Accountable vs QuickBooks
Run three companies for $198, not QuickBooks' $420
QuickBooks bills every company separately, and combined books need a suite from about $7,800 a year. Accountable puts every company on one bill.
Side by side
Accountable vs QuickBooks: 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.
QuickBooks: $140 a month on Plus. Simple Start costs $38, Essentials costs $85, and a free plan allows 1 bank connection.
Price for 3 companies
Accountable: $198 a month on Pro: $149 covers 2 companies, and the third costs $49.
QuickBooks: $420 a month on Plus, or $255 on Essentials.
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.
QuickBooks: Each company needs its own subscription. Combined books come only with Intuit Enterprise Suite, estimated at $7,800 to $15,000 or more a year.
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.
QuickBooks: The Claude connector can create invoices and customers; Intuit lists no journal entries or reconciliation. The open-source MCP server runs only on your own machine.
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.
QuickBooks: The automated close is a free beta, with a paid launch expected in January 2027. Bookkeepers still review the AI agents' work every week.
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.
QuickBooks: Free help moving from QuickBooks Desktop, Xero, MYOB and Excel.
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.
QuickBooks: 1.1 out of 5 on Trustpilot for quickbooks.com. Reviewers describe polite reps who cannot fix problems.
Price history
Accountable: Pro costs $149 a month, published on our pricing page with the date it was checked.
QuickBooks: List prices rose 27% to 70% since 2022. Plus went from $85 to $140 a month, and the latest rise came on August 1, 2026.
Free plan or trial
Accountable: Free plan for 1 company, with 100 transactions categorized automatically a month. Pro has a 14-day free trial.
QuickBooks: Free plan with 1 bank connection and no accountant seat. Paid plans offer a 30-day trial or 50% off for 3 months.
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
- You pay one bill for every company. Pro covers 2 companies for $149 and charges $49 for each extra one, while QuickBooks charges each company in full.
- Your bookkeeping is always up to date. The agent reconciles every account and closes each month, while QuickBooks' close agent is still a beta.
- Your agent can do real bookkeeping. On Pro, it can categorize, post journal entries and propose a reconciliation or a close, and entries of $5,000 or more wait for you.
- Burn, runway, revenue and net income stay live for every company. Accountable is built for startups on Mercury, Brex, Ramp and Stripe.
Switch
Moving from QuickBooks takes 3 steps.
Upload QuickBooks' ledger and connect your banks. The agent rebuilds and proves every month. Approve once and invite your CPA.
Questions about switching from QuickBooks
My accountant uses QuickBooks. Will they be able to work with me?
Yes. Their seat is free, they see the same books and audit log, and they can export the trial balance, general ledger and statements at any time.
How much would I save with 3 companies?
3 companies cost $420 a month on QuickBooks Plus and $198 on Accountable Pro. With 5 companies, QuickBooks Plus costs $700 and Accountable costs $296.
Can I move from QuickBooks Desktop?
Yes. Export a general ledger file from Desktop and upload it. The agent maps it and runs the same month-by-month tie-out.
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