Akaunting 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Overview

Akaunting

3.9

(27)

Pricing

Pricing available upon request

About Akaunting

Akaunting is web-based accounting software designed to help small businesses manage and streamline invoicing, payment processing, billable expense management and other financial operations. It offers a client portal, which allows administrators to share transactional and invoicing information with clients and accept payments in bulk.

The application offers a customer management module, which lets professionals create client profiles, set up passwords to access invoices, track deposits or transfers between accounts and view customer profile summary on a dashboard. Businesses can maintain multiple company accounts, assign users to respective companies and manage finances within a single admin panel. Additionally, users can generate categories to handle based on incomes, items or expenses and configure bulk actions to enable, export, disable, and delete records in batches.

Other features include email templates, tax rates, widgets, multi-lingual panel, permissions management, process automation, reporting and vendor management. Akaunting is available for free and as an open-source application.

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Akaunting Pricing and Plans

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Basic

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Akaunting Features

Popular features found in Accounting
Billing & Invoicing
Budgeting/Forecasting
Expense Tracking
Fund Accounting
Income & Balance Sheet
Multi-Currency
Payroll Management
Project Accounting
Purchase Order Management
Tax Management
More features of Akaunting
Access Controls/Permissions
Accounts Payable
Accounts Receivable
API
Bank Reconciliation
Cash Flow Management
Financial Management
Financial Reporting
General Ledger
Mobile Access
Payment Processing
Quotes/Estimates
Receipt Management
Recurring/Subscription Billing
Reminders
Sales Tax Management
Third-Party Integrations

Akaunting Integrations

WooCommerce

PayPal

Stripe

HubSpot CRM

Shopify

Akaunting User Reviews

Overall Rating

3.9

Ratings Breakdown

37%

41%

15%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.1

Value for money

4.0

Customer support

2.8

Functionality

3.7

Scott C.

Verified reviewer

Computer Software

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Reviewed April 2022

The Only Alternative to Big Name Packages

The concept of a true alternative to big names, especially in Canada, is almost impossible. So, I jumped at the chance to try this software. I really like that it's open source and I respect the option to pay for abscess features. Initially, I found it very buggy and many apps are very limited in functionality but I have high hopes for the future and I am still able to use it for my daily accounting. It's come a long way already: I started with it in Sept 2021 and had daily problems ... now (Apr 2022) I'm using it daily and the only problems are limits on features (ex. Allowing negative values, having tax as a line item, etc.). Support is very hit-and-miss - if developers would reply to emails or respond to forum posts, I would give full marks. But, as with a lot of open source, you get what you pay for.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

While all other software is moving to public cloud to store sensitive data, Akaunting gives you the option to download and install to your server for a private cloud installation. For this reason alone, Akaunting is my only choice for accounting software.

Cons:

Being under frequent development, there can be a bug and getting support for core functions is almost impossible. Support for paid apps is included and any apps made by Akaunting are well supported - i get responses/resolutions within the week - but apps made by private parties get limited support. I've been waiting over 6 months for action on a ticket I filed. Also, support for the core is almost impossible to get - I can't get a reply on support forums or by email.

Reasons for switching to Akaunting

Simply accounting is moving to a public cloud and I don't trust anyone with my data. Further, simply is notorious for a messy data set under the hood, pricing is forced with upgrades, and the user interface is old and complicated

Verified

Reviewer

Computer Software

Self-Employed

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed February 2022

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I managed to follow my accounts easily. From my personal point of view, Akaunting allows small and medium-sized businesses to control their accounts more easily without having to resort to an accountant within the company. The question that must be asked now is whether it is an application intended for large companies.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Akaunting is really easy to install and configure. Developers make the best features available to users.

Cons:

Secondary applications developed by community developers are always expensive. To have the best features, you have to pay a lot more

Reasons for choosing Akaunting

I chose Akaunting for the free first functionalities of an accounting software that it offers

Mehmet Ali T.

Verified reviewer

Information Technology and Services

11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed April 2025

Misleading Sales Practices – No Refund Despite Issues

Our overall experience was disappointing. We purchased the Payroll module for our self-hosted Akaunting installation and encountered several issues right away. Despite reporting these bugs, the support team refused to acknowledge any fault and denied our refund request. We felt cornered by vague policies and poor customer care. The platform could be great, but the current business practices make it difficult to trust. We wouldn’t recommend Akaunting to other businesses unless transparency and customer support significantly improve.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The interface is modern and easy to navigate. The idea of having modular features and an open-source foundation is attractive for small businesses looking for customizable solutions.

Cons:

The paid modules are often buggy and lack proper documentation. Support is unhelpful, especially when it comes to valid refund requests. The refund is misleading—once you download the on-premise module, you lose all rights to a refund, even if the module is broken or doesn’t perform as advertised.

Reasons for switching to Akaunting

After dealing with bugs in Akaunting's paid Payroll module and receiving no meaningful support or refund option, we decided to look for a more reliable and transparent solution. Wave offers solid core accounting features for free, and while it's not perfect, it provides a more stable experience with better support and clear communication. We needed a platform we could trust, and Akaunting unfortunately failed to meet that standard.

Matthew M.

Verified reviewer

Accounting

Self-Employed

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed August 2022

Very economical solution for small business accounting software

I have been very pleased with this software.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The integrations and premium cloud subscription set this product apart from other competitors.

Cons:

There is some difficulty in self-hosting, though the premium cloud option negates the obstacles.

Reasons for choosing Akaunting

It is a promising product meeting the most critical needs. There are plenty of familiar integrations available for scaling solutions. The cost for premium cloud is reasonable when compared to competitors. Customer support is paramount for premium cloud subscribers.

Reasons for switching to Akaunting

I was not satisfied soliciting Intuit QuickBooks while competing with their bookkeepers.

Cynthia G.

Verified reviewer

Marketing and Advertising

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Reviewed April 2022

Best Accounting Solution for Start Up

Really good. I like that I can manage multiple businesses with it

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

This accounting software is easy to use, you can start for free and upgrade from there which makes it the perfect solution for start ups.

Cons:

The option for quotation or estimates as to be purchased.

Reasons for choosing Akaunting

Too expensive and complicated to start up

Reasons for switching to Akaunting

Wave, stopped offering services to South Africa. QuickBooks was getting to expensive.

Verified

Reviewer

Information Technology and Services

11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed January 2024

Attractive, well presented, usually works -- then, without warning, features removed / licence changes

We used this tool for nearly a year and had the rug pulled out from under our processes, customisations, and customer installations. After cancelling services/subscriptions -- charges kept coming... we were triple charged to our credit card for lapsed subscriptions (charge-backs resulted in FULL refunds from Visa -- but absolutely no joy from Akaunting).

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Great promise, an attractive UI and good community ecosystem able to add features by additional subscriptions

Cons:

Much used features were removed, broken, or migrated WITHOUT notice, communication, nor support. Their support team has been combative, abusive and unhelpful -- even making subscriptions inaccessible on a whim. This is a business critical tool -- stability, reliability, trust, and responsiveness are critical -- sadly, I have experienced NONE of these from the management or support team at Akaunting. Shameful behaviour.

Reasons for choosing Akaunting

Initially, Akaunting looked promising and served our needs. We spent a great deal of time customising and expense with add-on subscriptions to make product work well for us. Sadly, without notice -- "the (Akaunting) focus went in a different direction and your install is no longer supported -- or functional". I regret ever changing to Akaunting.

Reasons for switching to Akaunting

Costs and complexity of using multiple products became a concern.

Chaman S.

Verified reviewer

Education Management

11-50 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Reviewed April 2022

Loving the ease of use!

I use this for 2 business i own, and am very happy with the experience overall.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Functionality

Pros:

The software is easy to use, with simple steps to customize your invoices and information.

Cons:

The delay in processing invoice, takes few seconds to search a customer (sometimes it doesnt appear) and takes few seconds to generate an invoice and to add payments.

Reasons for choosing Akaunting

Price

Bhabishya B.

Verified reviewer

Entertainment

2-10 employees

Used weekly for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed August 2022

One of the best and easy accounting software

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Everything about this software is great. It's very easy to get started with and easy to use and navigate. And what I like the most is that, it's open source and can be easily installed in my own hosting.

Cons:

What I like the least is that they don't have all the features. And the addons they are costly even simple addons also sometimes.