Akaunting

RATING:

4.0

(26)

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, ...

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Akaunting Pricing

Akaunting is available for free.

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Akaunting Reviews

Overall Rating

4.0

Ratings Breakdown

Secondary Ratings

Ease-of-use

4

Customer Support

3

Value for money

4

Functionality

4

Most Helpful Reviews for Akaunting

1 - 5 of 26 Reviews

Anonymous

1 employee

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

4

VALUE FOR MONEY

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

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.

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

Reason for choosing Akaunting

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

Matthew

Accounting, 1 employee

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

4

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed August 2022

Very economical solution for small business accounting software

I have been very pleased with this software.

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.

Reason 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.

Anonymous

11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review Source: GetApp
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

3

EASE OF USE

3

VALUE FOR MONEY

3

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

1

FUNCTIONALITY

4

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).

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.

Reason 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.

Cynthia

Marketing and Advertising, 2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

4

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

4

FUNCTIONALITY

3

Reviewed April 2022

Best Accounting Solution for Start Up

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

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.

Reason 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.

User Profile

Scott

Verified reviewer

Computer Software, 2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

3

FUNCTIONALITY

4

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.

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