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# Akaunting vs Wave Comparison - What are their main differences?

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Pricing

**Akaunting**

**Contact Vendor for Pricing** · Basic

**Wave**
Free Trial

**$20-$35** per month · Pay your staff 

 **2.9% + 30¢** PER TRANSACTION · Accept credit cards 

**$149** per month · Wave Plus

**Pricing Insights**
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Perceived Cost

**Akaunting**
Not enough reviews yet

**Wave**
$$$$$

Average Discount

**Akaunting**
Not enough reviews yet

**Wave**
9%

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Time to Implement

**Akaunting** 6 months
Based on 100 responses

**Wave** 6 months
Based on 100 responses

Return on Investment

**Akaunting** 6 months
Based on 100 responses

**Wave** 6 months
Based on 100 responses

 ![Akaunting](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/1536691962/akaunting.svg "Akaunting")

 ![Wave](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/1537757062/wave.svg "Wave")

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**Pros & Cons**
from reviews

**Akaunting**

Business Suitability (1)

Cloud-Based (1)

Integration Issues (1)

Lack of Features (1)

**Wave**

Ease of Use (11)

Invoice Management (6)

Missing Features (5)

Poor Customer Support (5)

Integrations

**Akaunting**
[

 ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/large_detail/large_detail_34ba97c05f91de52d1150eb17a5c48c3/hubspot-smart-crm.png "Product Avatar Image")

HubSpot Smart CRM

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 ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/large_detail/large_detail_84fd5bd582809f20ff5682d2746ffa82/shopify.png "Product Avatar Image")

Shopify

](https://www.g2.com/products/shopify/reviews)[

 ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/large_detail/large_detail_1705b85e1cfa571866791ea4a064a3ab/stripe-stripe-payments%282%29.jpg "Product Avatar Image")

Stripe Payments

](https://www.g2.com/products/stripe-stripe-payments/reviews)[

 ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/large_detail/large_detail_184a1f103b19d6beaa919fcbfb7d3bdc/woocommerce.png "Product Avatar Image")

WooCommerce

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**Wave**
[

 ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/large_detail/large_detail_033aa224b72b00b72e8860e4e6401efc/microsoft-excel.png "Product Avatar Image")

Microsoft Excel

](https://www.g2.com/products/microsoft-excel/reviews)[

 ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/large_detail/large_detail_db4c97d6a091779bee99b5765660281e/zapier.png "Product Avatar Image")

Zapier

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](https://www.g2.com/products/wave/integrations)

Screenshots

**Akaunting**
No screenshot available

**Wave**
 ![Wave screenshot](https://images.g2crowd.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=600,height=600,fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,/https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/attachment/file/88316/chrome-invoice-accounting.jpg)

**Ratings**
from reviews

Meets Requirements

**Akaunting**

**4.3** /10

Based on 7 responses

**Wave**

**8.6** /10

Based on 262 responses

Ease of Use

**Akaunting**

**5.5** /10

Based on 7 responses

**Wave**

**8.9** /10

Based on 264 responses

Ease of Setup

**Akaunting**

**4.4** /10

Based on 6 responses

**Wave**

**8.8** /10

Based on 134 responses

Ease of Admin

**Akaunting**

**2.3** /10

Based on 5 responses

**Wave**

**8.8** /10

Based on 116 responses

Quality of Support

**Akaunting**

**1.7** /10

Based on 6 responses

**Wave**

**7.6** /10

Based on 173 responses

Has the product been a good partner in doing business?

**Akaunting**

**2.3** /10

Based on 5 responses

**Wave**

**8.5** /10

Based on 108 responses

Product Direction (% positive)

**Akaunting**

**2.2** /10

Based on 6 responses

**Wave**

**8.0** /10

Based on 251 responses

**Features**
ratings from reviews

Accounting

Not enough data

**7.2** /10

Based on 95 responses

Billing

Not enough data

**7.8** /10

Based on 49 responses

User Insights

**Reviewers' Company Size**

Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
100.0%

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
0%

Enterprise(\> 1000 emp.)
0%

Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
100.0%

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
0%

Enterprise(\> 1000 emp.)
0%

Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
94.6%

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
4.1%

Enterprise(\> 1000 emp.)
1.3%

Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
94.6%

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
4.1%

Enterprise(\> 1000 emp.)
1.3%

**Reviewers' Industry**

[![Akaunting](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/1536691962/akaunting.svg "Akaunting")](https://www.g2.com/products/akaunting/reviews)
Akaunting

Accounting
41.7%

Computer Software
25.0%

Information Technology and Services
16.7%

Marketing and Advertising
8.3%

Internet
8.3%

Other
0.0%

[![Wave](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/1537757062/wave.svg "Wave")](https://www.g2.com/products/wave/reviews)
Wave

Marketing and Advertising
15.5%

Accounting
5.8%

Information Technology and Services
5.8%

Design
4.8%

Computer Software
3.2%

Other
64.8%

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