Express Books BOOKKEEPING, ACCOUNTING, & QUICKBOOKS

If you’re like some small businesses, you may be under the wrong impression about the tools to maintain and close your books. You might think you have only two choices: spreadsheets or QuickBooks. But that couldn’t be further from the truth.

You now have access to an ever-expanding field of cloud-based accounting apps. More importantly, a few accounting apps on the market stand out as strong alternatives to QuickBooks or humdrum Excel spreadsheets.

That’s what we’re covering in this article. But rather than looking at idle clones of older software tools, we’re discussing accounting apps that offer new and exciting features, integrations and forward-thinking pricing models.

Let’s dive right in and look at five spreadsheet killers from the cloud!

Xero

Xero is a cloud-based accounting app that’s made quite a name for itself since its inception in 2006.

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Xero is made with mobile-friendliness in mind, allowing you to keep track of your income and expenses no matter where you go. The app’s simple interface allows you to see your current balances at-a-glance, as well as peek at upcoming bills and outstanding invoices.

Xero integrates with other business apps (like WorkflowMax, Vend, and Expensify.)

Xero makes reconciliation ultra simple (in a way that will be very familiar for anyone who’s ever reconciled on paper – albeit, more simply).

Advantages of Xero:

• Accounting and payroll in one app (at one price)
• Unlimited users (your staff + accounting professionals)
• Simple, powerful interface
• 99.9% up-time
• Free 24/7 email support
• Integrates with more than 300 third-party business apps
• Xero starts at $9 per month and its pricing scales up alongside your growing company, based on the size and complexity of your accounting and payroll needs – not the number of users.

FreeAgent

FreeAgent is an accounting app especially for freelancers and small businesses.

FreeAgent is fully cloud-based, meaning there is nothing to install and you can access the app from anywhere with a mobile or Internet connection