A2X vs Synder (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, A2X grades higher than Synder: 2.0 against 1.8 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 18, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Oct 18, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
A2X grades higher on value for money and features. Synder grades higher on the free plan. They get the same grade on ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
A2X
Ecommerce payout reconciliation for QuickBooks, Xero and NetSuite
Synder
Syncs sales, fees and payouts from 30+ platforms into your books
Which one is for you
Pick A2X if
- Fits if you sell on Amazon and use QuickBooks or Xero
- Works for multi-channel sellers who want payouts as summary entries
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if your orders grow: $29 at 200 orders, $1,039 at 100,000
- Tight on the trial: only 3 settlements can be posted
- Watch out: the prices shown are for Amazon, and Walmart starts at $79
- Not for you if you have no QuickBooks, Xero or NetSuite, because it posts into them
- Watch out: plans above 40,000 orders are sold through sales
Pick Synder if
- Fits if you sell through Stripe, Shopify or Amazon and reconcile the payouts by hand today
- Works for bookkeepers matching processor payouts to bank feeds for clients
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you're a small seller, as Basic is $52 a month billed yearly on top of your ledger
- Tight if you pass 500 sales a month, need more than 2 integration slots or more than one import a day, the limits on Basic
- Not for you if you're on NetSuite or Sage Intacct and want a price up front, as both need Pro, sold through sales
- Watch out: Essential and Pro prices rise with volume, and importing past data costs extra on Basic and Essential
- Watch out: extra users cost a fee, and it's web only, with no phone or desktop app
How we grade them
| 2.0GPAA2XFair | 1.8GPASynderWeak | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | C$29 a month for up to 200 Amazon orders, near the category's cheaper quarter, climbing with order volume. Each sales channel has its own price list. | DGraded against its own alternatives, as it syncs sales rather than keeping books: Basic is $52 a month billed yearly ($65 monthly) for 500 sales, about twice Dext's $25.21 or Xero's $27, with the ledger paid for on top. Busier sellers start at $103. |
| Free plan and trial | DA free trial, but you can post only 3 settlements, and the page doesn't say whether it needs a card. No free plan. | CA 15-day free trial with no card needed, long enough to sync a couple of weeks of real sales and check they land in the right accounts. There's no free plan. |
| Features | CPayout reconciliation, cost of goods sold, and three accounting systems. It does that one job fully, a smaller job than accounting, and needs QuickBooks, Xero or NetSuite behind it. | DNext to its alternatives it does one job, and does it fully: sale-by-sale or daily summary sync, fees, sales tax, refunds, payout matching and product mapping. But it needs QuickBooks, Xero, NetSuite or Sage Intacct, paid separately, to be useful at all. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record, and you connect your sales channels and accounting system. | CNo store rating on record. Mapping products, customers, accounts and platforms is real setting up, and it's worth getting right, since every sale lands straight in your books. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb only, with QuickBooks Online, Xero, NetSuite and the main sales channels. | BWeb only, but it connects 30+ sales platforms, including Stripe, Shopify, PayPal, Square and Amazon, to QuickBooks Online, Xero, NetSuite and Sage Intacct. No phone or desktop app. |
| Best for | Amazon and Shopify payouts in your books | syncing store and payment sales into your books |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: A2X and Synder. How we grade
Price against what you get
A2X starts at $29 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Synder starts at $52 a month and scores 2.0.
A2X scores higher and starts $23 a month lower. Of the other accounting and invoicing tools on the chart, 24 score higher than A2X for less, and 69 score higher than Synder for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- A2X also covers inventory, online store and amazon selling.
At a glance
| A2X | Synder | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free trial |
| Starts at | $29 per month for up to 200 orders a month (Amazon plan) | $52 per month for up to 500 sales transactions, billed yearly ($65 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | Free trial with all features; up to 3 settlements can be posted | 15-day free trial, no credit card required |
| Web | ||
| Made by | A2X Software Limited | CloudBusiness Inc. |
| Price read from | a2xaccounting.com | synder.com |
| Checked | Nov 13, 2026 | Oct 18, 2026 |
Worth knowing
A2X
- Prices shown are the Amazon plan set; each sales channel has its own, and Walmart starts at $79 a month.
- Cost rises with monthly order volume, from $29 at 200 orders to $1,039 at 100,000.
- Plans above 40,000 orders show a Talk to sales button rather than self-serve checkout.
- The free trial lets you post only 3 settlements to the accounting system.
Synder
- Synder does not keep the books itself: it posts into QuickBooks, Xero, Puzzle, NetSuite or Sage Intacct, which are paid for separately.
- Basic stops at 500 sales transactions a month, 2 integration slots and one import a day; on higher plans, volume past the included amount is billed separately.
- NetSuite, Sage Intacct and premium integrations such as Clover, Walmart and the Synder API need Pro or above, both sold through sales.
- Historical data import is paid on Basic and Essential, and free for 3 months on Pro and Pro Max; extra users cost a fee.
Key features
A2X
- Payout reconciliation
- Posts each settlement or payout as a summarized entry so the bank deposit matches the books, for Amazon, Shopify, eBay, Etsy and others.
- Three accounting systems
- Connects to QuickBooks Online, Xero and NetSuite. Multi-channel plans are listed for QuickBooks Online and Xero.
- Cost of goods sold
- COGS and inventory-location workflows are listed on the Amazon plans, including FBA inventory locations.
- Subledger and analytics products
- A2X Subledger covers order-to-cash reconciliation for high-volume brands, and A2X Clarity adds profitability analytics.
- Sales tax and VAT workflows
- The site lists workflows for sales tax and VAT in addition to settlement posting.
- Onboarding session
- Every plan includes a 30-minute onboarding session; Premium plans get a 60-minute one.
Synder
- Multi-channel sales sync
- Brings sales, refunds, discounts, gift cards, shipping and customers from 30+ platforms, including Stripe, PayPal, Shopify, Amazon, Square, Clover and Toast.
- Per transaction or summary sync
- Record every sale with its items, customer, tax and location, or post one entry per location per day for high-volume and point-of-sale businesses.
- Fees and sales tax tracking
- Captures processing fees, marketplace commissions and sales tax or VAT from each platform and books them to the accounts you choose.
- Payout reconciliation
- Synced transactions post to clearing accounts and link to bank feed entries when payouts arrive; duplicates are skipped to avoid double entries.
- Product and account mapping
- Map products, customers, accounts, POS categories and Xero tracking categories once, and tips or gift cards can go to their own accounts.
- COGS, inventory and history import
- From Essential, cost of goods sold and inventory update as sales sync, and past transactions can be imported into the books.
Plans
A2X
Mini$29
per month for up to 200 orders a month
Amazon: 1 Amazon Merchant ID, 3 months of history, COGS, FBA inventory locations and chat support.
Starter$59
per month for up to 1,000 orders a month
Amazon: 1 Merchant ID and 12 months of history; price rises with order volume.
Standard$79
per month for up to 5,000 orders a month
Amazon: 1 Merchant ID and 24 months of history; Standard 10k is $159 a month for 10,000 orders.
Premium 15k$229
per month for up to 15,000 orders a month
Amazon: 5 Merchant IDs, full history and premium 1:1 support; Premium 20k is $289.
Premium 50k$579
per month for up to 50,000 orders a month
Amazon: 5 Merchant IDs; sold through sales at this volume. Premium 100k is $1,039 a month.
Synder
Basic$52
per month for up to 500 transactions, billed yearly ($65 monthly)
2 integration slots, a daily import, tax tracking, multi-currency and 1 additional user, with QuickBooks Online, Xero or Puzzle. Email support.
Essential$103
per month for 1,000 sales transactions, billed yearly ($129 monthly)
A 'from' price that rises with volume up to 3,000 transactions a month. Unlimited integrations, hourly import, COGS tracking and phone, email and chat support.
Pro$240
per month for 10,000 sales transactions, billed yearly ($299 monthly)
Sold through sales; rises with volume up to 20,000 a month. Adds NetSuite, Sage Intacct and premium integrations such as Walmart and BigCommerce, and 2 extra users.
Pro Max$480
per month for 20,000 sales transactions, billed yearly ($599 monthly)
Sold through sales; rises with volume up to 40,000 a month. Adds custom ERP connections, light custom development and a monthly workflow review.
PremiumCustom
Unlimited sales transactions, users and history import, with dedicated implementation and custom development for enterprise setups.
Ways to pay less
A2X
No public discounts listed.
Synder
- Annual discount
Save 20% with yearly billing
Yearly billing lowers Basic from $65 to $52 a month, Essential from $129 to $103, Pro from $299 to $240 and Pro Max from $599 to $480.
- Other savings
Partner discounts for accounting firms
Firms in Synder's partner program get 10% off all plans with 3 or more clients, 15% with 7 or more and 20% with 15 or more.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, A2X or Synder?
As of Nov 13, 2026, A2X is cheaper to start with: $29 a month, against $52 a month for Synder. A2X starts at $29 per month for up to 200 orders a month (Amazon plan), and Synder starts at $52 per month for up to 500 sales transactions, billed yearly ($65 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, A2X or Synder?
As of Nov 13, 2026, neither A2X nor Synder has a free plan. Both have a free trial.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.