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f-ai and QuickBooks Online

A QuickBooks alternative with one payment a year

QuickBooks Online is the most common small-business software in the US. f-ai reads your bills with AI, keeps stock by location and payroll on Growth, and is paid once a year - no monthly subscription.

Side by side

What each one gives you

f-ai Essential

$210Offer price

$168 a year, no tax added

Growth and Scale add locations, payroll and companies

  • ✓3 people
  • ✓2,400 AI reads a year
  • ✓Bank reconciliation
  • ✓Tax reports
  • ✓Sales, purchases and point of sale
  • ✓Your accountant in the same books
f-aiQuickBooks Online
People✓3 on Essential, more on Growth and Scale◐1 on Simple Start, 3 on Essentials, 25 on Advanced
Stock✓Stock levels and batches; several locations on Growth◐Inventory from Plus
Locations✓Several locations on Growth◐From Plus
Payroll✓On Growth◐An add-on

QuickBooks Online facts from quickbooks.intuit.com/pricing, checked 22 Oct 2026. f-ai's from its plans page. ✓ yes · ◐ partly or at a cost · – not offered.

Why businesses move to f-ai

More in one plan

Bills read for you

AI reads each bill and fills the entry; you check it before it posts.

One payment a year

No monthly subscription - one price a year for the whole plan.

Grows with you

Stock in several places, payroll and more than one company, on Growth and Scale.

Your accountant in the same books

Invite your accountant with the rights you choose.

How moving works

From QuickBooks Online to f-ai, step by step

  1. 1Set your opening dayThe day f-ai's books start - usually the first day of a month or a year.Settings › Opening balances
  2. 2Bring in your chart of accountsExport it as a spreadsheet; each account is matched to f-ai's.Chart of accounts › Import
  3. 3Enter your trial balanceType it in or import it - each balance matched to its account.Settings › Opening balances › Ledgers
  4. 4Bring in open invoices and billsWho owes you and whom you owe, with their dates.Settings › Opening balances › Import
  5. 5Add your products, then opening stockAdd your products in f-ai, then stock by location from a spreadsheet.Products · Opening balances › Import
  6. 6Bring past documents, if you want themSales invoices, bills, credit and debit notes, payments - one spreadsheet.Settings › Import data
  7. 7Import your bank statementsPDF, Excel, CSV or your bank's own format; matched to your entries.Cash & banking › Import statement
  8. 8Invite your accountantTo the same books, with the rights you choose.Settings › Team

QuickBooks Online's words, f-ai's words

QuickBooks Onlinef-ai
CustomerCustomer
VendorSupplier
ItemProduct
InvoiceSales invoice
BillBill
Receive paymentPayment received
Class / locationLocation

Questions

Try f-ai with your own books

14 days, no card. Bring one month across and check the reports before you move the rest.

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