QUICKBOOKS ALTERNATIVE
Every other QuickBooks alternative is just another bill.
Xero, Zoho, Sage — switching just trades one subscription for another, with your books still living inside someone else's software. There's a model where you own and customize your workflow outright — and the price stops climbing without your say-so.
No per-seat fees, ever
Your code and data, fully yours
Up to 70% less than your software bill
BUILT FOR HOW YOU WORK
THE PROBLEM
You're not alone.
If you're looking for a quickbooks alternative because your bill keeps climbing, you're in good company.
“My money fees jumped from $60/mth 2 years ago to now cost $105/mth ... insanity.”
“Intuit keeps jacking up QBO prices — constantly. Frustrating when they are already earning nearly $4 billion in profit.”
“Now it's $115???? ... no longer payroll included... almost a 50% increase, WITH LESS SERVICES?!?”
“No more 30% price hikes every year for me!”
“Intuit's business model is counting on you not ever moving away... pay the ransom to keep your accounting or burn the hours to move.”
“Please god someone disrupt quickbooks... now it is $1000+/yr with nags.”
“My money fees jumped from $60/mth 2 years ago to now cost $105/mth ... insanity.”
“Intuit keeps jacking up QBO prices — constantly. Frustrating when they are already earning nearly $4 billion in profit.”
“Now it's $115???? ... no longer payroll included... almost a 50% increase, WITH LESS SERVICES?!?”
“No more 30% price hikes every year for me!”
“Intuit's business model is counting on you not ever moving away... pay the ransom to keep your accounting or burn the hours to move.”
“Please god someone disrupt quickbooks... now it is $1000+/yr with nags.”
“My money fees jumped from $60/mth 2 years ago to now cost $105/mth ... insanity.”
“Intuit keeps jacking up QBO prices — constantly. Frustrating when they are already earning nearly $4 billion in profit.”
“Now it's $115???? ... no longer payroll included... almost a 50% increase, WITH LESS SERVICES?!?”
“No more 30% price hikes every year for me!”
“Intuit's business model is counting on you not ever moving away... pay the ransom to keep your accounting or burn the hours to move.”
“Please god someone disrupt quickbooks... now it is $1000+/yr with nags.”
“My money fees jumped from $60/mth 2 years ago to now cost $105/mth ... insanity.”
“Intuit keeps jacking up QBO prices — constantly. Frustrating when they are already earning nearly $4 billion in profit.”
“Now it's $115???? ... no longer payroll included... almost a 50% increase, WITH LESS SERVICES?!?”
“No more 30% price hikes every year for me!”
“Intuit's business model is counting on you not ever moving away... pay the ransom to keep your accounting or burn the hours to move.”
“Please god someone disrupt quickbooks... now it is $1000+/yr with nags.”
The price only climbs
A hike lands every year, and it's never small.
Locked in
Your books live inside it, and moving them out is slow, manual work.
Paying more for less
Every year costs more, for features you never asked for.
THE SHIFT
Renting QuickBooks vs. owning your books.
No surprise price hikes. No lock-in. Just accounting software that's yours.
Old model — Renting QuickBooks- QuickBooks raises your price on Intuit's schedule, not yours.
- Switching means exporting your data, then manually rebuilding the categories, rules, and workflows you set up.
- Need something QuickBooks doesn't do? Wait for Intuit's roadmap, or bolt on a separate paid tool.
- Support means a ticket queue and a script — not someone who knows your setup.
New model — Founding.dev
- You own everything — code, data, and infrastructure
- One flat price. No per-seat.
- Change how it works anytime
- Bank-level security, built in.
- We build it, and we can run it for you, too
HOW IT WORKS
A proven head start, then it's yours.
Real engineering behind it. Your choice: hands-on or done-for-you.
Start from the right base
Start from a proven template with QuickBooks's core features — one of ours, a proven open-source base, or built from scratch. An expert-built head start, not a blank page.
Make it yours
Customize it to your exact workflow — build the features yourself in plain English, or hand it to our engineering team. Either way you get engineering support along the way.
Own it for good
The finished software is yours — code, data, and a setup built around your workflow. Customize it anytime, and we can keep it running for you.
BUILT FOR HOW YOU WORK
Shaped around how you keep the books.
Solo & small business
Small business owners doing their own books.
Bookkeepers & firms
Bookkeepers and accounting firms managing multiple clients.
Multi-entity operators
Multi-entity and multi-LLC operators.
QuickBooks alternative — your questions, answered.
MORE ALTERNATIVES
Other tools you can own instead.
STOP RENTING. START OWNING.
Own your bookkeeping software.
Tell us which tools you want to replace, and we'll show you what you'd save.
See how much you can save