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First tool #1 AccountMate · 9.0 #2 Aqilla · 8.2 #3 LedgerSMB · 7.7 #4 Xledger · 7.4 #5 BUSY · 7.1 #6 FrontAccounting · 6.9 #7 Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT · 6.8 #8 AccountEdge · 6.6 #9 GNUKhata · 6.3 #10 Manager · 6.2 #11 Adagio Accounting · 6.2 #12 GnuCash · 6.1 #13 TallyPrime · 6.0 #14 hledger · 6.0 #15 Frappe Books · 6.0 #16 Beancount · 5.7 #17 Ledger · 5.7 #18 Marg ERP · 5.6 #19 Infor ERP · 5.6 #20 Flexi · 5.5 #21 Sage Intacct Planning · 5.5 #22 Workday Expenses · 5.4 #23 Oracle Fusion Cloud Expenses · 5.4 #24 Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales · 5.3 vs Second tool #1 AccountMate · 9.0 #2 Aqilla · 8.2 #3 LedgerSMB · 7.7 #4 Xledger · 7.4 #5 BUSY · 7.1 #6 FrontAccounting · 6.9 #7 Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT · 6.8 #8 AccountEdge · 6.6 #9 GNUKhata · 6.3 #10 Manager · 6.2 #11 Adagio Accounting · 6.2 #12 GnuCash · 6.1 #13 TallyPrime · 6.0 #14 hledger · 6.0 #15 Frappe Books · 6.0 #16 Beancount · 5.7 #17 Ledger · 5.7 #18 Marg ERP · 5.6 #19 Infor ERP · 5.6 #20 Flexi · 5.5 #21 Sage Intacct Planning · 5.5 #22 Workday Expenses · 5.4 #23 Oracle Fusion Cloud Expenses · 5.4 #24 Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales · 5.3 Compare

Every tool in the ranking is in the list, #1 to #24.

Top matchups The top four, head-to-head

• AccountMate#1 · 9.0 vs Aqilla#2 · 8.2 3 wins2 even0 wins AccountMate leads on 3 of 5 checks, Aqilla on 0, and 2 are even. Multi-currency only on AccountMate AccountMate vs Aqilla →
• AccountMate#1 · 9.0 vs LLedgerSMB#3 · 7.7 4 wins0 even0 wins AccountMate leads on 4 of 4 checks, LedgerSMB on 0, and 0 are even. Multi-currency only on AccountMate AccountMate vs LedgerSMB →
• Aqilla#2 · 8.2 vs LLedgerSMB#3 · 7.7 1 win1 even0 wins Aqilla leads on 1 of 2 checks, LedgerSMB on 0, and 1 are even. Audit trail only on Aqilla Aqilla vs LedgerSMB →
• AccountMate#1 · 9.0 vs Xledger#4 · 7.4 3 wins1 even0 wins AccountMate leads on 3 of 4 checks, Xledger on 0, and 1 are even. Multi-currency only on AccountMate AccountMate vs Xledger →
• Aqilla#2 · 8.2 vs Xledger#4 · 7.4 0 wins2 even0 wins Aqilla leads on 0 of 2 checks, Xledger on 0, and 2 are even. Aqilla vs Xledger →
• LLedgerSMB#3 · 7.7 vs Xledger#4 · 7.4 0 wins0 even1 win LedgerSMB leads on 0 of 1 checks, Xledger on 1, and 0 are even. Audit trail only on Xledger LedgerSMB vs Xledger →

Every top-8 matchup 28 comparisons, grouped by tool

• AccountMate#1 · 9.0
  • vsAccountMate vs Aqilla8.2
  • vsLAccountMate vs LedgerSMB7.7
  • vsAccountMate vs Xledger7.4
  • vsAccountMate vs BUSY7.1
  • vsAccountMate vs FrontAccounting6.9
  • vsAccountMate vs Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT6.8
  • vsAccountMate vs AccountEdge6.6
• Aqilla#2 · 8.2
  • vsAqilla vs AccountMate9.0
  • vsLAqilla vs LedgerSMB7.7
  • vsAqilla vs Xledger7.4
  • vsAqilla vs BUSY7.1
  • vsAqilla vs FrontAccounting6.9
  • vsAqilla vs Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT6.8
  • vsAqilla vs AccountEdge6.6
• LLedgerSMB#3 · 7.7
  • vsLedgerSMB vs AccountMate9.0
  • vsLedgerSMB vs Aqilla8.2
  • vsLedgerSMB vs Xledger7.4
  • vsLedgerSMB vs BUSY7.1
  • vsLedgerSMB vs FrontAccounting6.9
  • vsLedgerSMB vs Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT6.8
  • vsLedgerSMB vs AccountEdge6.6
• Xledger#4 · 7.4
  • vsXledger vs AccountMate9.0
  • vsXledger vs Aqilla8.2
  • vsLXledger vs LedgerSMB7.7
  • vsXledger vs BUSY7.1
  • vsXledger vs FrontAccounting6.9
  • vsXledger vs Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT6.8
  • vsXledger vs AccountEdge6.6
• BUSY#5 · 7.1
  • vsBUSY vs AccountMate9.0
  • vsBUSY vs Aqilla8.2
  • vsLBUSY vs LedgerSMB7.7
  • vsBUSY vs Xledger7.4
  • vsBUSY vs FrontAccounting6.9
  • vsBUSY vs Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT6.8
  • vsBUSY vs AccountEdge6.6
• FrontAccounting#6 · 6.9
  • vsFrontAccounting vs AccountMate9.0
  • vsFrontAccounting vs Aqilla8.2
  • vsLFrontAccounting vs LedgerSMB7.7
  • vsFrontAccounting vs Xledger7.4
  • vsFrontAccounting vs BUSY7.1
  • vsFrontAccounting vs Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT6.8
  • vsFrontAccounting vs AccountEdge6.6
• Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT#7 · 6.8
  • vsBlackbaud Financial Edge NXT vs AccountMate9.0
  • vsBlackbaud Financial Edge NXT vs Aqilla8.2
  • vsLBlackbaud Financial Edge NXT vs LedgerSMB7.7
  • vsBlackbaud Financial Edge NXT vs Xledger7.4
  • vsBlackbaud Financial Edge NXT vs BUSY7.1
  • vsBlackbaud Financial Edge NXT vs FrontAccounting6.9
  • vsBlackbaud Financial Edge NXT vs AccountEdge6.6
• AccountEdge#8 · 6.6
  • vsAccountEdge vs AccountMate9.0
  • vsAccountEdge vs Aqilla8.2
  • vsLAccountEdge vs LedgerSMB7.7
  • vsAccountEdge vs Xledger7.4
  • vsAccountEdge vs BUSY7.1
  • vsAccountEdge vs FrontAccounting6.9
  • vsAccountEdge vs Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT6.8

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