Link My Books vs Synder (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Link My Books 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
Link My Books 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.
Link My Books
Ecommerce payout and tax reconciliation for Xero and QuickBooks
Synder
Syncs sales, fees and payouts from 30+ platforms into your books
Which one is for you
Pick Link My Books if
- Fits if you sell on several marketplaces and keep books in Xero
- Works for small shops that want unlimited users
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you grow: the price follows your rolling average of monthly orders
- Tight on Lite: 1 channel and 3 months of history
- Watch out: extra channels on Premium cost $17 each, per the vendor's help center
- Watch out: Walmart is US only, TikTok Shop is UK and US, and QuickBooks means QuickBooks Online
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
| 2.2GPALink My BooksFair | 1.8GPASynderWeak | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | C$20 a month for up to 15 orders and 1 channel, then $47 at 1,000 orders and $112 at 10,000. About the category's middle, and it rises with you. | 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 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 | CSettlement posting, VAT, sales tax and GST, profit and loss by channel and many channels. It does one job fully, a smaller job than accounting, and Xero or QuickBooks does the books. | 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 each sales channel and your 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 Xero, QuickBooks Online, Amazon, Shopify, eBay, Etsy, Walmart 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 who post settlements to Xero or QuickBooks | 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: Link My Books and Synder. How we grade
Price against what you get
Link My Books starts at $20 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.
Link My Books scores higher and starts $32 a month lower. Of the other accounting and invoicing tools on the chart, 18 score higher than Link My Books 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
- Link My Books also covers workflow automation, online store and amazon selling.
At a glance
| Link My Books | Synder | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free trial |
| Starts at | $20 per month for up to 15 orders a month | $52 per month for up to 500 sales transactions, billed yearly ($65 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | 14-day free trial, no card required | 15-day free trial, no credit card required |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Link My Books | CloudBusiness Inc. |
| Price read from | help.linkmybooks.com | synder.com |
| Checked | Nov 13, 2026 | Oct 18, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Link My Books
- Price follows a rolling average of monthly orders across all channels, so it rises as a shop grows.
- Extra channels on Premium cost $17 each on top of the plan, according to the vendor's help center.
- Xero is supported on all plans except Cashbook, and QuickBooks only on QuickBooks Online.
- Walmart is supported for the US only, and TikTok Shop for the UK and US.
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
Link My Books
- Settlement posting
- Imports payouts from each channel, summarizes them and posts them to Xero or QuickBooks Online so entries match bank deposits.
- VAT, sales tax and GST
- Applies VAT (UK), sales tax (US) and GST (AU) rules to transactions, with product groups for mixed tax rates.
- Profit and loss by channel
- Shows profit across channels in one place and tracks cost of goods sold to give a view of monthly profit.
- Many channels
- Connects Amazon, eBay, Shopify, Etsy, Walmart (US only), TikTok Shop (UK and US), WooCommerce and Square.
- Historical catch-up
- Imports 90 days of settlements during the trial; paid plans reach back 3 to 24 months, with older data sold as a one-off purchase.
- Unlimited users
- Invite an accountant, bookkeeper or teammates at no extra charge, with bookable 1-to-1 onboarding calls on all plans.
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
Link My Books
Lite$20
per month for up to 15 orders, 1 channel, billed monthly
3 months of history. Price rises with orders: $47 at 1,000 and $112 at 10,000 orders a month.
Plus$27
per month for up to 15 orders, 2 channels, billed monthly
12 months of history. Price rises with orders: $55 at 1,000 and $124 at 10,000 orders a month.
Pro$39
per month for up to 15 orders, 5 channels, billed monthly
18 months of history. Price rises with orders: $68 at 1,000 and $137 at 10,000 orders a month.
Premium$45
per month for up to 15 orders, 10 channels, billed monthly
24 months of history. Price rises with orders: $104 at 1,000 and $174 at 10,000 orders 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
Link My Books
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, Link My Books or Synder?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Link My Books is cheaper to start with: $20 a month, against $52 a month for Synder. Link My Books starts at $20 per month for up to 15 orders a month, and Synder starts at $52 per month for up to 500 sales transactions, billed yearly ($65 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, Link My Books or Synder?
As of Nov 13, 2026, neither Link My Books 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.