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Accounting software / YOUR COMPARISON

The fit, side by side.

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Clear Books

Clear Books โ†—

75โ€“100/100

75% evidence coverage

With AI excluded: 88โ€“100/100

ยฃ16.00
organisation/month ยท excl. VAT

UK businesses wanting visible plan boundaries for VAT, CIS, projects and accountant controls.

The reviewed supplier page explicitly serves the UK market.

The first number is earned from documented features. Unverified capabilities create the range. Product scores do not establish the quality, reliability or price of a particular plan.

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Accounting software: feature evidence and contribution to the score
Capability & demo questionClear Books75โ€“100/100 documented fit
Core workflowSales invoicing5.0 points available
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Create and send a VAT invoice with customer details, line items and a due date.

โœ“ Supported

Invoice creation and email.

5.0 / 5.0 pointsEvidence โ†—
Core workflowBank feeds and reconciliation5.0 points available
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Import your bank's transactions and reconcile a transfer, fee and customer payment.

โœ“ Supported

Bank feed with automated matching.

5.0 / 5.0 pointsEvidence โ†—
Core workflowMTD VAT submission5.0 points available
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Prepare a return for the relevant VAT scheme and show the submission receipt.

โœ“ Supported

Medium includes MTD VAT submission.

5.0 / 5.0 pointsEvidence โ†—
Core workflowSupplier bills and payment tracking5.0 points available
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Enter a supplier bill, allocate its VAT and show its outstanding balance.

โœ“ Supported

Sales and purchase tracking.

5.0 / 5.0 pointsEvidence โ†—
Core workflowFinancial reports and dashboards5.0 points available
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Drill from a monthly report into its underlying transaction.

โœ“ Supported

Full reporting suite.

5.0 / 5.0 pointsEvidence โ†—
Core workflowEmployee expense recording5.0 points available
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Submit a receipt and show its allocation to the right expense category.

โœ“ Supported

Large includes expense claims and approval.

5.0 / 5.0 pointsEvidence โ†—
Core workflowAccountant collaboration5.0 points available
Ask in the demo

Invite an accountant without sharing the owner's credentials.

โœ“ Supported

Accountant tools and invitation documented.

5.0 / 5.0 pointsEvidence โ†—
Workflow depthRecurring invoices and reminders5.0 points available
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Schedule a repeat invoice and inspect the reminder history.

? Not verified

Not verified in the reviewed material; confirm recurring invoices and reminders.

0.0โ€“5.0 / 5.0 points
Workflow depthForeign-currency bookkeeping5.0 points available
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Invoice in euros and show the realised exchange difference when paid.

โœ“ Supported

Large includes multiple currencies.

5.0 / 5.0 pointsEvidence โ†—
Workflow depthProject profitability5.0 points available
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Allocate time, expenses and invoices to a job and inspect its margin.

โœ“ Supported

Large includes project accounting.

5.0 / 5.0 pointsEvidence โ†—
Workflow depthBudget versus actual reporting5.0 points available
Ask in the demo

Set a departmental budget and investigate a variance.

โœ“ Supported

Medium includes budgets.

5.0 / 5.0 pointsEvidence โ†—
Workflow depthConstruction Industry Scheme workflow5.0 points available
Ask in the demo

Process a subcontractor deduction and show the CIS return or export.

โœ“ Supported

Medium includes CIS returns.

5.0 / 5.0 pointsEvidence โ†—
Workflow depthStock quantities and cost tracking5.0 points available
Ask in the demo

Sell a stocked item and inspect quantity and cost-of-sales changes.

? Not verified

Not verified in the reviewed material; confirm stock quantities and cost tracking.

0.0โ€“5.0 / 5.0 points
Workflow depthFixed-asset lifecycle5.0 points available
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Add an asset, post depreciation and record its disposal.

โœ“ Supported

Large includes fixed assets.

5.0 / 5.0 pointsEvidence โ†—
Workflow depthRole restrictions and period locks5.0 points available
Ask in the demo

Prevent an ordinary user changing a closed period or privileged setting.

โœ“ Supported

Permissions and accountant date locks documented.

5.0 / 5.0 pointsEvidence โ†—
Workflow depthTransaction audit history5.0 points available
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Find who changed an invoice and review the previous values.

โœ“ Supported

Audit log explicitly listed.

5.0 / 5.0 pointsEvidence โ†—
Workflow depthData export or documented API5.0 points available
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Export ledger detail or retrieve invoice data through a documented integration.

โœ“ Supported

Integrations and API included in organisation plans.

5.0 / 5.0 pointsEvidence โ†—
AIAI document extraction and categorisation5.0 points available
Ask in the demo

Upload an unfamiliar receipt, review suggested fields and correct a wrong category.

? Not verified

Auto Bills captures and codes documents; AI method unverified.

0.0โ€“5.0 / 5.0 pointsEvidence โ†—
AIAI financial queries or anomaly detection5.0 points available
Ask in the demo

Ask a financial question or inspect a flagged anomaly and verify it against the ledger.

? Not verified

Not verified in the reviewed material; confirm ai financial queries or anomaly detection.

0.0โ€“5.0 / 5.0 points
AIReview and permission controls for AI5.0 points available
Ask in the demo

Use a restricted role and show how AI output is reviewed before an accounting action.

? Not verified

Not verified in the reviewed material; confirm review and permission controls for ai.

0.0โ€“5.0 / 5.0 points

โ€œNot verifiedโ€ means the recorded evidence does not settle this specific check. It does not mean the feature is absent. Read the scoring method.

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