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The following comparison of accounting software documents the various features and differences between different accounting software packages.

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[edit] Proprietary software

Package Licence Windows Mac OS X Linux Market focus Type Structure
24SevenOffice Software as a Service yes yes yes low to Mid-Market  ? Web based
Access Accounting Proprietary yes no no Mid-Market Financials, Customer Relationship Management, Manufacturing, Job Costing, POS, Stock, ERP, Business Intelligence, CIS, Payroll Stand alone
ACCPAC Proprietary, $595 upwards yes yes yes Mid-Market ERP Stand Alone and Web based
ALERE Accounting Proprietary yes no no Low to Mid-Market  ? Stand alone
AME Accounting Software Proprietary yes no no Low to Mid-Market Payroll, General Ledger, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Double-entry Accounting, Small Business Accounting Stand alone
Baan Proprietary yes yes yes Mid to Low-Market ERP Stand alone and web based
Banana Accounting Proprietary yes no no Low to Mid-Market GL; Double-Entry Accounting; Small-Business Accounting; etc. Stand alone
Compeat Proprietary yes no no Restaurant management POS Stand alone
Cubit_Accounting Proprietary, $549 upwards yes yes yes Mid-Market ERP, CRM, POS Web based
Cougar Mountain Software Proprietary yes no no Low to Mid Market Business Accounting, POS Retail, Nonprofit, Inventory Control, Online Demonstrations Stand alone and Web based
CYMA Systems Proprietary yes no no Low to Mid Market  ? Stand alone
FirstOffice Proprietary yes yes yes Low Market  ? Stand alone
FinanceToGo Proprietary no yes no Low to Mid Market Double-entry Accounting, Mortgage/Loan/Profit & Loss Accounts, Share Portfolio Management, Small Business Accounting Stand alone
Fortora Fresh Finance Proprietary yes yes no Personal  ? Stand alone
HansaWorld Proprietary yes yes yes Mid Market ERP, CRM, Sales Management, Manufacturing, Job Costing, Stock, POS, Rental, Calendaring, Service Orders, Webshop, Loans, Alerts, Hospitality Management, Document Management, Graphical Resource Planning Stand alone & WAN ready
Lawson Software Proprietary yes yes yes Mid to Large size Enterprises ERP, CRM, SCM, PM, e-Commerce, BI Web Based
Mamut Software Limited Proprietary yes no no Low to Mid Market ERP, CRM, e-commerce Stand alone
Microsoft Dynamics AX Proprietary yes no no Mid Market ERP, SCM, CRM, WMS, Project mgmt, Manufacturing, Intercompany, Multicurrency, Cost Accounting, Reporting & Analysis services Stand alone and Web based
Microsoft Dynamics GP Proprietary yes no no Mid Market  ? Stand alone
Microsoft Dynamics NAV Proprietary yes no no Mid Market  ? Stand alone
Microsoft Dynamics SL Proprietary yes no no Mid Market  ? Stand alone and Web based
Microsoft Money Proprietary yes no no Personal  ? Stand alone
Microsoft Office Accounting Proprietary yes no no Low Market  ? Stand alone
Moneydance Proprietary yes yes yes Personal Double-Entry Accounting, multi-currency Stand alone
MYOB Proprietary yes yes no Low to High End Market Small business and commercial accounting. Payroll and POS Stand alone
NetSuite Software as a Service yes yes yes Mid Market CRM, ERP, ecommerce Web based
NolaPro Software as a Service or Freeware yes yes yes Low to High End Market Double-Entry Accounting, Small Business Accounting, Inventory Control, Order Entry/Tracking, Payroll, ERP, ecommerce, POS Stand alone and Web based
Openda QX Proprietary yes no no Low to Mid Market CRM, ERP Stand Alone
Oracle E-Business Suite Proprietary yes  ? yes High Market ERP Stand Alone
Peachtree by Sage Proprietary, $69.99 - $3375.00 yes no no Low-end to High end Business management. Stand alone
Pegasus Software Opera II Proprietary yes no no Mid-market  ? Stand alone
POS Solutions Proprietary yes no no Newsagency pharmacy POS Stand alone
Quasar Accounting Proprietary yes  ? yes  ?  ? Stand alone
QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions Proprietary, $3,000 - $9,000 yes yes yes Mid Market Business management, Payroll Stand alone
Quicken Proprietary yes yes no Personal  ? Stand alone
Sage Proprietary yes no no Accounting Firms CRM, payroll Stand alone
Sage Line 50 Proprietary yes no no Low-market (for SME)  ? Stand alone
SAP Business One Proprietary yes no no Small & Midsize Enterprises (SME) ERP, e-Commerce Stand alone
SAP ERP Proprietary yes yes yes Midsize to High-end ERP, CRM, SCM, SRM, PLM, GTS, e-commerce, Business Intelligence, Mobile Business Stand alone and Web based
Simply Accounting Proprietary yes no no Low-end Business Accounting, Retail, Inventory Control Stand alone
Tally Proprietary yes no yes Mid-market payroll Stand alone
You Need a Budget (YNAB) Proprietary yes no no Personal Personal spending management, with an emphasis on budgeting Stand alone
Package Licence Windows Mac OS X Linux Market focus Type Structure

[edit] Free and open source software

Package Licence Windows Mac OS X Linux Market focus Type Structure
Adempiere GPL yes yes yes Mid-market ERP, CRM, POS Web based
Compiere GPL2, other proprietary (certain dependence on Oracle) yes yes yes Mid-market ERP, CRM, POS Web based
Cubit_Accounting BSD_License yes yes yes Small Enterprise POS Local and network install
Dolibarr GPL yes yes yes Low markets ERP, CRM, SCM, SaaS Web based
ERP5 GPL yes yes yes All Markets ERP, CRM, SaaS Web based
GnuCash GPL yes yes yes Personal GL; Double-Entry Accounting; Stock/Bond/Mutual Fund Accounts; Small-Business Accounting; etc. Stand alone
Grisbi GPL yes yes yes Personal  ? stand alone
HomeBank GPL yes yes yes Personal  ? stand alone
JGnash GPL yes yes yes Personal Double-Entry Accounting, multi-currency stand alone
KMyMoney GPL no yes yes Personal  ? stand alone
LedgerSMB GPL yes yes yes Mid-market  ? Web based
OpenERP GPL yes yes yes Mid-market ERP, CRM, POS Stand alone and Web based
PhpOrganisation GPL yes yes yes Low-end  ? Web based
Postbooks CPAL yes yes yes Low to mid-market ERP, CRM Client-server
SQL-Ledger GPL yes yes yes Mid-market  ? Web based
Stoq GPL no no yes Low-end and Mid-market ERP, CRM, POS Standalone
TurboCASH GPL yes no no Low to mid-market Double-Entry Accounting Stand alone
WebERP GPL yes yes yes low to Mid-Market ERP Web based
Xpert LGPL yes yes yes Mid-Market GL;Fund Accounting;Payroll Client/Server

[edit] Further details

Package Programming Language First public release date Latest stable release Stable release date Development Status Database Supported languages
Adempiere J2EE, JBoss October 12, 2006 23:46 3.4.0s Mar 26, 2008 5 - Production / Stable Oracle, PostgreSQL +10: English, Spanish, French, ...
Compiere J2EE June 8, 2001 2.6.1 April 27, 2007 5 - Production / Stable Oracle, PostgreSQL  ?
Dolibarr PHP Septembre 1, 2003 2.4 August 1, 2008 5 - Production / Stable MySQL English, Spanish, French
ERP5 Python April 29, 2002 1.0rc11 February 1, 2007 5 - Production / Stable ZODB (any with ODBC interface) English, French, German, Japanese, Polish
GnuCash C 80%, Scheme / Lisp 13%, Perl 7%? Registered: 1999-11-08 23:59 2.2.6 July 31, 2008 5 - Production / Stable  ? 8: English, German, Spanish, French, Russian, ...
Grisbi C 0.5.9 July 10, 2006 5 - Production / Stable German, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Chinese, Hebrew, Bulgarian.
HomeBank C January 2, 1998 3.8 April 2, 2008 5 - Production / Stable XML file 35: English, Spanish, French, Russian, Greek, Hebrew, ...
JGnash Java
KMyMoney C++ Registered: 2000-04-15 19:16 0.8.9 March 23 2008 5 - Production / Stable XML file 19: English , Spanish, German, Catalan, Czech, French, Galician, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese, ...
LedgerSMB Perl  ? 1.2.9 September 28, 2007 5 - Production / Stable PostgreSQL 8.x  ?
OpenERP Python, XML  ? 4.2.2  ? 5 - Production / Stable PostgreSQL +10
SQL-Ledger Perl  ?  ?  ?  ? PostgreSQL 30: English, ...
Stoq Python August 28, 2001 0.9.5 March 19, 2008 5 - Production / Stable PostgreSQL 8.1+ English, Spanish, Portuguese
WebERP PHP January 2003 3.0.8 November 2007 5 - Production / Stable mySQL - innodb Multilingual
Xpert C June 2005 1.10.2 September 2008 5 - Production / Stable MyISAM English

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