 a quarter, unlimited entities) and Advanced ($300, billed monthly, needs a call). On Plus, each extra entity is free for its first 250 transactions a year, then $50 a month.
How companies are billed
Accountable: One bill for the whole workspace. Pro includes 2 companies and charges $49 for each extra one. Holding costs $399 for 10 companies and $29 for each extra one. Users are unlimited, and your accountant's seat is always free.
Kick: Free and Basic cover 1 company. Plus covers unlimited companies; each extra one is free for its first 250 transactions a year, then $50 a month.
AI agent access (MCP)
Accountable: Read and write on Pro, read-only on Free. Changes apply at once, are logged under the agent's name and can be undone. Entries of $5,000 or more wait for an owner, closed months stay locked, and an agent can preview any change first.
Kick: Read and write from the $40 Basic plan. The agent confirms its own writes, previews name the record but show no before and after values, and a resent confirmation posted a duplicate entry in our test.
Month-end close
Accountable: Every month is reconciled to the bank, reviewed, locked and reported. Mercury, Brex, Ramp and Stripe sync every 15 to 30 minutes, and new transactions post on the next sync.
Kick: No close page. The pieces are statement reconciliation per account, period locks and tasks.
Moving your books in
Accountable: Free for everyone. The agent moves your full history and ties every month-end to the cent, then sends you a tie-out report.
Kick: QuickBooks Online moves automatically. Digits, Xero, Puzzle and Bench move by hand from a general ledger export, with no month-by-month tie-out described.
Undo
Accountable: Every write can be undone, including single edits and journal entries. Undo writes a reversing entry and reports what it restored.
Kick: Undo covers 6 batch types, such as applying a rule. A single edit or a journal entry needs a manual fix.
Support
Accountable: The AI accountant answers in seconds and names your CPA for judgment calls. Help in the app reaches our team. There are no sales calls.
Kick: A help center and docs. The $300 Advanced plan needs a call.
Free plan or trial
Accountable: Free plan for 1 company, with 100 transactions categorized automatically a month. Pro has a 14-day free trial.
Kick: Free plan for 1 company and 250 transactions a year. Paid plans start with a free trial.
Done for you
No books to manage, and no waiting.
Every transaction is categorized the moment it lands, and each month closes the day it ends.
Switch to Accountable if
- An agent never approves its own change. Entries of $5,000 or more wait in Approvals for an owner and closed months stay locked, while in our test Kick's agent confirmed its own writes.
- A repeated request never posts twice. Each change applies once; in our test, resending a Kick confirmation posted the same $100 entry again.
- The agent moves your full history from Digits, Xero or Puzzle for free and ties every month-end to the cent. Kick moves those books by hand from a general ledger export.
- You can ask the in-app AI accountant anything. Kick has no assistant inside the app and sends you to Claude or ChatGPT instead.
Switch
Moving from Kick takes 3 steps.
Upload Kick's ledger and connect your banks. The agent rebuilds and proves every month. Approve once and go live.
Questions about switching from Kick
How does Accountable's price compare with Kick?
One company is free on Accountable. For several companies you pay about the same: 3 companies cost $198 on Accountable and about $200 on Kick, and 5 cost $296 against about $300. Accountable's price also covers undo on every agent change, and entries of $5,000 or more wait for an owner.
Does Accountable have an MCP server like Kick's?
Yes. It is read-only on Free and read and write on Pro. An agent can preview any write with its before and after values; each write applies once, is logged under the agent's name and can be undone, and entries of $5,000 or more wait for an owner. The server also ships short guides so any agent works the way ours does.
Who shows up in the audit log when my agent makes a change?
The agent, the app it ran in, the person whose connection it used and the person who approved it. In our test, Kick logged the agent's changes under the user's name.
How much does Kick accounting cost?
Kick's pricing page lists four plans: Free at $0 for one entity and 250 transactions a year, Basic at $40 a month billed as $480 a year, Plus at $100 a month billed as $300 a quarter, and Advanced at $300 a month. On Plus, each extra entity is free for its first 250 transactions a year and then $50 a month. Prices read on kick.co on November 4, 2026.
Is Kick accounting any good? What our review found
In our test, Kick categorized well and its agent could write to the books from the Basic plan, which most rivals cannot. Two things to know before you buy: the agent confirmed its own writes with no amount limit, and a resent confirmation posted the same $100 entry twice. Undo covers batches, not single edits.
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