Patriot Accounting

4.7
Overall rating
Reviews

4.7
Overall rating
Reviews

About Patriot Accounting

Patriot Accounting offers accounting software for American businesses and accountants. Patriot Accounting is affordable and easy to use for the non-accountant, but has powerful capabilities for accountants. Patriot Accounting includes the ability to track expenses, income, and overall financial transactions through a comprehensive Chart of Accounts system. This feature allows users to manage asset, liability, equity, income, and expense accounts with ease. The platform also enables users to create and manage unlimited customer invoices, ensuring that businesses can send, receive, and track invoices efficiently without losing oversight of financial obligations. A notable feature of Patriot Accounting is its vendor payment capabilities. Users can make unlimited payments to vendors, manage these transactions seamlessly within the platform, and even print checks directly from the system. Additionally, the software allows for the creation and printing of 1099s and 1096s for contractors, including optional e-Filing for those who prefer a digital approach to tax form submission. Patriot Accounting integrates with Stripe to facilitate credit card, Apple Pay, Google Pay, and ACH payments. This integration ensures customers can make transactions conveniently, while businesses benefit from lower transaction fees associated with ACH payments. Furthermore, the software records these payments within the accounting books, simplifying financial tracking. Patriot Accounting includes various user management and permission features, enabling businesses to add unlimited users and specify task permissions for each user. This ensures that only authorized personnel can access specific accounting functions. The software's account reconciliation feature helps compare statements against recorded transactions, ensuring discrepancies can be addressed accurately. Other functional capabilities include the creation and management of subaccounts to provide detailed transaction categorization, the ability to create and send estimates, and the option to generate recurring invoices. Patriot Accounting also supports customization of invoice templates to maintain a professional appearance while fitting the unique branding needs of a business. Users can also get paid faster by their customers by being paid via credit card. Because of the innovative responsive software design, there is no mobile app needed. All data and features are accessible on any device where you have an internet or data connection.
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Patriot Accounting pricing

Patriot Accounting does not have a free version but does offer a free trial. Patriot Accounting paid version starts at US$20.00/month.

Starting Price:
US$20.00/month
Free Version:
No
Free trial:
Yes

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Patriot Accounting Reviews

Feature rating

Value for Money
4.6
Functionality
4.4
Ease of Use
4.5
Customer Support
4.8
5 reviews of 393 View all reviews
Ann
Ann
  • Industry: Health, Wellness & Fitness
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Features
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5
Reviewed on 25/10/2022

Smooth operation!

Pros

Intergration is a quick process with great customer support.

Cons

I had to use the help desk for sick/vacation/PTO. Most parts of Patriot Software are intuitive, and you can explore till you find them, except a PTO adjustment.

Ross
  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Weekly for 1-5 months
  • Review Source
Value for Money
4
Features
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

4
Reviewed on 01/10/2024

Patriot Software Best Overall

Setup and getting started was easy and customer support was amazing. I ran parallel with QB Online, FreshBooks, and Patriot. QB has terrible offshore support, ads throughout the application, and slow and spotty system availability. FreshBooks has no account reconciliation feature, terrible support, one sided transaction entry, and as a result was an overall mess in the GL.

Pros

Double entry accounting, transaction account suggestions from previous entries, account reconciliation, and invoice format.

Cons

Inability to copy a JE or create a recurring JE, lack of dashboard metrics (net income vs last year, monthly revenue and expense trends, etc...), inability to add additional description to imported transactions without having to delete auto generated details, inability to mark transactions as billable

Alternatives Considered

Zoho Social, Sage Intacct, FreshBooks, QuickBooks Online, Wave and Xero

Reasons for Choosing Patriot Accounting

Ease of use, customer support, price, and system stability

Switched From

QuickBooks Online

Reasons for Switching to Patriot Accounting

Price, support, and Patriot's company values
Rob
  • Industry: Real Estate
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
  • Review Source
Value for Money
4
Features
3
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

2
Reviewed on 01/10/2024

I Believe In The Company But Not The Product

Overall, my experience was positive but I cannot recommend the software due to the difficulty in making edits to journal entries or any errors that may have been made.

Pros

Simple accounting software and the company mission and ethics align with my beliefs.

Cons

The inability to reset or make edits to journal entries makes this software unusable. If you make a mistake then the mistake is set and you have no way to make any edits so your financial statements will be incorrect moving forward. You have to jump through a ton of hoops in order to correct any minor error which is the reason I cannot recommend this software to anyone, unfortunately.

Alternatives Considered

FreshBooks and QuickBooks Online

Reasons for Switching to Patriot Accounting

The company values and the beliefs of the founds and as an alternative to Quickbooks.

Response from Patriot Software

Hi Rob, we wanted to let you know that you can edit, void, and delete transactions in the accounting software. And, we even provide a handy report that keeps track of the entries you have modified. Of course, we encourage you to consult your accountant for help beyond our help center, but for your convenience, here is an article on what transactions can be voided edited, or deleted: https://www.patriotsoftware.com/accounting/training/help/void-delete-transaction-whats-the-difference/ Please reach out to us if you have any questions. We are here to help!

Replied 03/10/2024
Julie
  • Industry: Accounting
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Features
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5
Reviewed on 04/10/2024

Great Software/ Awesome Support

I can't recommend this software enough! And when they say 30 day free trial they mean it. No hassles every!

Pros

I love the simplicity of the system and the personal help when I have an issue. The support staff are not just people hired to answer the phones but people with bookkeeping experience who are proficient with the program.

Cons

The only thing I miss from using other platforms is the bank account layout as a register, but I am adjusting to seeing the general ledger for that.

Nick
  • Industry: Medical Practice
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Features
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
3

5
Reviewed on 19/10/2024

Patriot Software- recommendation

Excellent accounting software for non- accountants

Pros

Well designed, clean user interface, highly intuitive

Cons

Some specific features are somewhat hidden

Alternatives Considered

QuickBooks Online

Reasons for Switching to Patriot Accounting

Free trial period of Patriot showed me how easy it was to use

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