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Xero Alternatives

4.1(33 Ratings)

Considering alternatives to Xero? See what this market Xero users also considered in their purchasing decision. When evaluating different solutions, potential buyers compare competencies in categories such as evaluation and contracting, integration and deployment, service and support, and specific product capabilities.

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1. Oracle NetSuite ERP

By Oracle

4.3
(7 Ratings)
offers real time access to business data anywhere. The platform covers a wide range of functionalities enabling a good oversight Read all insights and reviews for Oracle NetSuite ERP

Where Xero Scored Higher

  • Easier to integrate and deploy
  • Better evaluation and contracting
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2. Sage Intacct

By Sage

4.2
(6 Ratings)
Sage Intacct provides strong features for automation and can set up strong frameworks for accounting practices. It centralizes most core accounting functions but a more intuitive and versatile way of managing invoices would make a massive difference to how we operate.Read all insights and reviews for Sage Intacct

Where Xero Scored Higher

  • Easier to integrate and deploy
  • Better evaluation and contracting
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3. CCH Axcess

By Wolters Kluwer

3.9
(4 Ratings)
It's been a love/hate with this product. While CCH Axcess works very well, their support is lacking. They may take days to reply to your ticket. Plus, our firm uses a Proxy, our CCH Representive and CCH Tech support said we should not use a proxy to use this software because we are "Self inflicting" harm on when the software is updated. In essence, they blamed US for using a proxy, and we have to configure and edit two config XML files for every single tech update, which is done many times a year. So we have to go to each user, stop their process, copy up the files, and restart. If you have users that work on the weekends, they should not when updates are released. They have an AI support chat to start with first and its not the best. The price of the software increases every year. To password protect your returns when transferring, the have an 8 character limit. This can be EASILY cracked, so I don't think this software is very secure in that sense. Keep track of your CCH representative and your salesperson. We needed the taxes adjusted on our invoice and they never responded and we got threatened for services to be turned off. Their payment system is like a late night sales commercial: If you renew early, you save 10%!!! Same thing every year. It's not a real deal. Just a gimmick to get you to pay soon IMO.Read all insights and reviews for CCH Axcess

Where Xero Scored Higher

  • Better at service and support
  • Easier to integrate and deploy
  • Better evaluation and contracting
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4. Payroll Relief

By IRIS (AccountantsWorld)

3.7
(2 Ratings)
Payroll Relief is easy to use and provides convenient payroll processing services. This has limited our reporting which is a big disadvantage for our firm as a business entity. We are unable to meet the level of financial analysis that our clients need as we cannot make custom reports.Read all insights and reviews for Payroll Relief

Where Xero Scored Higher

  • Easier to integrate and deploy
  • Better evaluation and contracting
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5. Karbon

By Karbon

4
(1 Rating)
My experience with Karbon has been good, its interface impresses me a lot due to the straight forwardness and helps me to manage and organize my things. Automation helps me by doing my repetitive tasks automatically. While handling reports which contain a large amount of data it gets slow.Read all insights and reviews for Karbon

Where Xero Scored Higher

  • Better at service and support
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6. Canopy Practice Management Suite

By Canopy

4
(1 Rating)
After searching for a while to find a practice management suite (and using some that did not meet our standards), we found Canopy. Canopy, right off the bat, gave us the items we were most looking for: Project/task tracking, pre-assignments, and time tracking. Since we started with the product, Canopy's features have exploded. They also always listen to suggestions & recommendations to make the product better. Read all insights and reviews for Canopy Practice Management Suite

Where Xero Scored Higher

  • Better at service and support
  • Better evaluation and contracting
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7. IRIS Practice Engine

By IRIS Software Group

4
(1 Rating)
As per my knowledge Iris is a decision making processes it enables users to bill, track time, maintain client data and obtain performance analytics and with its cloud architecture IRIS Practice Engine is highly scalable and has unlimited reporting capabilities. It also supports customized reporting and is scalable to an ever changing the industryRead all insights and reviews for IRIS Practice Engine

Where Xero Scored Higher

  • Better at service and support
  • Easier to integrate and deploy
  • Better evaluation and contracting
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Top Alternatives to Xero

  • Oracle NetSuite ERP
  • Sage Intacct
  • CCH Axcess
  • Payroll Relief
  • Karbon
  • Canopy Practice Management Suite
  • IRIS Practice Engine

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