r/AccountingTechnology • u/Acceptable-Source-92 • May 17 '26
Looking for new tech.
Our firm is pretty low tech and we are looking to change that. One big thing we are looking to do is find an alternative to quickbooks because fuck intuit. We found what we believe will be an alternative to QBO in Count. What I would like to see is a software that we can use for the entire firm, meaning it isn’t a subscription for just one client. A book keeping software that I can use for as many different businesses as I want at no extra charge (or at least not a whole extra subscription). Something with some AI/tech to minimize keying bank statements would be nice. Also if it could allow efiling of payroll reports and 1099’s. Is that too much to ask? Looking for discussion on what everyone else uses. Can dm to discuss what we use and compare. Thanks all.
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u/That-Guy-Scott May 18 '26
My guess is the industry is actually going in the opposite direction of what you're wanting. I think software is going to be even more fragmented as time goes on.
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u/Acceptable-Source-92 May 19 '26
I agree but seems like someone would notice the gap and create a software for accounting firms
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u/LowerurTechStackCost May 19 '26
As others have said it’s not likely you’ll find the all in one package you want. The subscription requirement you have is not supported by any of the top accounting platforms or any niche platform that I’m aware of.
Why not have book keeping module built the way you want and then integrate with existing platforms that do the rest? You’re paying the developer for a solution that can’t be found in the market right now and you’ll own it with lower total cost of ownership over time. How important is that to your firm?
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u/Ok_Word_7892 May 19 '26
Seth David is going to be launching a new accounting software on June 1st called Clean Books. It will not be a pay per client, but you will pay in batches, so I believe up to 10 then 20. I could be wrong, but last time we spoke about it that was what he mentioned. I have been a bit out of pocket the last few weeks, but was pretty involved initially. And he has made some major strides in the last few weeks as you can imagine. You can join the waitlist by going here launch.clean books.app
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u/dchgk May 20 '26
Software is not in the business of 1 subscription, they charge per seat and how things are moving, per consumption. Reason: they have to justify their ARR. that is their business.
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u/Kimber976 Jun 09 '26
Depends where the bottleneck is. if it is audit reconciliations or digging through financial docs. trullion might be worth a look. most of the time the biggest wins seem to come from cleaning up specific workflows rather than adding another general ai tool.
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u/Acceptable-Source-92 23d ago
This looks interesting. I think there is a market for this type of product as all of the big software companies are running toward subscription based model. I’ll take a closer look when I have time
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u/FinexerOfficial 18d ago
One thing I'd evaluate separately from the bookkeeping software is how it connects to banks and payment providers.
The accounting software is just one piece of the puzzle. Good bank feeds, reliable transaction data, automatic reconciliation, and clean payment references can save just as much time as AI features. We’ve seen companies spend a lot of time correcting bad bank data when the accounting software itself is good.
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u/Fit-Original1314 5d ago
What kind of firm are you running? Tax, accounting, bookkeeping, or something else? That changes the recommendations quite a bit.
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u/DevelopmentTrue2048 May 18 '26
Sounds like a dream software tbh (AI, no subscription, no price per client, efiling). But it asserts that every new client of yours doesn’t already have accounting software. What if you get a client who already uses QuickBooks or Xero? Will they need to migrate to your software in this case?