# Bigcapital review (2026): is it any good? > Open-source accounting you host yourself, with a cloud version planned Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Bigcapital is open-source accounting software that covers sales and purchase invoicing, expenses, inventory, bank reconciliation and financial reports. The code is released under AGPL-3.0 and is run today by self-hosting it with Docker. The maker says a managed cloud version is in the works. - **Category:** Accounting & Invoicing - **Made by:** Bigcapital Technology, Inc. - **Website:** https://www.bigcapital.app - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you don't want to run a server, as the cloud version is only 'coming soon'. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, Bigcapital is free to use. - **Pricing model:** Free - **Free plan:** The self-hosted edition is free under the AGPL-3.0 license; you pay only for your own server. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Self-hosted | $0 | Free under AGPL-3.0; you run it yourself with Docker on macOS, Windows or Linux. | Read from https://www.bigcapital.app on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Bigcapital before buying. ## Key features - **Sales and purchase invoicing:** Creates customizable sales invoices and purchase invoices, and tracks receivable and payable accounts. - **General ledger and reports:** Keeps a general ledger and runs financial reports such as balance sheet, profit and loss and cash flow statements. - **Bank feeds and reconciliation:** The site lists bank feed syncing and bank reconciliation among its accounting modules. - **Multi-currency accounting:** Records transactions and manual journals in different currencies and uses exchange rates for conversion. - **Inventory and expenses:** Tracks inventory items and expense accounting alongside sales, with accrual and cash accounting both listed. - **Teams and branches:** Role-based permissions limit what each invited accountant or teammate can view or edit, and branches and warehouses sit in one ledger. ## Good for - Small businesses that want to own their accounting data and server - Teams with someone who can run Docker - Businesses that sell in several currencies ## Worth knowing - Bigcapital Cloud is marked as coming soon, so the only way to run it today is to self-host. - Self-hosting means you handle servers, updates and backups yourself. - The AGPL-3.0 license has network-use source-sharing terms that apply if you modify and offer it to others. - The site publishes no paid plans or support tiers. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.2 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Bigcapital is open-source accounting with invoicing, a general ledger, bank feeds and multi-currency, run with Docker on your own server. Its cloud version is only marked coming soon, so today you do the hosting, updates and backups. - **Value for money: C.** Free under AGPL-3.0, but only if you host it yourself, which needs a server. No paid plans are published. - **Free plan and trial: B.** Free to run with no limits listed, though the only way to run it today is your own server. - **Features: B.** Sales and purchase invoicing, general ledger, bank reconciliation, inventory, multi-currency and branches. Nothing core is missing. - **Ease of use: D.** Self-hosting with Docker, and updates and backups are yours. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** Web only. It runs on macOS, Windows or Linux servers and the site names no integrations. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Bigcapital's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among accounting and invoicing tools - Bigcapital's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 43 of the 127 other accounting and invoicing tools we grade, and level with 30. - It stands best on free plan and trial (B, above 93 of 127) and worst on ease of use (D, above 0). - Bigcapital has no paid plan. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. Nothing scores higher for less, though at least one tool matches that score at a lower price. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/accounting ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** Bigcapital is free, so making your own would save you nothing. And it is not the kind of software a weekend replaces. - You could make: Invoicing, inventory and reports: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: Live feeds from your bank, which take an agreement with each bank or a service that has them. - You could not: An API that other software can build on. - You could not: What a company asks for before it lets staff use something: roles and permissions. - You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. **Tags:** Open source, Self-hostable, Invoicing, Bookkeeping, Inventory, Reports, Public API ## Alternatives - [Akaunting](https://toolgpa.com/tools/akaunting): Open-source accounting you can host yourself or use in the cloud. 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