If you're a small business owner who's tired of dreading your books, Fincent is worth a serious look. I've been with them about three years, and the difference shows up where it matters most: my CPA called my books the best she's ever seen, and my last tax filing took nothing more than handing over a profit and loss statement.

A few tips if you sign up:

- Lean into the cleanup year. My first year was about getting everything tidied up, and that groundwork is what makes everything since feel effortless.

- Let it catch your mistakes. It flagged a duplicate Adobe charge for me that I'd have missed, and I got the refund because of it.

- Know your workflow first. If you need heavy multi-line invoicing today, you may still want a separate tool for now, though 2.0 is bringing big upgrades there.

Bottom line: if you want accurate, low-maintenance bookkeeping with real people behind it and reports clean enough to keep your CPA happy, I'd recommend giving Fincent a try. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Fincent took my bookkeeping from a mess to genuinely clean. The first year was a cleanup year, and since then my books have been in the best shape they've ever been. My CPA actually told me they were "the best I've ever seen them." Tax time used to be a stressful back-and-forth. This past year my CPA only needed my profit and loss statement, asked zero follow-up questions, and we were done. I don't even pull QuickBooks data anymore because the Fincent reports cover everything.

It also catches things I'd miss. It flagged a double Adobe charge for me, which let me go get a refund I never would have noticed on my own. After about three years on the platform, the monthly rhythm is smooth and I trust the numbers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

For a small company (in our case, we are an R&D stage company in the battery space), I wholeheartedly recommend Fincent. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Previous accounting service providers have been expensive and have required me to spend a lot of time providing information. Fincent works with my existing business workflow to extract relevant accounting data. I get specific questions through the FIncent website that are much easier to respond to with less time on my part. Fincent's pricing structure is well suited for small startups. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.