6 of the 14 accounting tools we list have a free plan, confirmed on their own website. Here they are side by side.
Listed alphabetically. A tool is ranked by its reviews once it has 3.
| Tool | Reviews | Lowest paid plan | Free plan | Free trial | Public API | Runs on | Main features |
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| ReviewsNone yetWrite one for Akaunting | Lowest paid plan$12per monthStandard Cloud, as of October 23, 2026 | Free planYes | Free trialNot confirmed | Public APINot confirmed | Runs onWeb | Main features
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| ReviewsNone yetWrite one for FreeAgent | Lowest paid plan£19per month, billed monthly, exclSole trader, as of October 20, 2026 | Free planYes | Free trial30 days | Public APIYes | Runs onNot confirmed | Main features
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| ReviewsNone yetWrite one for Manager.io | Lowest paid planNot confirmed | Free planYes | Free trial14 days | Public APIYes | Runs onWindows, macOS, Linux, Web | Main features
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QuickBooksCleaner books, faster payments and confident decisions, without doing it all yourself | ReviewsNone yetWrite one for QuickBooks | Lowest paid plan$38per monthSimple Start, as of October 14, 2026 | Free planYes | Free trialNot confirmed | Public APINot confirmed | Runs onWeb, iOS, Android | Main features
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WaveCreate invoices, accept online payments and make accounting easy, all in one place | ReviewsNone yetWrite one for Wave | Lowest paid plan$19per monthPro, as of October 19, 2026 | Free planYes | Free trialNot confirmed | Public APIYes | Runs onWeb, iOS, Android | Main features
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Zoho BooksManage end-to-end accounting, from invoicing to inventory and expenses, with cloud accounting software | ReviewsNone yetWrite one for Zoho Books | Lowest paid plan$20per organization per monthStandard, as of October 14, 2026 | Free planYes | Free trialNot confirmed | Public APINot confirmed | Runs onWeb, iOS, Android, Windows | Main features
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From each tool's own website. “Not confirmed” means we couldn't confirm it there, not that the tool doesn't have it. Each tool's page says when its facts were checked.
A tool is listed here only when we've confirmed on its own website that it has a free plan. Tools we couldn't confirm it for are left out, even if they may have it. Vendors can't pay for a place on this list. Add a tool we missed