Less than QuickBooks’ cheapest plan.
Your book costs us about a dollar a month to run, so the margins go into the AI — not into gating it behind a premium tier.
Plans
Start on the free Starter book — no card required. Upgrade to Solo or Business any time.
Starter book
$0
Kick the tires. Perfect for the plain-text-accounting curious.
- 1 cloud book with its own HTTP ledger API
- Git-backed ledger — every change a reviewable commit
- Natural-language bookkeeping with the free Claude plugin
- Community support
Recommended plan
Solo
$9/mo
For solopreneurs, indie hackers, and freelancers who want it handled.
- Multiple cloud books under one workspace
- Bank / CSV & receipt ingestion via the Claude plugin
- Multi-currency, investments & cost lots
- Email support
Business
$29/mo
For small businesses, agencies, and bookkeepers running many books.
- Everything in Solo, plus multiple projects
- Collaborator seats with owner, accountant & client roles
- Share a single book or a whole project, scoped per person
- Priority support
Open formats, no proprietary lock-in. One-click export is not shipped yet — see the roadmap.
The honest comparison
Countbean vs. QuickBooks vs. a spreadsheet.
| Countbean | QuickBooks | Spreadsheet | |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI writes your books | Agentic plugin — local and cloud books | Insights, gated to higher tiers | No |
| You own the data | Plain text + Git | Locked in their cloud | Yes, but fragile |
| Real double-entry | Yes, validated | Yes | Manual, error-prone |
| Audit trail | Every change is a diff | Limited log | None |
| Full export / no lock-in | Open format, plain Git repo — export not built yet | Painful | Yes |
| Starting price | Free · $9/mo | ~$20–115/mo (as of 2026) | Free |
Start on the free book
Try it before you decide.
The Starter book is free and needs no card. Move to Solo or Business when you actually need to.