Bring your chart of accounts, contacts, and opening balances over from QuickBooks Online or Xero, upload your latest statement, and you are running on real double-entry books for one flat price, with none of the categorizing homework.
*Xero U.S. pricing update, published at xero.com/us/pricing-plans/update/ and confirmed by Xero press communications, checked August 2026: the Established plan rises from $90 to $97 a month, effective October 1, 2026. QuickBooks Online is also rolling out a redesigned "agentic AI" homepage built around a business feed of AI-agent widgets (quickbooks.intuit.com/r/product-update/new-agentic-ai-experiences/, checked September 2026).
Same books, a fraction of the price, and none of the categorizing homework.
*QuickBooks Online published pricing, quickbooks.intuit.com, August 2026 (Simple Start $38, Essentials $85, Plus $140, Advanced $340). QuickBooks raised prices twice in 2026, on May 1 and again on August 1, with the steepest increases on the Plus and Advanced tiers. Plus shown because that is the tier with job costing and project profitability, features included in every Count The Cost account. In August 2026 QuickBooks Advanced ($340/mo) added an AI-assisted automated bookkeeping service ("Expert books upkeep"); Count The Cost includes done-for-you bookkeeping in its one $20 plan, no upgrade required (quickbooks.intuit.com/r/product-update/whats-new-quickbooks-online-august-2026/).
Every step shows you exactly what will happen and waits for your review before anything is written.
Export your Chart of Accounts and customer/vendor list from QuickBooks Online or Xero as CSV and upload them. You review exactly which accounts and contacts will be created (duplicates are flagged, nothing is guessed) before anything is written.
Upload your QuickBooks or Xero Trial Balance. We match each line to your new accounts and show you one balanced journal entry, with any difference posted openly to Opening Balance Equity. You pick the as-of date and confirm; it posts through the same audited, balance-enforced path as every other entry.
Drop in a bank statement: CSV, PDF, Excel, or a photo. We read every line, categorize it, and post balanced double-entry books in seconds. Anything we are unsure about waits in a review queue for your one-click yes.
Wave locked people out of years of records. FreshBooks cuts off access when you cancel. We do the opposite.
Download a complete copy of your books at any time (chart of accounts, every transaction, invoices, contacts) as CSV or lossless JSON.
Your export still works after you cancel. We do not hold your books hostage to keep you subscribed.
We never touch or hold your money, so there is nothing for us to freeze. Count The Cost keeps the books; your bank keeps the cash.
No. Most people switch at the start of a month, quarter, or year by bringing over their opening balances as of that date. Your QuickBooks stays exactly as it is for the history before the switch.
Yes: you set the opening balances yourself from your QuickBooks Trial Balance, and you review the one balanced entry before it posts. Nothing is estimated or guessed.
Keep your QuickBooks export and, if you like, cancel after your switch date. Your historical records stay with you. Full transaction-by-transaction history import into Count The Cost is on the way.
Always. One-click export to CSV or JSON is built in and keeps working even if you cancel. Your books are never locked in.
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