Comparison of accounting software 2405553 225999560 2008-07-16T11:30:59Z Boffob 2045949 rm entry with no article <!-- This comparison is for notable software, i.e. that which has an article in Wikipedia. Do not add weblinks, do not add products which do not have articles. --> The following '''comparison of accounting software''' documents the various features and differences between different [[accounting software]] packages. {| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 85%; border: gray solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse; text-align: center; width: auto; table-layout: fixed;" |- style="background: #ececec;" ! style="width: 12em" | Package ! [[Licence]] ! [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] ! [[Mac OS X]] ! [[Linux]] ! Market focus ! Type ! Structure |- ! style="text-align: left; background: #ececec;" | [[24SevenOffice]] | [[Software as a Service]] | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | low to Mid-Market | ? | Web based |- ! style="text-align: left; background: #ececec;" | [[Access Accounting]] | [[Proprietary]] | {{yes}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | Mid-Market | [[Financials]], [[CRM]], [[Manufacturing]], [[Job Costing]], [[POS]], [[Stock]], [[ERP]], [[Business Intelligence]], [[CIS]], [[Payroll]] | Stand alone |- ! style="text-align: left; background: #ececec;" | [[Adempiere]] | [[GPL]] | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | Mid-market | [[Enterprise resource planning|ERP]], [[Customer relationship management|CRM]], [[Point of sale|POS]] | Web based |- ! style="text-align: left; background: #ececec;" | [[ACCPAC]] | [[Proprietary]], $595 upwards | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | Mid-Market | ? | Web based |- ! style="text-align: left; background: #ececec;" | [[ALERE Accounting]] | [[Proprietary]] | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | Low to Mid-Market | ? | Stand alone |- ! style="text-align: left; background: #ececec;" | [[AME Accounting Software]] | [[Proprietary]] | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | Low to Mid-Market | [[Payroll]], [[General Ledger]], [[Accounts Receivable]], [[Accounts Payable]], [[Double-entry Accounting]], Small Business Accounting | Stand alone |- ! style="text-align: left; background: #ececec;" | [[Baan]] | [[Proprietary]] | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | Mid to Low-Market | [[Enterprise resource planning|ERP]] | Stand alone and web based |- ! style="text-align: left; background: #ececec;" | [[Banana Accounting]] | [[Proprietary]] | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | Low to Mid-Market | [[General ledger|GL]]; [[Double-Entry Accounting]]; Small-Business Accounting; etc. | Stand alone |- ! style="text-align: left; background: #ececec;" | [[Compeat]] | [[Proprietary]] | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | Restaurant management | [[Point of sale|POS]] | Stand alone |- ! style="text-align: left; background: #ececec;" | [[Compiere]] | [[GPL2]], other proprietary (certain dependence on Oracle) | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | Mid-market | [[Enterprise resource planning|ERP]], [[Customer relationship management|CRM]], [[Point of sale|POS]] | Web based |- ! style="text-align: left; background: #ececec;" | [[Cougar Mountain Software]] | [[Proprietary]] | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | Low to Mid Market | Business Accounting, POS Retail, Nonprofit, Inventory Control, [http://www.cougarmtn.com/forms/live-demo-form.asp Online Demonstrations] | Stand alone and Web based |- ! style="text-align: left; background: #ececec;" | [[CYMA Systems]] | [[Proprietary]] | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | Low to Mid Market | ? | Stand alone |- ! style="text-align: left; background: #ececec;" | [[ERP5]] | [[GPL]] | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | All Markets | ERP, CRM, SaaS | Web based |- ! style="text-align: left; background: #ececec;" | [[FirstOffice]] | [[Proprietary]] | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | Low Market | ? | Stand alone |- ! style="text-align: left; background: #ececec;" | [[FinanceToGo]] | [[Proprietary]] | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | Low to Mid Market | [[Double-entry Accounting]], Mortgage/Loan/Profit & Loss Accounts, Share Portfolio Management, Small Business Accounting | Stand alone |- ! style="text-align: left; background: #ececec;" | [[GnuCash]] | [[GPL]] | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | Personal | [[General ledger|GL]]; [[Double-Entry Accounting]]; Stock/Bond/Mutual Fund Accounts; Small-Business Accounting; etc. | Stand alone |- ! style="text-align: left; background: #ececec;" | [[Grisbi]] | [[GPL]] | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | Personal | ? | stand alone |- ! style="text-align: left; background: #ececec;" | [[HansaWorld]] | [[Proprietary]] | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | Mid Market | ERP, CRM, Sales Management, Manufacturing, Job Costing, Stock, POS, Rental, Calendaring, Service Orders, Webshop, Loans, Alerts, Hospitality Management, Document Management, Graphical Resource Planning | Stand alone & WAN ready |- ! style="text-align: left; background: #ececec;" | [[HomeBank]] | [[GPL]] | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | Personal | ? | stand alone |- ! style="text-align: left; background: #ececec;" | [[JGnash]] | [[GPL]] | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | Personal | [[Double-Entry Accounting]], multi-currency | stand alone |- ! style="text-align: left; background: #ececec;" | [[KMyMoney]] | [[GPL]] | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | Personal | ? | stand alone |- ! style="text-align: left; background: #ececec;" | [[Lawson Software]] | [[Proprietary]] | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | Mid to Large size Enterprises | [[Enterprise resource planning|ERP]], [[Customer relationship management|CRM]], [[Supply chain management|SCM]], [[PM]], [[e-Commerce]], [[BI]] | Web Based |- ! style="text-align: left; background: #ececec;" | [[LedgerSMB]] | [[GPL]] | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | Mid-market | ? | Web based |- ! style="text-align: left; background: #ececec;" | [[Mamut Software Limited]] | [[Proprietary]] | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | Low to Mid Market | [[Enterprise resource planning|ERP]], [[Customer relationship management|CRM]], [[e-commerce]] | Stand alone |- ! style="text-align: left; background: #ececec;" | [[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 |- ! style="text-align: left; background: #ececec;" | [[Microsoft Dynamics GP]] | [[Proprietary]] | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | Mid Market | ? | Stand alone |- ! style="text-align: left; background: #ececec;" | [[Microsoft Dynamics NAV]] | [[Proprietary]] | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | Mid Market | ? | Stand alone |- ! style="text-align: left; background: #ececec;" | [[Microsoft Dynamics SL]] | [[Proprietary]] | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | Mid Market | ? | Stand alone and Web based |- ! style="text-align: left; background: #ececec;" | [[Microsoft Money]] | [[Proprietary]] | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | Personal | ? | Stand alone |- ! style="text-align: left; background: #ececec;" | [[Microsoft Office Accounting]] | [[Proprietary]] | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | Low Market | ? | Stand alone |- ! style="text-align: left; background: #ececec;" | [[Moneydance]] | [[Proprietary]] | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | Personal | [[Double-Entry Accounting]], multi-currency | Stand alone |- ! style="text-align: left; background: #ececec;" | [[MYOB (Software Company)|MYOB]] | [[Proprietary]] | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | Low to High End Market | Small business and commercial accounting. Payroll and POS | Stand alone |- ! style="text-align: left; background: #ececec;" | [[NetSuite]] | [[Software as a Service]] | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | Mid Market | [[Customer relationship management|CRM]], [[Enterprise resource planning|ERP]], [[ecommerce]] | Web based |- ! style="text-align: left; background: #ececec;" | [[NolaPro]] | [[Software as a Service]] or Freeware | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | Low to High End Market | [[Double-Entry Accounting]], Small Business Accounting, Inventory Control, Order Entry/Tracking, Payroll, [[Enterprise resource planning|ERP]], [[ecommerce]], [[Point of sale|POS]] | Stand alone and Web based |- ! style="text-align: left; background: #ececec;" | [[Openda|Openda QX]] | [[Proprietary]] | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | Low to Mid Market | [[Customer relationship management|CRM]], [[Enterprise resource planning|ERP]] | Stand Alone |- ! style="text-align: left; background: #ececec;" | [[OpenERP]] | [[GPL]] | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | Mid-market |[[Enterprise resource planning|ERP]], [[Customer relationship management|CRM]], [[Point of sale|POS]] | Stand alone and Web based |- ! style="text-align: left; background: #ececec;" | [[Oracle E-Business Suite]] | [[Proprietary]] | {{yes}} | ? | {{yes}} | High Market | [[Enterprise resource planning|ERP]] | Stand Alone |- ! style="text-align: left; background: #ececec;" | [[Peachtree Accounting|Peachtree by Sage]] | [[Proprietary]], $69.99 - $3375.00 | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | Low-end to High end | Business management. | Stand alone |- ! style="text-align: left; background: #ececec;" | [[Pegasus Software]] Opera II | [[Proprietary]] | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | Mid-market | ? | Stand alone |- ! style="text-align: left; background: #ececec;" | [[Pos solutions|POS Solutions]] | [[Proprietary]] | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | Newsagency pharmacy | [[Point of sale|POS]] | Stand alone |- ! style="text-align: left; background: #ececec;" | [[PhpOrganisation]] | [[GPL]] | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | Low-end | ? | Web based |- ! style="text-align: left; background: #ececec;" | [[Quasar Accounting]] | [[GPL]] | {{yes}} | ? | {{yes}} | ? | ? | Stand alone |- ! style="text-align: left; background: #ececec;" | [[QuickBooks|QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions]] | [[Proprietary]], $3,000 - $9,000 | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | Mid Market | Business management, Payroll | Stand alone |- ! style="text-align: left; background: #ececec;" | [[Quicken]] | [[Proprietary]] | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | Personal | ? | Stand alone |- ! style="text-align: left; background: #ececec;" | [[SQL-Ledger]] | [[GPL]] | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | Mid-market | ? | Web based |- ! style="text-align: left; background: #ececec;" | [[The Sage Group|Sage]] | [[Proprietary]] | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | Accounting Firms | [[Customer relationship management|CRM]], [[payroll]] | Stand alone |- ! style="text-align: left; background: #ececec;" | [[The Sage Group|Sage Line 50]] | [[Proprietary]] | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | Low-market (for [[Small and medium enterprise|SME]]) | ? | Stand alone |- ! style="text-align: left; background: #ececec;" | [[SAP Business One]] | [[Proprietary]] | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | Small & Midsize Enterprises ([[Small and medium enterprise|SME]]) | [[Enterprise resource planning|ERP]], [[e-Commerce]] | Stand alone |- ! style="text-align: left; background: #ececec;" | [[SAP ERP]] | [[Proprietary]] | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | Midsize to High-end | [[Enterprise resource planning|ERP]], [[Customer relationship management|CRM]], [[Supply chain management|SCM]], [[SRM]], [[PLM]], [[GTS]], [[e-commerce]], [[Mobile Business]] | Stand alone |- ! style="text-align: left; background: #ececec;" |[[Simply Accounting]] | [[Proprietary]] | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | Low-end | Business Accounting, Retail, Inventory Control | Stand alone |- ! style="text-align: left; background: #ececec;" | [[Stoq]] | [[GPL]] | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | Low-end and Mid-market |[[Enterprise resource planning|ERP]], [[Customer relationship management|CRM]], [[Point of sale|POS]] | Stand alone |- ! style="text-align: left; background: #ececec;" | [[Tally Solutions|Tally]] | [[Proprietary]] | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | Mid-market | payroll | Stand alone |- ! style="text-align: left; background: #ececec;" | [[TurboCASH]] | [[GPL]] | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | Low to mid-market | ? | Stand alone |- ! style="text-align: left; background: #ececec;" | [[WebERP]] | [[GPL]] | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | low to Mid-Market | [[Enterprise resource planning|ERP]] | Web based |- style="background: #ececec;" |-class="sortbottom" ! style="width: 12em" | Package ! [[Licence]] ! [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] ! [[Mac OS X]] ! [[Linux]] ! Market focus ! Type ! Structure |} == Some GPL Software == {| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 85%; border: gray solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse; text-align: center; width: auto; table-layout: fixed;" |- style="background: #ececec;" ! style="width: 12em" | Package ! Programming Language ! First public release date ! Latest stable release ! Stable release date ! Development Status ! Database ! Supported languages |- ! style="text-align: left; background: #ececec;" | [[Adempiere]] | J2EE, JBoss | October 12, 2006 23:46 | 3.4.0s | Mar 26, 2008 | 5 - Production / Stable | Oracle, PostgreSQL | +10: English, Spanish, Français, ... |- ! style="text-align: left; background: #ececec;" | [[Compiere]] | J2EE | June 8, 2001 | 2.6.1 | April 27, 2007 | 5 - Production / Stable | Oracle (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Sybase in Beta) | ? |- ! style="text-align: left; background: #ececec;" | [[ERP5]] | Python | April 29, 2002 | 1.0rc11 | February 1, 2007 | 5 - Production / Stable | ZODB (any with ODBC interface) | English, French, German, Japanese, Polish |- ! style="text-align: left; background: #ececec;" | [[Grisbi]] | | | 0.5.9 | July 10, 2006 | 5 - Production / Stable | | German, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Chinese, Hebrew, Bulgarian. |- ! style="text-align: left; background: #ececec;" | [[GnuCash]] | C 80%, Scheme / Lisp 13%, Perl 7%? | Registered: 1999-11-08 23:59 | 2.2.3 | January 8, 2008 | 5 - Production / Stable | ? | 8: English, German, Spanish, French, Russian, ... |- ! style="text-align: left; background: #ececec;" | [[LedgerSMB]] | Perl | ? | 1.2.9 | September 28, 2007 | 5 - Production / Stable | PostgreSQL 8.x | ? |- ! style="text-align: left; background: #ececec;" | [[SQL-Ledger]] | Perl | ? | ? | ? | ? | PostgreSQL | 30: English, ... |- ! style="text-align: left; background: #ececec;" | [[Stoq]] | Python | August 28, 2001 | 0.9.5 | March 19, 2008 | 5 - Production / Stable | PostgreSQL 8.1+ | English, Spanish, Portuguese |- ! style="text-align: left; background: #ececec;" | [[OpenERP]] | Python, XML | ? | 4.2.2 | ? | 5 - Production / Stable | PostgreSQL | +10 |- ! style="text-align: left; background: #ececec;" | [[webERP]] | PHP | January 2003 | 3.0.8 | November 2007 | 5 - Production / Stable | mySQL - innodb | +10: English, Spanish, German, Chinese ... |- ! style="text-align: left; background: #ececec;" | [[KMyMoney]] | C++ | Registered: 2000-04-15 19:16 | 0.8.9 | March 23 2008 | 5 - Production / Stable | XML file | 19: English , Spanish, German, Catalan, Czech, French, Galician, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese, ... |} ==External links== * [http://www.snpo.org/samples/V190305.pdf Making the Accounting Software Decision], Society of Nonprofit Organizations == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Accounting software| ]] [[Category:Software comparisons|Accounting software]]