Akaunting
Accounting software
Accounting & finance software
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What is Akaunting
Akaunting is an open-source accounting application for small businesses and freelancers to manage day-to-day bookkeeping. It supports invoicing, bills and expenses, banking and transaction reconciliation, and basic financial reporting. The product can be self-hosted or used as a hosted cloud service, and it extends functionality through an app marketplace and integrations.
Open-source and self-hostable
Akaunting provides a community edition that organizations can run on their own infrastructure, which can help with data residency and internal control requirements. The codebase and deployment model allow customization beyond what is typical for closed SaaS accounting tools. This approach can also reduce vendor lock-in for teams with technical resources.
Core SMB accounting coverage
The product includes common small-business workflows such as invoicing, recurring transactions, bills, expense tracking, and customer/vendor management. It also supports bank account connections/imports and reconciliation features to keep ledgers aligned with bank activity. Built-in reports cover standard financial statements suitable for basic management and bookkeeping needs.
Extensible via apps and integrations
Akaunting offers an app marketplace to add features such as payments, payroll-related add-ons, and connectors to other business systems. This modular approach lets teams start with core accounting and expand as requirements grow. It can be a practical fit for organizations that want accounting plus selected adjacent functions without adopting a full ERP suite.
Not a full ERP suite
Akaunting focuses on accounting and adjacent bookkeeping workflows rather than end-to-end ERP capabilities. Organizations needing advanced multi-entity consolidation, complex revenue recognition, or deep inventory/manufacturing operations may outgrow it. In those cases, additional systems or a broader finance platform may be required.
Feature depth varies by add-ons
Some capabilities are delivered through optional apps, which can create variability in functionality and ongoing costs depending on the configuration. Teams may need to evaluate app quality, maintenance, and compatibility across versions. This can add procurement and administration overhead compared with more monolithic finance platforms.
Requires technical ownership when self-hosted
Self-hosting shifts responsibility for hosting, backups, security patching, and upgrades to the customer. Smaller teams without IT support may find operations and troubleshooting challenging. Even with hosted options, organizations should validate support scope and SLAs against their internal requirements.
Plan & Pricing
Akaunting - Cloud plans (hosted on akaunting.com)
| Plan | Price | Key features & notes |
|---|---|---|
| Standard (Cloud) | $12 per month (monthly) or $8 per month (billed yearly) | 1 Company, 1 User + 1 Accountant, 1,000 Invoices, 4 apps included, Ticket Support, Unlimited Customers/Vendors/Reports/Products, Multiple Currencies. |
| Premium (Cloud) | $36 per month (monthly) or $24 per month (billed yearly) | 10 Companies, 10 Users, 10,000 Invoices, 10 apps included; adds Double-Entry, Bank Feeds, Expense Claims, Roles & Permissions, Client Portal. |
| Elite (Cloud) | $84 per month (monthly) or $56 per month (billed yearly) | 30 Companies, 30 Users, 30,000 Invoices, 30 apps included; adds Estimates, Payroll, Projects, Inventory, CRM, Receipts (scan), Shopify, Stripe. |
| Ultimate (Cloud) | $218 per month (monthly) or $145 per month (billed yearly) | Unlimited Companies/Users/Invoices, All current 50+ apps included, Budgeting, Credit & Debit Notes, Sales & Purchase Orders, POS, Custom Fields, Auto-Schedule Reports, etc. |
Akaunting - On‑Premise (self-hosted) plans
| Plan | Price | Key features & notes |
|---|---|---|
| Standard (On‑Premise) | Free (download) | 1 Company, 1 User + 1 Accountant, 1,000 Invoices, Community support. Apps must be purchased separately. |
| Premium (On‑Premise) | $72 per year OR $756 lifetime | 10 Companies, 10 Users, 10,000 Invoices, Ticket support. |
| Elite (On‑Premise) | $168 per year OR $1,764 lifetime | 30 Companies, 30 Users, 30,000 Invoices, Ticket support. |
| Ultimate (On‑Premise) | $684 per year OR $7,224 lifetime | Unlimited Companies/Users/Invoices, Ticket support. |
Notes: Apps listed in plans are NOT automatically installed/included in the on‑premise Standard plan; apps are purchased separately from the Akaunting App Store. Cloud plans offer monthly and yearly billing (yearly billed rate shown as lower per‑month). All prices shown on the Akaunting site are in USD.
Seller details
Akaunting Ltd.
London, United Kingdom
2017
Private
https://akaunting.com/
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