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Xero

Beautiful cloud accounting for small businesses

PaidFeaturedAdded Jul 1, 2006

About

Xero is a cloud-based accounting platform for small and medium businesses that handles invoicing, bank reconciliation, expense tracking, payroll, inventory, and financial reporting. It connects directly to bank feeds for automatic transaction import and matching. Xero supports 160+ currencies, includes a robust API ecosystem with 1,000+ third-party integrations, and is used by 4.2M+ subscribers globally. It's particularly strong in the UK, Australia, and New Zealand markets.

Tags

cloud-accountinginvoicingbank-reconciliationpayrollmulti-currency

Origin Story

By Rod Drury

The Problem

Desktop accounting software was clunky and disconnected from banks. Cloud-native accounting could be beautiful and automatic.

Building It

Founded 2006 in New Zealand, IPO on NZX. 4.2M+ subscribers globally. Public company (ASX: XRO).

What It Means

Proved that accounting software could be rebuilt from scratch for the cloud and become a global platform.

The Dream

Make accounting effortless and beautiful for every small business and their advisors worldwide.

Pricing

ModelPaid
Starting at$29/mo

Starter at $29/mo with limited invoices. Standard at $46/mo. Premium at $62/mo with multi-currency and projects. 30-day free trial.

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Category

Invoicing Billing

Problems Solved

  • Manual Bookkeeping And Reconciliation
  • Disconnected Banking And Accounting
  • Multi Currency Accounting Complexity

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    QuickBooks Online
  • F
    FreshBooks

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