botkeeper
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botkeeper Pricing
Botkeeper pricing is based on the number of transactions in per month.
Starting price:
$55.00 per month
Free trial:
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Free version:
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Most Helpful Reviews for botkeeper
1 - 5 of 71 Reviews
Chris
Verified reviewer
Information Technology and Services, 2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed November 2018
Using Botkeeper from its Early Days at Kinnami Software, a Seed-Stage Startup
Botkeeper absolves Kinnami from the drudgery and hassle of book keeping. Basically, all I have to do is ensure the receipts are there, and then all book keeping is handled. This makes filing the annual tax returns less painful as Botkeeper already has all the information the accounting firm needs to create the tax return. At Kinnam, we do not have nor want large teams of people to handle administration. Outsourcing book keeping to Botkeeper is a great way to solve part of that problem.
PROSThe best thing about Botkeeper's software is that it is invisible in the sense that it doesn't dictate how you should use it to collect information that it needs, and so it's very easy to fit into your workflow. Historically, Botkeeper had its own Dropbox-style integration, and now it is switching to Google Drive. This means that providing receipts and other information is as simple as putting the digital scan of a receipt into the Google Drive folder. Or if you prefer, you can upload files by hand using the portal. Secondly, their portal provides nice views that show the state of your company's finances.
CONSBotkeeper is a young company, and so growing pains are painful. The system has undergone several major changes during the 2 years that I've been using it, and those transitions were not completely smooth. However, to date, all problems were successfully resolved and the team really worked to address them, and those problems were rare.
John
Verified reviewer
Accounting, 2-10 employees
Used weekly for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
3
Reviewed June 2019
Botkeeper
Right now I'm only testing the Botkeeper team on my most important client. They have consistently performed (or outperformed) whenever I had feedback for them. This bodes well for the future when I expect to add at least 5-10 more clients in the future!
PROSI just hung out the shingle on my new CPA firm, and I want to use a strategic partner like Botkeeper to help me scale. So I love that I can white label the platform while having a dedicated team of accountants assigned to my clients.
CONSI feel like their portal still has room for improvement even after their recent upgrade. One of the worst problems was the difficulty editing the dashboards for your own needs. That was one of the improvements on this last rollout.
Reason for choosing botkeeper
I was lucky enough to meet the Botkeeper founder Enrico Palmerino. And I wanted to work with a young, scrappy, and hungry competitor. And now that they recently completed a new financing round, I have to say that the future looks bright.
Anonymous
11-50 employees
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
3
EASE OF USE
3
VALUE FOR MONEY
2
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
2
FUNCTIONALITY
3
Reviewed January 2019
Mediocre platform; mediocre product; mediocre results
It's ok-ish if you don't know anything about bookkeeping and you're on a super super tight budget
CONSResponse times were slow Struggled to get anyone to answer basic questions about my SLA, bill, contract, etc. Regular errors on the GL
Sheryl
Verified reviewer
Entertainment, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed October 2018
Saved me money
I love the management reports and up to date books the most. Also, they respond quickly with anything I need, they are capable with even the most complicated unrecognized revenue reporting, fast, responsive, and nice in their communications. My business is a corporation, and botkeeper has saved us a lot of money.
PROSI liked their flexibility in working with my Quick Books online - my super complicated - incorporation with employees - setup! I saved over $2000 per month in accounting costs by switching to botkeeper. I'm hoping they don't raise their prices. They are super fast, and able to handle my business accounting which has "unrecognized revenue" calculations to do each month, and everything is in GAAP format "ACCRUAL" based because I was setup to take on investors and sell common stock from an equity crowdfunding fundraise. I would say I love their MANAGEMENT REPORTS! I love being able to look and see everything in one report and I also love that my books are reconciled and up to date nearly daily - so every time I look it is valid data - SO HELPFUL! Also - they take the time to teach me how to do things on my own if I am confused about anything. My old super expensive accountants never did that and they were super slow and it was always a point of pain for me. Botkeeper does everything I don't want to do - and they do it fast and accurately.
CONSI have no complaints, because they are fast and accurate, and responsive for all of my accounting needs. They are highly capable of even the most complicated bookkeeping - I didn't think they would take on my books but have surpassed my expectations.
Shawn
Accounting, 11-50 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed October 2022
HELPING SMALL BUSINESSEs
IT'S BEEN GREAT. WHEN UPDATED AND USED PROPERLY THERE IS NOTHING BETTER THAN KNOWING THE ACCOUNTS ARE ALL RECONCILED AND THE EXPENSES HAVE BEEN CATEGORIZED CORRECTLy.
PROSBOTKEEPER IS HELPING US SERVICE MORE CLIENTS THAN WE COULD DO INTERNALLY. THE CONSISTENCY AND TIMELINESS MAKES IT SO WE DON'T HAVE TO RELY ON OURSELVES OR STAFF TO UPDATE BOOKS EVERY MONTH OR AS NEEDED. WE KNOW WHEN WE NEED TO GO INTO THE BOOKS THE MAJORITY OF THE WORK IS DONE AND WE CAN SPEND OUR TIME DOING MORE VALUABLE WORk.
CONSTHERE IS STILL SOME MANUAL UPLOADING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE MONTHLY AND IT IS EASY TO FALL BEHIND. WHILE WE TRY NOT TO PUT MORE ON OUR CLIENTS, WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR KEEPING BOTKEEPER CURRENT WITH THE UPDATED CREDENTIALS OR UPDATED BANK STATEMENTs.