AccountEdge is desktop double-entry accounting software for small businesses on Mac and Windows, with Pro and Basic tiers and an optional multi-user Network Edition. Because it's a desktop-first tool, it rarely connects on its own to the cloud apps a business picks up later, an e-commerce store, a modern CRM, a reporting dashboard, and that's the gap we build the bridge across.
AccountEdge has stuck around because plenty of small businesses are genuinely happy with it: it's a straightforward, capable double-entry accounting system that doesn't force anyone onto the cloud. The tradeoff is that it wasn't built with the open, modern API that newer cloud accounting platforms treat as standard.
That means as a business adds tools around it, a webstore, a CRM, a scheduling app, nothing connects automatically the way it might with a cloud-native platform. Someone exports a report, reconciles two sets of numbers by hand, or re-enters customer and invoice data a second time in whatever system AccountEdge doesn't talk to.
We build the export and sync routines that pull customer, invoice, and inventory data out of AccountEdge on a schedule, instead of someone running a manual report and reformatting it for whatever system needs it next.
If your business runs AccountEdge for the books but sells online, manages leads in a CRM, or tracks jobs somewhere else, we build the sync that keeps those systems and AccountEdge pointed at the same numbers.
Tell us what's manual between AccountEdge and the rest of what you run, we'll tell you what's realistic to automate.
Tell us what you're exporting, re-entering, or reconciling by hand between AccountEdge and the rest of your stack. We'll tell you honestly whether it's worth automating. And if AccountEdge isn't actually the bottleneck, that's fine too, we automate whatever's manual in your business, any tool, any process.
Let's talk →AccountEdge is desktop double-entry accounting software for small businesses, available for Mac and Windows. It covers invoicing, expense tracking, and inventory, with a Basic tier for simpler needs and a fuller Pro tier, plus a payroll option for US businesses.
The core accounting is similar; the bigger difference is architecture. AccountEdge is desktop-first software where your company file lives on your own machine or network, while QuickBooks, especially QuickBooks Online, is built cloud-first. Staying off the cloud fits AccountEdge better. Wanting a large app ecosystem with native integrations out of the box fits QuickBooks Online better.
There's a mobile companion app for basic tasks on the go, and hosting options exist if you want it accessible remotely without installing it locally, but the core product is still desktop software at heart, not a cloud-native platform built around a browser.
They share history, not an identity. AccountEdge was originally built by Acclivity and sold under the MYOB AccountEdge name for the North American market. It's a different product from the MYOB software sold in Australia and New Zealand today, even though the names overlap.
Yes, through its Network Edition, which lets multiple people work in the same company file at once over a local network. The Basic and standard Pro tiers are single-user.
There's a payroll option for US businesses that handles pay runs and tax calculations inside the same software, rather than requiring a separate payroll product, though exactly what's included depends on which version and subscription you're on.