I've looked into accounting software for our startup in the past. Xero, Quickbooks, and simply hiring an accounting firm.
We ended up hiring an accounting firm for full service so I can totally not focus on this at all, and we don't have to have an operations staff member dealing with bookkeeping.
That said, I feel like there should be a solution that is totally automated, that can just sync with our bank account and handle everything. The full service accountants aren't perfect, the interface is just phone calls and emails. The bookkeeping itself doesn't seem like too much human work for them; they mostly just load things into quickbooks anyways and send us a report. it's mostly the tax filings where they come in handy. That and on the off chance we need audited financials for diligence, we need an accredited third party firm.
Bookkeeping. It's something I'm perfectly capable of doing, but it would be a mistake for me to be spending my time and energy on this; myself and our staff should be focused on unique things that advance our core product and business.
On your pricing page you say 'growth: request a quote." Solutions like pilot are transparent about their pricing but it's actually no better than the more traditional accounting firm we chose. I realize it's early, but it would be important for me to be able to estimate the pricing before I invest any time or effort to try this out -- even for a free trial.
Hey - I agree with your bookkeeping + tax filing points! Regarding the "Request quote" button - I hear you! Right now the product isn't positioned to serve mid/larger businesses so we basically have to make a case to divert/invest our engineering time into making the product work well for those companies.
I've looked into accounting software for our startup in the past. Xero, Quickbooks, and simply hiring an accounting firm.
We ended up hiring an accounting firm for full service so I can totally not focus on this at all, and we don't have to have an operations staff member dealing with bookkeeping.
That said, I feel like there should be a solution that is totally automated, that can just sync with our bank account and handle everything. The full service accountants aren't perfect, the interface is just phone calls and emails. The bookkeeping itself doesn't seem like too much human work for them; they mostly just load things into quickbooks anyways and send us a report. it's mostly the tax filings where they come in handy. That and on the off chance we need audited financials for diligence, we need an accredited third party firm.
Bookkeeping. It's something I'm perfectly capable of doing, but it would be a mistake for me to be spending my time and energy on this; myself and our staff should be focused on unique things that advance our core product and business.
On your pricing page you say 'growth: request a quote." Solutions like pilot are transparent about their pricing but it's actually no better than the more traditional accounting firm we chose. I realize it's early, but it would be important for me to be able to estimate the pricing before I invest any time or effort to try this out -- even for a free trial.