Best accounting software for startups (8 sources)
The median published figure in the Startup Finance Software Price Index is 42 USD across 8 sources' own pages (range 19 to 65 USD), read 12 October 2026.
Runwayze sells its own paid plan in this category (our pricing). It is not counted here: every figure in this index is another provider's own published price, read from its own page.
- 219 to 27
- 127 to 34
- 134 to 42
- 242 to 50
- 150 to 57
- 157 to 65
Bands
| Bucket | Value |
|---|---|
| 19 to 27 | 2 sources |
| 27 to 34 | 1 source |
| 34 to 42 | 1 source |
| 42 to 50 | 2 sources |
| 50 to 57 | 1 source |
| 57 to 65 | 1 source |
8 of the 35 named sources read in full publish a figure; 27 publish none, read 12 October 2026.
The median is unchanged since 26 September 2026 (was 42 USD across 8).
Every figure, with its source
One row per source: the figure the source's own page publishes, the page, and the day it was read. A figure that is not on a page we read is not on this one.
| Source | Figure | Read |
|---|---|---|
| Digits pricing | 65USD | 2026-10-12 |
| Justworks pricing | 50USD | 2026-10-11 |
| Gusto pricing | 49USD | 2026-10-11 |
| OnPay pricing | 49USD | 2026-10-12 |
| Square Payroll pricing | 35USD | 2026-10-12 |
| Mercury pricing | 29.9USD | 2026-10-12 |
| Xero pricing (US) | 25USD | 2026-10-12 |
| QuickBooks Online pricing | 19USD | 2026-10-12 |
The sentence each figure was read from (8)
- Digits pricing, read 2026-10-12:
$ 65 /mo
- Justworks pricing, read 2026-10-11:
+ $50/month base fee
- Gusto pricing, read 2026-10-11:
$49/mo
- OnPay pricing, read 2026-10-12:
Get everything we do starting at $49/month + $6/worker.
- Square Payroll pricing, read 2026-10-12:
$35/mo
- Mercury pricing, read 2026-10-12:
$29.90 per month
- Xero pricing (US), read 2026-10-12:
Then $25 per month
- QuickBooks Online pricing, read 2026-10-12:
$19/mo
Read in full, publishes no figure
27 named sources were read in full on the dates shown and print no usable figure. They are counted, never filled in.
- FreshBooks pricing, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Wave pricing, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Zoho Books pricing, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Puzzle pricing, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Sage Intacct pricing, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Deel pricing, read 2026-10-10: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Remote pricing, read 2026-10-10: every candidate on the page was refused
- Rippling pricing, read 2026-10-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- RUN Powered by ADP, read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Carta pricing, read 2026-10-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Pulley pricing, read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Eqvista pricing, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Cake Equity pricing, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Astrella pricing, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Fidelity Private Shares pricing, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- AngelList pricing, read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Ramp pricing, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Brex pricing, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Bill.com pricing, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Expensify pricing, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Rho, best payroll software for startups, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Gusto, affordable payroll solutions for startups, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- SaaSRat, best payroll software: true cost at 10, 25, 50 employees, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- ValueAddVC, best cap table management tools 2026, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Eqvista, cap table management software for startups, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Cake Equity, best cap table software, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Waveup, best cap table management software, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
Methodology
Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2).
8 of the 35 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 27 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 2 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere.
The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source in USD (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences), so N counts sources, never sentences; 248 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded.
The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): one row per vendor per plan with the base fee, the per-unit fee and the unit it is charged on (per employee, per worker, per stakeholder, per active member), then the TOTAL AT A FIXED BASKET - 10, 25 and 50 employees for payroll, 25 and 100 stakeholders for a cap table - which is the number vendors do not publish because it makes them comparable.
Beside it the share of the category that publishes a price at all versus quote-only, the free-tier ceiling per vendor, and repriced-since.
248 candidate sentences on these pages were refused by a reviewer; each refusal and its reason is recorded in the review ledger.
Sources (37)
- QuickBooks Online pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Xero pricing (US)(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- FreshBooks pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Wave pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Zoho Books pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Puzzle pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Digits pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Sage Intacct pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Gusto pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Justworks pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- OnPay pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Square Payroll pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Deel pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Remote pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Rippling pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- RUN Powered by ADP(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Carta pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Pulley pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Eqvista pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Cake Equity pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Astrella pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Fidelity Private Shares pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- AngelList pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Ramp pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Brex pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Mercury pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Bill.com pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Expensify pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Paychex payroll pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Patriot Software payroll pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Rho, best payroll software for startups(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Gusto, affordable payroll solutions for startups(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- SaaSRat, best payroll software: true cost at 10, 25, 50 employees(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- ValueAddVC, best cap table management tools 2026(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Eqvista, cap table management software for startups(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Cake Equity, best cap table software(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Waveup, best cap table management software(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
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The median published figure in the Startup Finance Software Price Index is 42 USD across 8 sources' own pages (range 19 to 65 USD), read 12 October 2026.
8 of the 35 named sources read in full publish a figure; 27 publish none, read 12 October 2026.
The median is unchanged since 26 September 2026 (was 42 USD across 8).
Cite as: "Runwayze Startup Finance Software Price Index", updated 2026-10-19, https://runwayze.com/datasets/startup-finance-software-price-index/.
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