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Bring your Xero books to desktop software you buy once and keep using.

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Solid Accounting Business Overview for Prestige Plumbing & HVAC: year-to-date cash on hand, revenue, expenses and net income, with the sidebar and menu bar
What changes

What changes when you switch

The difference is whether another payment is required to keep using your books. With Solid Accounting it isn’t.

  • One purchase. Standard is $349 one time, with year 1 of Updates & Cloud Services included.
  • Renewal is optional. Stop paying and the version you bought keeps working. New releases, bank feeds, encrypted cloud backup from Solid Accounting, and Cloud Invoicing need Updates & Cloud Services; your existing cloud backups stay restorable.
  • Your company file stays on your computer. Store, back up, move, and archive it on storage you control.
Bank reconciliation in Solid Accounting for Business Checking with the difference at $0.00 and Finish Reconciliation available
Cutover

Moving your books from Xero

Xero doesn’t give you a company file to take away, so the move is a cutover: pick a date, enter your opening balances, and import bank and card activity from that date on. The Xero guide walks through it.

Pick a cutover date

Save your Xero trial balance, balance sheet, and agings as of that date.

Enter opening balances

Set up the chart of accounts and enter balances from that trial balance.

Import activity

Bring in bank and card activity from CSV, OFX, QFX, or IIF files and PDF statements, then check the trial balance.

Switching, answered

What does Xero do well?

Xero is strong at multi-user cloud collaboration, bank-feed workflows, and giving an outside accountant access from anywhere. If that operating model matters most, it may be the better fit.

Why compare Xero Growing instead of Early?

Growing is the clearer baseline for an operating business because Xero Early limits invoices and bills. We show the limitation rather than using the lowest headline price as if the plans were identical.

Is Solid Accounting simply a cheaper Xero?

No. It's a different way of working: a native desktop app, your company file on your own computer, a one-time purchase, and optional Updates & Cloud Services. Choose on how you want to work, not price alone.

Can I move my existing books?

Yes, as a cutover. Xero doesn't give you a company file to take away, so you pick a cutover date, enter opening balances from its trial balance in Company → Opening Balances…, then import bank and card activity from that date on with File → Import → Import Transactions…. Your Xero account isn't changed.

Also comparing: QuickBooks Online · FreshBooks · All migration paths

Keep the version you bought.

Buy Solid Accounting once from $349 and keep using the version you bought. Renew Updates & Cloud Services when you want new releases and connected services. 30-day free trial. 30-day money-back guarantee.

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One-time purchase · 30-day free trial · Windows, macOS and Linux