Your whole back office. Nine dollars a month.
Bookkeeping, AI-categorized bank import, invoicing, a client CRM, projects & job costing, payroll-tax tracking, and tax-ready reports: the full suite. No tiers. No per-employee fees. No add-ons. No lock-in.
or $89/year (2 months free) · export all your data anytime
Everything a small business needs to stay tax-ready, in one place.
Built AI-native on Cloudflare's edge, so it's fast, and priced like software should be.
Income & expenses
A blazing ledger with bank/card CSV import, dedupe preview, splits, recurring entries, reconciliation, and multi-account tracking.
AI categorization
Claude proposes a category for every uncategorized transaction, with reasons you review before applying. Plus auto-rules and payee cleanup.
Invoicing
Live-preview editor, saved clients, partial payments, status badges, PDF export, and deposit-to-invoice matching.
Clients & CRM
Client records with a call/email/meeting activity log, next-action follow-up reminders, and each customer's projects, invoices, and outstanding balance in one place.
Projects & pipeline
A drag-and-drop deal board (lead → won → done), materials, labor, tasks, milestones, a built-in time-tracking timer, and real profit vs. target - job costing QuickBooks gates behind Plus.
To-dos & reminders
Keep a shared to-do list with due dates, and get amber/red warnings at the top of every page when a task or client follow-up is coming due or overdue.
Payroll-tax figures
Record paychecks or import a Gusto/ADP/QuickBooks CSV; get 941, 940, and W-2 totals plus employer-liability summaries automatically. Employees can clock in by magic link or kiosk PIN.
Reports hub
P&L with prior-period comparison, cash flow, A/R aging, a simplified balance sheet, and a custom builder with drill-down and CSV.
Tax-ready output
Group by tax line for a live Schedule C / 1120 pro-forma, download filled Form 941, and export TXF for TurboTax. Store receipts & 1099s and link them to transactions.
Open API
A simple read-only REST API with per-workspace keys. Pull your transactions, invoices, clients, projects, payroll and reports straight into your own dashboards, scripts, and tools. Read the docs →
One price. All of it. For everyone.
QuickBooks charges more the moment you hire, add a card, or want a report. We don't.
- Unlimited transactions, invoices & clients
- Unlimited employees, no per-seat fee
- Bank & card CSV import with duplicate protection
- AI categorization, rules & receipt linking
- Client CRM: activity log & follow-up reminders
- Projects & pipeline board + job costing
- Time tracking timer, billable to invoices
- To-dos with due-date reminders
- Payroll-tax tracking: 941, 940, W-2, 1120
- Full reports hub + custom builder + CSV export
- Schedule C / 1120 pro-forma & TXF export
- Multiple accounts & transfers
- Sales-tax tracking & a simplified balance sheet
- Two-factor security + backup codes
- Full data export (JSON + CSV), always free
- Read-only REST API with per-workspace keys
It's your data. Take it anywhere, build anything on it.
Every transaction, invoice, paycheck, and filing belongs to you and stays within reach - never trapped in a proprietary format. One click downloads a complete JSON backup, and every report exports to clean CSV. No export fee, no gatekeeping, no "please contact sales."
Need programmatic access? A read-only REST API serves your books live, so you can migrate to another platform or wire Elian Book into a data warehouse, a custom dashboard, or your own internal tools. Mint a key in seconds. See the API docs →
company · transactions
invoices · payroll · filings
+ CSV from every report
+ read-only REST API
Pick a number. It's the same tiny one.
No tiers to decode. No "starting at." Just $9.
- The entire suite
- Unlimited everything
- Full data export
- Everything in Monthly
- Two months on the house
- Lock in the price for a year
Elian Book vs. QuickBooks Online
| Feature | QuickBooks Online | Elian Book |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | $38/mo | $9/mo flat |
| Payroll add-on | +$50-80/mo | Included (tax figures) |
| Projects, pipeline & job costing | Plus tier & up | Included |
| Client CRM & follow-ups | Add-on / limited | Built-in |
| Per-employee / per-user fees | Yes | None |
| AI categorization | Limited | Built-in, reviewable |
| Schedule C / 1120 pro-forma + TXF | Push to TurboTax | Built-in |
| Full one-click data export | Clunky | JSON + CSV, free |
QuickBooks pricing and tiers per Intuit's published plans; comparison for positioning. QuickBooks is a trademark of Intuit Inc. Elian Book is not affiliated with Intuit.
Make QuickBooks look like a dinosaur.
The full back office, AI-native and tax-ready, for less than a couple of coffees a month.
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