Bookkeep review (2026): is it worth $19 a month?
Sales and payout accounting automation for ecommerce and retail
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Bookkeep report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for online sellers with several channels and entities
Bookkeep turns sales, refunds, fees and sales tax from Shopify, Amazon, Square, Toast and more into journal entries in QuickBooks, Xero, NetSuite and others. But each legal entity needs its own subscription, plans change as revenue and channels grow, and add-ons and history are billed separately.
Who Bookkeep is for
- 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
Who Bookkeep is not for
- 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
Why Bookkeep gets a 2.2
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for money$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.
- CFree plan and trialA 14-day free trial of any plan with no card. There is no free plan.
- CFeaturesSummarised 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.
- CEase of useNo store rating on record, and you connect channels and map categories.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb only, with QuickBooks, Xero, Zoho Books, NetSuite, Sage Intacct, Shopify, Amazon and Square.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Bookkeep's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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<a href="https://toolgpa.com/tools/bookkeep#review"><img src="https://toolgpa.com/badge/bookkeep.svg" alt="Bookkeep: 2.2 GPA on ToolGPA" width="196" height="56"></a>Where Bookkeep stands among accounting and invoicing tools
Bookkeep'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 platforms and integrations (B, above 28 of 127) and worst on ease of use (C, above 6).
Its paid plans start at $19 a month, against a middle price of $18.09 for the category: 46 of the 90 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 16 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 128 accounting and invoicing tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. Bookkeep’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 19 of 127, level with 69
- CFree plan and trialAbove 35 of 127, level with 57
- CFeaturesAbove 7 of 127, level with 78
- CEase of useAbove 6 of 127, level with 109
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 28 of 127, level with 92
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 101 accounting and invoicing tools. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
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
Keep Bookkeep, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Bookkeep you would be making live feeds from your bank, which take an agreement with each bank or a service that has them. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
It costs $228 a year.
What you could make
- Reports: an app builder makes this well.
What you could not
- Live feeds from your bank, which take an agreement with each bank or a service that has them.
- Checkout, card payments and sales tax handled for you.
- Data from Amazon's seller tools and years of sales estimates.
- Connections to other products, each kept working as those products change.
What this rests on. Bookkeep’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Bookkeep?
Bookkeep turns sales, refunds, fees and sales tax from channels such as Shopify, Amazon, Square and Toast into journal entries posted to QuickBooks, Xero, Zoho Books, NetSuite and other accounting systems. Plans are priced per legal entity and rise with connected channels and annual revenue. Add-ons cover sales tax filing and payout splitting.
Worth knowing
- 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.
Key features
- 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.
Bookkeep pricing
As of Nov 13, 2026, Bookkeep is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $19 per month per entity, billed monthly.
- Starts at
- $19 per month per entity, billed monthly
- Free plan
- None
- Free trial
- 14-day free trial of any plan, no credit card required
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Lite | $19per month per entity, billed monthly | Up to $200k annual revenue and 1 sales channel; category-level mapping, email support, monthly billing only. |
| Starter | $49per month per entity, billed monthly | Sub-category mapping for 1 sales channel, segmentation by channel or location, live chat support. |
| Growth | $99per month per entity, billed monthly | Adds NetSuite, Sage Intacct and Intuit Enterprise Suite posting and a dedicated onboarding session. |
| Pro | $199per month per entity, billed monthly | Up to $5M annual revenue and 5 channels; managed sales tax filing, managed COGS and payout splitting. |
| Advanced | $499per month per entity, billed monthly | Adds fulfillment-based revenue recognition for Shopify, a dedicated account manager and priority support. |
| Unlimited | $1,199per month per entity, billed monthly | Unlimited sales channels, buy-online-pick-up-in-store entries and unlimited payout splitting transfers. |
Read from bookkeep.com on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Bookkeep before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Annual discountTwo months free on annual plans
Bookkeep's pricing page says annual billing gives two months free, about a 17% discount; Lite is monthly only.
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Free trial · from $20/mo
- Bookkeep vs Synder
Free trial · from $52/mo
- Bookkeep vs QuickBooks Online
Free plan · from $38/mo
- Bookkeep vs Xero
Free trial · from $27/mo
Common questions
Does Bookkeep have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Bookkeep is listed for Web.
Does Bookkeep have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Bookkeep is listed for Web.
Is Bookkeep open source?
Bookkeep is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 13, 2026.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026.