🧰 Swipe my FREE app recommendations for accounting firms: https://www.jasononfirms.com/apps 🚀 Make the ultimate investment in your accounting firm by joining my alliance of nearly 700 firm owners: https://www.rlz.io/ My name’s Jason, I used to run a $5M accounting firm, now I help accountants around the world build better firms. I’m the founder of a nearly 700 firm private community that’s shaping the future of small-firm ownership for the better. In this video, I break down the best QuickBooks and Xero alternatives and which ledgers are not worth your time. We move fast through the tools firms should avoid, then focus on the platforms that actually make sense as the mid-market ledger space changes. I wrap up with the two tools I think are most worth testing right now, especially for cash-basis firms and multi-entity accounting. 💰 (Sponsor) Cloud Accountant Staffing helps accounting firms grow by hiring vetted offshore team members without the usual friction. You can review candidates, watch short intro videos, and book interviews directly through their portal. Once hired, they work as part of your team with the right setup and support in place. It is a straightforward way to add capacity and scale your firm with confidence: https://portal.cloudaccountantstaffing.com/ ⚒️ Tools mentioned in this video: QuickBooks - http://quickbooks.intuit.com/ Xero - https://www.xero.com/ Sage - https://www.sage.com/en-us/ FreshBooks - https://www.freshbooks.com/ Patriot - https://www.patriotsoftware.com/ Wave - https://www.waveapps.com/ FreeAgent - https://www.freeagent.com/ Accounting Power - https://www.accountantsworld.com/accounting-power/ Accounting CS - https://tax.thomsonreuters.com/us/en/cs-professional-suite/accounting-cs NetSuite - https://www.netsuite.com/portal/home.shtml Campfire - https://campfire.ai/ Rillet - https://www.rillet.com/ Zoho Books - https://www.zoho.com/us/books/ Odoo - https://www.odoo.com/ Puzzle - https://puzzle.io/ SoftLedger - https://softledger.com/ Digits - https://digits.com/ Kick - https://www.kick.co/ // Chapters 00:00 The 19 Ledger Alternatives 00:46 Platforms Firms Should Avoid 04:37 Use Sometimes Maybe? 05:33 Mid Market Options Worth Knowing 07:56 The Case for Enterprise Tools 09:18 Is Staffing the Real Bottleneck? 11:24 Ledger Options That Sometimes Work 13:12 Two Platforms That Changing Everything 17:17 Why Firms Need Real Alternatives

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