Comparison of accounting software

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

Package	Licence	Windows	Mac OS X	Linux	Market focus	Type	Structure
24SevenOffice	Software as a Service	Yes	Yes	Yes	low to Mid-Market	?	Web based
Adempiere	GPL	Yes	Yes	Yes	Mid-market	ERP, CRM, POS	Web based
ACCPAC	Proprietary, $595 upwards	Yes	Yes	Yes	Mid-Market	?	Web based
ALERE Accounting	Proprietary	Yes	No	No	Low to Mid-Market	?	Stand alone
Baan	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes	Mid to Low-Market	ERP	Stand alone and web based
Banana Accounting	Proprietary	Yes	No	No	Low to Mid-Market	GL; Double-Entry Accounting; Small-Business Accounting; etc.	Stand alone
Compeat	Proprietary	Yes	No	No	Restaurant management	POS	Stand alone
Compiere	GPL2, other proprietary (certain dependance on Oracle)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Mid-market	ERP, CRM, POS	Web based
Cougar Mountain Software	Proprietary	Yes	No	No	Low to Mid Market	Business Accounting, POS Retail, Nonprofit, Inventory Control, Job Cost	Stand alone and Web based
CYMA Systems	Proprietary	Yes	No	No	Low to Mid Market	?	Stand alone
ERP5	GPL	Yes	Yes	Yes	All Markets	ERP, CRM, SaaS	Web based
FirstOffice	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes	Low Market	?	Stand alone
GnuCash	GPL	Yes	Yes	Yes	Personal	GL; Double-Entry Accounting; Stock/Bond/Mutual Fund Accounts; Small-Business Accounting; etc.	Stand alone
Grisbi	GPL	Yes	Yes	Yes	Personal	?	stand alone
HansaWorld	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes	Mid Market	ERP, CRM, Sales Management, Manufacturing, Job Costing, Stock, POS, Rental, Calendaring, Service Orders, Webshop, Loans, Alerts, Hospitality Management, Document Management, Graphical Resource Planning	Stand alone & WAN ready
HomeBank	GPL	No	Yes	Yes	Personal	?	stand alone
JGnash	GPL	Yes	Yes	Yes	Personal	Double-Entry Accounting, multi-currency	stand alone
JMoney	GPL	Yes	Yes	Yes	Personal	?	stand alone
KMyMoney	GPL	No	Yes	Yes	Personal	?	stand alone
Lawson Software	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes	Mid to Large size Enterprises	ERP, CRM, SCM, PM, e-Commerce, BI	Web Based
LedgerSMB	GPL	Yes	Yes	Yes	Mid-market	?	Web based
Mamut Software Limited	Proprietary	Yes	No	No	Low to Mid Market	ERP, CRM, e-commerce	Stand alone
Microsoft Dynamics AX	Proprietary	Yes	No	No	Mid Market	?	Stand alone
Microsoft Dynamics GP	Proprietary	Yes	No	No	Mid Market	?	Stand alone
Microsoft Dynamics NAV	Proprietary	Yes	No	No	Mid Market	?	Stand alone
Microsoft Dynamics SL	Proprietary	Yes	No	No	Mid Market	?	Stand alone and Web based
Microsoft Money	Proprietary	Yes	No	No	Personal	?	Stand alone
Microsoft Office Accounting	Proprietary	Yes	No	No	Low Market	?	Stand alone
Moneydance	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes	Personal	?	Stand alone
MYOB	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	No	Low to High End Market	Small business and commercial accounting. Payroll and POS	Stand alone
NetSuite	Software as a Service	Yes	Yes	Yes	Mid Market	CRM, ERP, ecommerce	Web based
Openda QX	Proprietary	Yes	No	No	Low to Mid Market	CRM, ERP	Stand Alone
Oracle Corporation	Proprietary	?	?	?	High Market	?	Stand Alone
Peachtree by Sage	Proprietary, $69.99 - $3375.00	Yes	No	No	Low-end to High end	Business management.	Stand alone
Pegasus Software Opera II	Proprietary	Yes	No	No	Mid-market	?	Stand alone
POS Solutions	Proprietary	Yes	No	No	Newsagency pharmacy	POS	Stand alone
PhpOrganisation	GPL	Yes	Yes	Yes	Low-end	?	Web based
Pyfm	GPL	?	?	?	Personal	?	Stand alone
Quasar Accounting	GPL	Yes	?	Yes	?	?	Stand alone
QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions	Proprietary, $3,000 - $9,000	Yes	No	Yes	Mid Market	Business management, Payroll	Stand alone
Quicken	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	No	Personal	?	Stand alone
SQL-Ledger	GPL	Yes	Yes	Yes	Mid-market	?	Web based
Sage	Proprietary	Yes	No	No	Accounting Firms	CRM, payroll	Stand alone
Sage Line 50	Proprietary	Yes	No	No	Low-market (for SME)	?	Stand alone
SAP Business One	Proprietary	Yes	No	No	Small & Midsize Enterprises (SME)	ERP, e-Commerce	Stand alone
SAP R/3	Proprietary	Yes	No	Yes	Midsize to High-end	ERP, CRM, SCM, SRM, PLM, GTS, e-commerce, Mobile Business	Stand alone
SapphireOne	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	No	Mid-market	ERP, CRM, SCM, POS, BI, Payroll, Asset management, job costing, e-commerce, Mobile Business	Stand alone
Simply Accounting	Proprietary	Yes	No	No	Low-end	Business Accounting, Retail, Inventory Control	Stand alone
Tally	Proprietary	Yes	No	Yes	Mid-market	payroll	Stand alone
Tiny ERP	GPL	Yes	Yes	Yes	Mid-market	ERP, CRM, POS	Stand alone and Web based
TurboCASH	GPL	Yes	No	No	Low to mid-market	?	Stand alone
WebERP	GPL	Yes	Yes	Yes	low to Mid-Market	ERP	Web based
Xero	Software as a Service, $50 per month	Yes	Yes	Yes	Small and medium-sized enterprises	?	Web-based
Package	Licence	Windows	Mac OS X	Linux	Market focus	Type	Structure

Some GPL Software

Package	Programming Language	First public release date	Latest stable release	Stable release date	Development Status	Database	Supported languages
Adempiere	J2EE, JBoss	?	3.2.0	May 1, 2007	5 - Production / Stable	Oracle, PostgreSQL	+10: English, Spanish, Français, ...
Compiere	J2EE	2001-06-08 19:37?	2.6.1	April 27, 2007	5 - Production / Stable	Oracle (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Sybase in Beta)	?
ERP5	Python	April 29, 2002	1.0rc11	February 1, 2007	5 - Production / Stable	ZODB (any with ODBC interface)	English, French, German, Japanese, Polish
GnuCash	C 80%, Scheme / Lisp 13%, Perl 7%?	Registered: 1999-11-08 23:59	2.2.3	2008-01-08 00:00	5 - Production / Stable	?	8: English, German, Spanish, French, Russian, ...
LedgerSMB	Perl	?	1.2.9	09/28/2007	5 - Production / Stable	PostgreSQL 8.x	?
SQL-Ledger	Perl	?	?	?	?	PostgreSQL	30: English, ...
Tiny ERP	Python, XML	?	4.2.0	19/11/2007	?	PostgreSQL	+10
webERP	PHP	Jan 2003	3.0.8	Nov, 2007	5 - Production / Stable	mySQL - innodb	+10: English, Spanish, German, Chinese ...