Feature by feature
Everything Countet does, next to the tools you know.
Cost at a glance With no additional seats
Countet
$80/mo
Books + Ops + People
QuickBooks
$120/mo
Essentials + Payroll Core
Wave
$74/mo
Pro + Wave Payroll
Xero
$96/mo
Standard + Wagepoint
Feature
Countet
QuickBooks
Wave
Xero
Books & operations
Invoicing, quotes & online payments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Automated payment reminders & branded invoices
Yes
Yes
Partial Pro only
Yes
Snap a receipt: read, coded, filed
Yes
Yes
Partial paid add-on
Yes Hubdoc
Vendor bills & accounts payable
Yes
Partial Essentials and up
Yes
Yes
Bank feeds & auto-categorization
Yes
Yes
Partial Pro only, $25/mo
Yes
Bank reconciliation
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Real double-entry general ledger with audit trail
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
P&L, balance sheet, aged AR/AP, trial balance
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Up to 3 companies on one account
Yes Team plan
No one per subscription
Yes
No one per subscription
Inventory tracking
Yes add-on, $59/mo
Partial Plus and up
No
Yes
Multi-currency
No Canada, CAD
Partial Essentials and up
Yes
Yes Premium plan
Payroll & people
Native Canadian payroll in the same product
Yes
No paid add-on
No $25/mo + $6/employee
No third-party app
A pay run posts straight to the ledger
Yes
Partial via payroll add-on
No separate product
Partial via integration
CRA remittances, T4/T4A, ROE from the same data
Yes
Partial via payroll add-on
Partial via Wave Payroll
Partial via payroll partner
Payroll available in Quebec
Yes
Yes
No CRA only
Partial via Wagepoint
Employee portal, time off & reviews
Yes People module
Partial via payroll add-on
Partial via Wave Payroll
No
Tax & CRA
GST/HST tracked as you go, GST34 figures ready
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Corporate & personal tax set aside automatically (Tax Vault)
Yes
No
No
No
Owner pay classified as salary, dividend or draw (Pay Myself)
Yes
No manual journal
No manual journal
No manual journal
Free accountant seat on every plan
Yes
Yes
Partial Pro only
Yes
Year-end package for your accountant (T4/T5/T2 inputs)
Yes
Partial
Partial
Partial
AI
AI assistant that answers from your books (Tess)
Yes
Partial Intuit Assist, US-first
No
Partial JAX, rolling out
Data & switching
Guided import from your old tool
Yes
Yes
Partial
Yes
One-click export, no lock-in
Yes
Partial
Partial CSV
Partial CSV
Live chat & email support on every plan
Yes
Yes
Partial Pro only
Yes 24/7 online
Company & price
Canadian-owned and built
Yes Toronto
No Intuit, US
No H&R Block, US
No New Zealand
Free plan
No 30-day trial
No 30-day trial
Yes Starter
No 30-day trial
One bill for books and payroll
Yes
No
No
No
Large third-party app ecosystem
Partial growing
Yes
Partial
Yes
Familiar to most accountants
Partial newer
Yes
Partial
Yes
Typical monthly total, 4-person business (CAD)
$80/mo
$120/mo
$74/mo
$96/mo (+ Wagepoint)
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