Comparison of accounting software
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adempiere | GPL | Yes | Yes | Yes | Mid-market | Yes | Yes | 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 | 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 | Mid-market | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Manufacturing, Project Management, Multi-language, Multicurrency, Localized by country | Web based, on-premise, Saas, On Demand | 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 [1] | Yes | Yes [2] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes [3] | Yes [4] | Thin client - Server or Stand alone | Python | ||||||||||
| TurboCASH | GPL | Yes | Yes | 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 | OS X | Linux | Market focus | Type | Structure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24SevenOffice | Software as a Service | Yes | Yes | Yes | Low to Mid-Market | ERP, CRM, email, 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 bookkeeping system, Small Business Accounting | Stand alone |
| azur | Proprietary and Software as a service | Yes | No | No | Low to Mid-Market | ERP, Accounting software, CRM, Payroll, General Ledger, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Double-entry bookkeeping system, Human Resources, E-commerce, POS, Multicurrency, Multilingual, Multi-Company, Inventory control, Order Entry/Tracking, Reporting, Chart of accounts | Stand alone and Web based |
| Baan Corporation | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | Yes | Mid to Low-Market | ERP | Stand alone and web based |
| BIG4books | Software as a Service and freeware | Yes | Yes | Yes | Low to Mid Market | Double-entry bookkeeping system, Small Business Accounting, Inventory control, Order Entry/Tracking, General Ledger, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, ERP, E-commerce, POS | Web based |
| Brightpearl | Software as a Service | Yes | Yes | Yes | Low to Mid Market | Double-entry bookkeeping system, Small Business Accounting, Bookkeeping, Multi-Currency, Inventory control, Order Entry/Tracking, General Ledger, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, ERP, E-commerce, 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 |
| Cheqbook | Software as a Service | Yes | Yes | Yes | Low to Mid-Market | Double-entry bookkeeping system, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Small Business Accounting, Reporting, Business Intelligence, General Ledger, Bank Reconciliation, Automatic bank feeds, Journal entries, Check printing, Online payment payment processing | Web based |
| 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 bookkeeping system, 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 | Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Bank reconciliation, Bookkeeping, Chart of accounts, E-commerce, Financials, Fund Accounting, General Ledger, Grant Management Software, Inventory control, Job costing, Order Entry, Payroll, Point of Sale, Purchase Order, Retail, Small business software, Software as a Service | 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 |
| FreeAgent | Software as a Service | Yes | Yes | Yes | Freelancers and Microbusiness | Double-entry bookkeeping system, Small Business Accounting, time tracking, project management, invoicing, expense management, bank feeds, payroll, stock, HMRC tax filing | Web based |
| FreshBooks | Software as a Service | Yes | Yes | Yes | Small Businesses (Small Businesses) | Cloud accounting specialist for small business owners. | Web based |
| iBank | Proprietary | No | Yes | No | Personal | ? | Stand alone and Mobile |
| Intacct | Software as a Service | Yes | Yes | Yes | Mid Market | Custom Reporting, Double-entry bookkeeping system, Employee Expenses, ERP, Inventory Control, Order Entry/Tracking, Payroll, E-commerce, POS, Revenue Recognition, VSOE | Web based |
| 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 |
| Gem Accounts | Software as a Service | Yes | Yes | Yes | Low to Mid-Market | General Ledger, Chart of accounts, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Double-entry bookkeeping system, Small Business Accounting, Mid-Market Enterprise Accounting, Multi-currency, Multi-language, Multi-user, business reporting, management reporting, Inventory Control, Service/Project Tracking & Billing, Payroll, Open Data and Backup Exports. | Web based |
| KashFlow | Software as a Service | Yes | Yes | Yes | Low to Mid-Market | Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Double-entry bookkeeping system, 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) | Small Business Accounting, Double-entry bookkeeping system | 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 bookkeeping system, 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 and freeware | 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 bookkeeping system, multi-currency | Stand alone |
| MoneyWiz | Proprietary | No | Yes | No | Personal | Personal Accounting, Cash Management, Budgets Management, Bills Management | Stand alone and Mobile |
| 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 |
| NetSuite | Software as a Service | Yes | Yes | Yes | Mid Market | CRM, ERP, E-commerce | Web based |
| NewViews | Proprietary | Yes | No | No | Low to Mid Market | Real-time, E-commerce, 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 |
| NolaPro | Software as a Service and freeware | Yes | Yes | Yes | Low to High End Market | Double-entry bookkeeping system, Small Business Accounting, Inventory Control, Order Entry/Tracking, Payroll, ERP, E-commerce, POS | Stand alone and Web based |
| NOSA XP | Proprietary | Yes | No | No | Private Enterprises, Public Sectors and Accounting Firms | AR, AP, GL, Double-entry bookkeeping system, Sales and Contracts, Inventory Control, Order Entry/Tracking, Job Costing, Integrated, Inter-Company, Multi-Currency, Multi-Language. | Stand alone and/or Web based |
| Open Systems Accounting Software | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | Yes | Low to Mid Market | ERP, SCM, E-commerce, Reporting & Business Intelligence | Stand Alone |
| Openda QX | Proprietary | Yes (client) | No | Yes (Linux server) | Low to Mid Market | CRM, ERP | Windows remote connect client |
| Oracle E-Business Suite | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | Yes | High Market | ERP | Web based |
| Outright | Software as a service and freeware | Yes | Yes | Yes | Entrepreneurs, freelancers, Contractors, Consultants, Small businesses - Low Market | Bookkeeping, Taxes, E-commerce, Reporting & Business Intelligence | Web based |
| Passport Software | Proprietary | Yes | No | Yes | Mid to Low-Market | General ledger, Accounts Receivable, Accounts payable, ERP | Stand alone |
| POS solutions | Proprietary | Yes | No | No | Newsagency pharmacy | POS | Stand alone |
| QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | No | Mid Market | Business management, Payroll | 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 |
| 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 bookkeeping system, Fund accounting, Inventory Management, Procurement, Order Entry/Tracking, Small Business Accounting | Stand alone |
| Sage Group | Proprietary | Yes | No | No | Accounting Firms | CRM, payroll | Stand alone |
| Sage 50 Accounting | Proprietary | Yes | No | No | Low-end to High end | Business management. | 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 ByDesign | Proprietary | Yes | No | No | Small & Midsize Enterprises (SME) | ERP, e-commerce | Web based |
| SAP Business One | Proprietary | Yes | No | No | Small & Midsize Enterprises (SME) | ERP, e-commerce | Stand alone |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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, E-commerce, 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 bookkeeping system, 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 bookkeeping system, 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 | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | No | Personal | Personal spending management, with an emphasis on budgeting | Stand alone |
| Package | Licence | Windows | 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 [5] | |
| GnuCash | C 80%, Scheme / Lisp 13%, Perl 7%? | Registered: 1999-11-08 23:59 | 2.6.0 | December 30, 2013 | 5 - Production / Stable | XML (Compressed), SQLite3, MySQL, PostgreSQL | software: 33 languages;[6] 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 | 4.5.4 | September 29, 2013 | 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 | 2.12.0 | March 3, 2013 | 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, ... |
| 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 ) |
| NewViews | C++, Tcl/Tk | 1985 | 2.27 | Dec 20, 2013 | 5 - Production / Stable | Proprietary, Object Oriented | English |
| Openbravo | J2EE, JBoss | 2006 | 3.0 | January 31, 2013 | 5 - Production / Stable | Oracle, PostgreSQL | English, German, Spanish (Spain), Spanish (Mexico), French, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Chinese, Hebrew, Bulgarian, etc. |
| OpenERP | Python, XML, Javascript | ? | 7.0 | December 22, 2012 | 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 | 3.0 | October 21, 2013 | 5 - Production / Stable | PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite | English, Bulgarian, Catalan, Czech, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Russian, Slovene, Spanish |
| webERP | PHP | January 2003 | 4.07.10 | June 4, 2012 | 5 - Production / Stable | mySQL - innodb | Multilingual |
See also
References
- ^ http://openlabs.github.io/nereid-demo-store/
- ^ http://doc.tryton.org/2.8/modules/production/doc/index.html
- ^ http://hg.tryton.org/trytond/file/cccb674ab33c/trytond/res/user.py
- ^ http://doc.tryton.org/2.8/modules/company/doc/index.html
- ^ http://sourceforge.net/projects/frontaccounting/files/FrontAccounting-Languages%202.X/
- ^ Translation Project: Gnucash textual domain
