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Methodology

How this overview works: which products we include, in what order they appear, where the data comes from and its current status.

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Display order

This overview is deliberately not a ranking. Products are listed alphabetically, A to Z; there are no scores, no editorial favourites and no paid placements. Which product fits you best depends on your situation — use the software finder or the comparison table for that.

  • → Inclusion criterion: we list accounting packages that a business can buy for itself and where bookkeeping is the product — not a module inside an invoicing tool. Per package we record the self-description and the pricing page we established that from, with a check date.
  • → No invoicing packages: software that only creates and sends invoices is out of scope — putting the two side by side would be comparing apples and oranges. An accounting package that also invoices belongs here; an invoicing program with a VAT report bolted on does not.
  • → Established products: we list software with demonstrable market presence (external review evidence or a comparable track record). The displayed rating comes exclusively from Trustpilot; for a product without a Trustpilot profile we link to its reviews elsewhere (e.g. Google) without copying the score — not a disqualification.
  • → Missing a product that meets these criteria? Let us know, and we will add it once its data has been verified.
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Reviews

Ratings are Trustpilot aggregates with a source link and retrieval date. A rating appears only once a product has at least 20 reviews: below that, one new review can swing the average by half a star, so we link to the profile instead. Products without a reliable review profile show no rating. We never write, edit or reweight reviews ourselves.

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Prices and features

Feature values and prices are recorded per package with a source URL and a verification date. Where that verification is not yet complete, we say so clearly on the site.

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Regulation and official sources

There is no official certification for accounting software and no government-maintained list of approved packages. So we do not pretend otherwise: nothing on this site claims a certification we cannot point at. What a package can do we check per feature at the vendor itself, with the source URL and the check date. Where a country does publish a list, note what it actually is — the German ELSTER product list, for instance, is explicit vendor self-declaration, not certification.

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Ownership and relationships

This site is part of a European network of accounting-software comparison sites. The publisher is named in the colophon at the bottom of every page, with address, register and VAT number. The order in this overview is alphabetical and not for sale: no paid placements, no editorial favourites.

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