About Xero
Xero pricing
Xero does not have a free version but does offer a free trial. Xero paid version starts at US$15.00/month.
Alternatives to Xero
Xero Reviews
Feature rating
- Industry: Accounting
- Company size: 201–500 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Xero - The Cloud Based Software of the future
Fantastic product with fantastic support and really meaningful input from the actual company staff
Pros
Xero's main benefit to us as a mid tier accounting firm is the ease of importing information. It supports multiple bank feeds on a reliable basis and its open API allows for the support of many add in apps
Cons
Being a non-technical software, it does sometimes give the impression of not being as robust in terms of ease of change of prior information. This can be overcome by locking down periods, one just has to remember to do this though.
Alternatives Considered
Sage 50cloud AccountingReasons for Choosing Xero
The capital development expenditure and size of Xero simply mean that it is outpacing other software in terms of speed of development, effectively future-proofing our practice.Switched From
Sage 50cloud AccountingReasons for Switching to Xero
The main factors were cost and engagement with the Xero South Africa team- Industry: Individual & Family Services
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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Xero review
Just be aware of the small print. Dont get locked out of your own business software
Pros
I like the software, it offers just about everything youd need to keep your financials in order and even offers end of year reports for the irs ( very important) and keeps you alerted on your quaterly tax payment schedule, among other thing. You can link your bank and reconcile your spendatures and tuck each transaction into its proper tax-non tax catagory, plus other deductions such as depreciation of your vehicles for tax writeoffs, and many more...
Cons
.however. the quoted price on the promotion was way far from the price i was charged for this product. Also i missed my payment by two days and all my information, everything i had documented, reconciled, entered, invoices, reports, EVERYTHING was being held for ransome and untouchable till i paid my inflated price. Its was an eye opener. When running a business, be careful what product you choose, for me. I cant be locked out of my accounting software for any length of time when it comes to my business. Just food for thought. I know zoho has been the best alternative app for free even. And it offers the same services xero does for half the price. No gemics
Alternatives Considered
Zoho InvoiceReasons for Switching to Xero
I did at first but choose zoho instead. I dont need my financial software locking me out of my business account. Zoho doesnt do that. Ever- Industry: Computer Software
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Used for 12 years. This used to be a great product. I feel like it's past the point of no...
Degrading quicker than the US presidency
Pros
The memory of how good it used to be, and the lessons learned now.
Cons
New changes are force-fed to customers whilst still in beta or alpha, with no opt-out
Prices have gone up repeatedly
Features used everyday have been removed
The new user interface is bloated and requires more work
Keyboard shortcuts/entry have been removed
Support don't seem to care and just give canned responses
The interface just gets laggier every month
- Industry: Accounting
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Xero - market leader for online bookkeeping system
Overal experience has been very good and we still recommend this software to our clients.
Pros
Xero has got very good set of features and it is considered a market leader with regards to online bookkeeping software.
Cons
Xero is slow to listen to their customers feedback and often prioritizes other work and development rather than the features most required.
Alternatives Considered
QuickBooks Online AdvancedReasons for Choosing Xero
We wanted an online system that actually worksSwitched From
Sage AccountingReasons for Switching to Xero
Xero is more reliable in terms of VAT management, as QuickBooks often has problems with full reconciliation of the VAT account.- Industry: Law Practice
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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Love Xero!
Overall, I wish I had changed to Xero much sooner as it saves me so much time and makes my job so much easier. The price is very affordable, it is very user friendly, and I highly recommend it.
Pros
After getting fed up with Quickbooks, I decided to try the Xero free trial. I love the simplicity, how it prompts me to reconcile each time I log in so month end goes so much smoother and quicker than with Quickbooks. The pricing is WAY better and I'm not getting nickel and dimed the way I was with Quickbooks. I would say it is much easier and more intuitive and makes my bookkeeping so much simpler.
Cons
It was a bit time consuming moving our data from Quickbooks to Xero. We paid to have the recommended service done, I think it was through Jetpack or something like that. They did a great job but there were of course some things that didn't cross over exactly right so going through and finding those issues was a little time consuming, but once that was settled I'm very happy I made the move.