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WiseCost is DCAA compliance software for small government contractors who run their books in QuickBooks® Online. It gives you the timekeeping, labor distribution, and job costing a DCAA auditor expects: daily time entry, timesheet approval, an immutable audit trail, and cost-pool allocation, and works with QuickBooks Online, so you get audit-ready without an enterprise ERP, a data migration, or spreadsheets. The problem WiseCost solves QuickBooks Online handles the money well, but it was never built for government contracting: no DCAA-compliant timekeeping, no approval workflow, no audit trail for time entries, and no way to distribute labor across cost pools and post the result as a traceable journal entry. The usual workarounds: spreadsheets, or a $30K–$100K ERP like Deltek or Unanet, either don't survive an audit or don't fit a 2–60 person team. WiseCost closes that gap. How it works - Time tracking: Employees log hours daily by project, task, and cost category from any device, by timer or manual entry. - Approval workflow: Employees submit timesheets; managers approve or return them. Every action is timestamped and attributed. - Labor distribution_ A guided wizard turns approved hours into dollars across direct and indirect cost pools (Fringe, Overhead, G&A), with penny-precise rounding that ties each employee's distribution exactly to payroll. -Journal-entry posting: The distribution posts as a journal entry in QuickBooks Online, fully traceable. Reopen a period and WiseCost creates an automatic reversal, the original is never deleted. - Immutable audit trail: Every entry, edit, approval, rejection, and posting is preserved with its original author and timestamp, exactly what auditors request in a floor check or incurred cost audit. Built for the SF-1408 review WiseCost maps directly to the timekeeping and labor-distribution criteria of the SF-1408 pre-award accounting system review: daily timekeeping by employee and project, employee certification, manager approval, an immutable audit trail, labor distribution to direct and indirect cost pools, and journal-entry posting to QuickBooks with full traceability. Whether you already hold T&M or cost-type contracts or you're getting audit-ready before your first award, Pre-DCAA mode lets you demonstrate cost-accounting maturity from day one. For CPA firms and advisors CPAs advising GovCon clients get a multi-tenant, white-labeled dashboard to onboard and manage every client from one place. An affordable alternative to Deltek and Unanet No migration, installs in hours, and starts at $149/month (5 users included, plus $15 per additional user). You keep QuickBooks. You keep your data. You get compliant. Who it's for Small and mid-size U.S. government contractors (2–60 employees) on QuickBooks Online with T&M, cost-plus, or mixed contracts, or firms bidding on federal prime or subcontracts that need compliant timekeeping before their first award. Key capabilities DCAA-compliant timekeeping · Daily time entry by project and task · Manager approval workflow · Labor distribution to direct and indirect cost pools · Penny-precise rounding tied to payroll · Automatic journal-entry posting to QuickBooks Online · Immutable audit trail · Job costing by contract · Timekeeping and labor records ready for DCAA floor checks and incurred cost audits · Multi-tenant CPA dashboard · SF-1408 support · Pre-DCAA readiness mode · QuickBooks Online integration (OAuth) · Mobile / PWA access · Affordable pricing from $149/month.

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Sarah S.

Manager

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

9/30/2026

"DCAA-compliant timekeeping on QuickBooks"

5/5

What do you like best about WiseCost?

As a CPA who helps small government contractors get DCAA-ready, what I value most is that it makes a client's system audit-ready without ripping out QuickBooks. Time is captured daily with a real audit trail, labor is distributed to the right cost pools (direct, fringe, overhead, G&A, and unallowable kept separate), and it posts cleanly back to QuickBooks. The gaps I see most often in practice (logging only billable hours, fragmented tools, no audit trail, mixed cost categories) are exactly the ones it closes. And because the system produces a P&L by contract, clients don't just pass a review, they can finally see which contracts actually make money. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about WiseCost?

The software itself is refreshingly simple, especially next to an enterprise ERP like Deltek or Unanet, which is exactly why I recommend it. The only learning curve is the DCAA side: cost pools, indirect rates, and what an auditor expects. That's the subject matter, not the tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is WiseCost solving and how is that benefiting you?

Getting a small contractor DCAA-ready used to mean stitching together a timekeeping tool, payroll, and spreadsheets for labor distribution, error-prone and hard to defend in a floor check. WiseCost gives them SF-1408-ready timekeeping and labor distribution on top of the QuickBooks they already use, with the audit trail an auditor expects. For clients who don't need a six-figure ERP, it's the right-sized fit. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Florencia S.

CEO

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

9/4/2026

"Hours, costs, and P&L in one place for our design agency"

5/5

What do you like best about WiseCost?

As a creative design agency, the biggest win is seeing profitability per project the moment we need it. The team logs hours against each project and WiseCost lines them up with costs and revenue, so we know the P&L of every client and campaign without touching a spreadsheet. Time tracking lives inside the accounting, so there's no double entry, and the dashboards show where each project stands financially at a glance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about WiseCost?

Very little to fault. It's a newer product, so a few of the report templates and views we'd eventually like are still being added. For everything we actually need day to day, it's already there. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is WiseCost solving and how is that benefiting you?

Before, hours and project tracking lived in spreadsheets separate from the books, so we'd only learn at month-end whether a project had made money. Now time, costs, and P&L are unified. We see which clients and projects carry a margin, invoice more precisely, and plan cash flow from real numbers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

10/7/2026

"Clear Client Profitability Insights with WiseCost and QuickBooks"

5/5

What do you like best about WiseCost?

Now we know what each client actually costs us. The team logs hours on each project, and WiseCost turns that into labor cost in QuickBooks, so we can see profit by client and project. It's been especially useful for long-running engagements, where it's easy to lose track of how much time is really being spent. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about WiseCost?

The hardest part was getting everyone to log their time consistently. That's more about internal habits than the software itself, but it took a while. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Verified User in Computer Software

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

8/24/2026

"Real-Time Project Profitability and P&L Without the Spreadsheet Hassle"

4.5/5

What do you like best about WiseCost?

The best part is seeing the profitability of each project in real time. As a design and development studio, we log the team's hours directly against each project, and WiseCost cross-references them with costs and revenue, so we can see P&L per project and per client without building separate spreadsheets. The time tracking is integrated with the accounting, which avoids double entry, and the dashboards give us the financial picture at a glance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about WiseCost?

The learning curve of the initial setup: getting projects, dimensions/tags, and custom reports configured correctly took us some time to get right. A couple of specific reports we wanted required customization. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is WiseCost solving and how is that benefiting you?

We used to track hours and project progress in spreadsheets that were separate from our accounting system, so we only discovered at month-end whether a project had actually been profitable. With WiseCost, we’ve brought time tracking, costs, and P&L together in one place. Now we can see which projects and clients are leaving a margin, bill more accurately, and forecast cash flow based on real data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.