Bookkeep vs Synder (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Bookkeep grades higher than Synder: 2.2 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
Bookkeep grades higher on value for money and features. They get the same grade on the free plan, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Bookkeep
Sales and payout accounting automation for ecommerce and retail
Synder
Syncs sales, fees and payouts from 30+ platforms into your books
Which one is for you
Pick Bookkeep if
- Fits if you run a shop on Shopify or Square and keep books in QuickBooks or Xero
- Works for businesses with several legal entities that want each posted
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you have several entities, since each needs its own subscription
- Watch out: sales tax filing is $75 a filing and payout splitting $3.99 a transfer
- Watch out: history from before sign-up is $0.35 an entry and can't be posted in the trial
- Tight on Lite: $200k revenue and 1 channel, and plans move up on their own
- Skip it if you're outside the US or Canada, because other countries are told to ask for rates
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
| 2.2GPABookkeepFair | 1.8GPASynderWeak | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | C$19 a month per entity for Lite, up to $200k revenue and 1 channel. That's in the cheaper half of the category, but the plans climb to $1,199. | 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 | CA 14-day free trial of any plan with no card. There is 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 | CSummarised journal entries, many channels, sales tax filing and payout splitting. It does one job fully, a smaller job than accounting, and posts into your accounting system. | 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 channels and map categories. | 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, Xero, Zoho Books, NetSuite, Sage Intacct, Shopify, Amazon and Square. | 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 | online sellers with several channels and entities | 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: Bookkeep and Synder. How we grade
Price against what you get
Bookkeep starts at $19 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.
Bookkeep scores higher and starts $33 a month lower. Of the other accounting and invoicing tools on the chart, 16 score higher than Bookkeep 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
- Bookkeep also covers workflow automation, online store and amazon selling.
At a glance
| Bookkeep | Synder | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free trial |
| Starts at | $19 per month per entity, billed monthly | $52 per month for up to 500 sales transactions, billed yearly ($65 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | 14-day free trial of any plan, no credit card required | 15-day free trial, no credit card required |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Bookkeep | CloudBusiness Inc. |
| Price read from | bookkeep.com | synder.com |
| Checked | Nov 13, 2026 | Oct 18, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Bookkeep
- Each legal entity needs its own subscription, and plans change automatically with connected channels and revenue.
- Add-ons cost extra: sales tax filing is $75 per filing, payout splitting $3.99 per transfer and advanced reporting $99 a month.
- Historical journal entries before sign-up are billed at $0.35 each and cannot be posted during the trial.
- Prices are in US or Canadian dollars only; other countries are asked to inquire for rates.
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
Bookkeep
- Summarized journal entries
- Posts gross sales, discounts, refunds and sales tax from each channel to the accounting system, with mapping to classes, tracking categories or tags.
- Many sales channels
- Connects to Amazon, Clover, Shopify, Square, Stripe, Toast, Walmart, eBay, Mindbody, PayPal and others; channels allowed rise by plan.
- Accounting systems
- Posts to QuickBooks Online, Xero and Zoho Books from Lite; NetSuite, Sage Intacct and Intuit Enterprise Suite from Growth.
- Sales tax filing
- A managed filing service for Shopify, Toast and Square POS merchants in the US, billed per filing and requiring enrollment.
- Payout splitting
- Transfers deposit funds across bank accounts by store, franchise or fulfillment location for a flat fee per transfer; needs Pro or higher.
- Inventory module
- A separate Bookkeep Inventory product covers purchase orders and receiving; its price is listed separately.
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
Bookkeep
Lite$19
per month per entity, billed monthly
Up to $200k annual revenue and 1 sales channel; category-level mapping, email support, monthly billing only.
Starter$49
per month per entity, billed monthly
Sub-category mapping for 1 sales channel, segmentation by channel or location, live chat support.
Growth$99
per month per entity, billed monthly
Adds NetSuite, Sage Intacct and Intuit Enterprise Suite posting and a dedicated onboarding session.
Pro$199
per month per entity, billed monthly
Up to $5M annual revenue and 5 channels; managed sales tax filing, managed COGS and payout splitting.
Advanced$499
per month per entity, billed monthly
Adds fulfillment-based revenue recognition for Shopify, a dedicated account manager and priority support.
Unlimited$1,199
per month per entity, billed monthly
Unlimited sales channels, buy-online-pick-up-in-store entries and unlimited payout splitting transfers.
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
Bookkeep
- Annual discount
Two months free on annual plans
Bookkeep's pricing page says annual billing gives two months free, about a 17% discount; Lite is monthly only.
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, Bookkeep or Synder?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Bookkeep is cheaper to start with: $19 a month, against $52 a month for Synder. Bookkeep starts at $19 per month per entity, billed monthly, and Synder starts at $52 per month for up to 500 sales transactions, billed yearly ($65 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, Bookkeep or Synder?
As of Nov 13, 2026, neither Bookkeep 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.