# Manager Software Pricing, Alternatives & More 2026 | Capterra > With the help of Capterra, learn about Manager Software - reviews, pricing plans, popular comparisons to other Accounting products and more. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/122579/Manager --- # Manager Software Review 2026: Features, Integrations, Pros & Cons Last updated on March 13, 2026 Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. Independent research methodology Capterra’s researchers use a mix of verified reviews, independent research and objective methodologies to bring you selection and ranking information you can trust. While we may earn a referral fee when you visit a provider through our links or speak to an advisor, this has no influence on our research or methodology. 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[Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/resources/how-we-ensure-transparency/) [Description](#description)[Use cases](#use-cases)[Alternatives](#alternatives)[Features](#features)[Pricing](#pricing)[Support](#support)[Reviews](#reviews) Manager ## What is Manager? Manager is a fully-featured 100% Free Accounting Software for Small Business. Available in 70+ Languages and constantly being updated and improved, Manager will take your small business to the next level. Easy to use with full guides & a big community forum of other Manager users ready to help. Free forever on Windows, Mac and Linux + a paid Cloud/Server version with data transferable across all versions. Download & try it yourself for free today! ## What is Manager used for? [Accounting](https://www.capterra.com/accounting-software/)[General Ledger](https://www.capterra.com/general-ledger-software/)[Accounts Receivable](https://www.capterra.com/accounts-receivable-software/) Top alternative Featured Overall rating Based on 74 user reviews Reviews sentiment Positive 99% Neutral 1% Negative 0% Starting price A$39 Per Month Free trial available Capterra Shortlist charts the highest-rated and most popular products... Our "Best of" badge program showcases products with the highest ratings... Our "Best of" badge program showcases products with the highest ratings... Do you work for Manager?[Manage this product listing](https://digitalmarkets.gartner.com/get-listed/claim-bx?url=http://www.manager.io&name=Manager) ## Compare with a popular alternative Capterra selects software alternatives based on relevant features, verified user reviews and user interactions. Placement may be influenced by client status. ### Manager 4.8 (74) VS. [4.4 (3,282)](https://www.capterra.com/p/120109/Xero/reviews/) Starting Price A$39 Per Month Starting Price $25 Flat Rate, Per Month Free Trial Free Version Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version Ease Of Use 4.7 (74) Ease Of Use 4.4 (2,555) Value For Money 4.8 (59) Value For Money 4.2 (2,075) Customer Service 4.5 (57) Customer Service 4.0 (2,018) ## Manager alternatives [4.3 (618)](https://www.capterra.com/p/76/Intacct/reviews/) Starting price Contact vendor for pricing Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 86% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [4.2 (2,007)](https://www.capterra.com/p/135757/NetSuite/reviews/) Starting price Contact vendor for pricing Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 85% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [3.9 (422)](https://www.capterra.com/p/174753/Sage-50cloud/reviews/) Starting price $124.42 Per User, Per Month Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 72% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [4.3 (135)](https://www.capterra.com/p/133966/Accounting-Seed/reviews/) Starting price Contact vendor for pricing Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 91% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [View all alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/122579/Manager/alternatives/) ## Features Features with the highest number of reviews are displayed first. Those that have no reviews appear next, sorted alphabetically. Bank Reconciliation 4.4 (7) 57.14% of 7 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Compare and match accounting/financial records with corresponding bank statements Expense Tracking 5.0 (7) 57.14% of 7 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Monitor and record expenses such as purchases or charges incurred General Ledger 4.7 (7) 28.57% of 7 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Centralized accounting record which tracks all financial transactions Billing & Invoicing 5.0 (6) 66.67% of 6 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Create, manage, and send invoices or bills to customers Accounts Payable 5.0 (5) 80.00% of 5 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Track money owed to a company's creditors/suppliers Accounts Receivable 5.0 (4) 75.00% of 4 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Track outstanding invoices and the money owed from clients Manager 20 features Built-in accounting to manage ledger, accounts payable/receivable, financial reports, etc. Track money owed to a company's creditors/suppliers Track outstanding invoices and the money owed from clients Compare and match accounting/financial records with corresponding bank statements Create, manage, and send invoices or bills to customers Create budgets based on historical data and future projections A financial statement that lists a company's accounts and details the account type and balance Reports that show customers their invoices, payments, and balance on the account Monitor and record expenses such as purchases or charges incurred Generate reports to assess the financial performance of an organization Centralized database to track details of fixed assets such as depreciation and maintenance scheduling/history Manage revenue acquired through grants, donations, and other sources (accountability vs. profitability) Centralized accounting record which tracks all financial transactions Track and manage inventory levels to maintain proper supply Manage and handle various international currencies Manage employee salary processes, data, taxes, and records administration efficiently Manage and track financials on a project-to-project basis Create, send, and track purchase orders and their statuses Implementation of various strategies to manage tax obligations via planning and maintaining compliance Manage, record and track all business exchanges in form of money and its related interactions in the system Get Advice We can help you find the software with the features you need. Features 4.5 (71) 4.5 Based on 71 reviews ## Pricing Value for money 4.8 (59) Free Trial Free Version Basic A$39.00 Per Month Value for money 4.8 (59) 4.8 Based on 59 reviews Connect with a Capterra advisor for a free 15-minute consultation Get a personalized software list aligned to your business needs with guidance from our expert advisors. Our team has helped 1 million+ businesses like yours find options that fit their needs. ## Support, customer service and training options Customer Service 4.5 (57) Support - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Phone Support - 24/7 (Live rep) - Chat Training - In Person - Live Online - Webinars - Documentation - Videos Deployment - Web - Android - iPhone/iPad Typical users - Freelancers - Small businesses - Mid size businesses - Enterprises Customer Service 4.5 (57) 4.5 Based on 57 reviews ## User reviews Overall rating 4.8 Based on 74 reviews Filter by rating 5(62) 4(11) 3(1) 2(0) 1(0) Mentioned topic Sorted by most recent AU Anonymous User CEO Non-Profit Organization Management ### "Does The Job Well" 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 1.0 1.0 Likelihood to Recommend 9/10 February 10, 2026 We use it for accounting in our 501 (c) 3 organization and find it adequate. After QuickBooks went to a subscriber-only, Internet-only user experience, we needed an inexpensive, user friendly option. Pros Ease of use. Pro-bono feature. Ability to be utilized without being a CPA or professional financial manager. Non-profit and church budget management are possible.. Cons Still a bit of a reach at times. Could benefit from more user-friendliness. No customer support available. Ability to generate accounting reports is good, yet making them customizable could use more help. Switched from [QuickBooks Enterprise](https://www.capterra.com/p/174984/QuickBooks-Enterprise/) Exorbitant fees and necessity of making this an Internet only software. Alternatives considered [Quicken](https://www.capterra.com/p/151854/Quicken/) [QuickBooks Online](https://www.capterra.com/p/190778/QuickBooks-Online/) [QuickBooks Solopreneur](https://www.capterra.com/p/212141/QuickBooks-Self-Employed/) Reasons for choosing Manager Cost prevented us from considering the other options Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. DW David W. Director, Manager & Shareholder Accounting ### "Manager Supporter" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 April 6, 2023 Fantastic, no bad experiences at all. Pros Most accounting packages are geared for Accountants, but with Manager, its easy because the package guides you through the bookkeeping system, thus allowing Bookkeepers to easily use the package. Cons Would like a link into Excel from the Report Menu. Not a train-smash though. Reasons for choosing Manager Because of the features. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. EV Etienne V. Owner Farming ### "Awesome" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 3.0 3.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 December 21, 2022 I will recommend it to anyone, and i have done so many times. Pros Product of the highest quality, easy to use - Thanks Cons For me all that i need is there, short and sweet. I'm not accounting related but this works for me Switched from [PastorsLine](https://www.capterra.com/p/156080/PastorsLine/) The program was to complicated Reasons for choosing Manager Easy use!! Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. AT Anayatullah T. Freelancer Computer Software ### "Full accounting functionality even in free version" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 4.0 4.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 February 28, 2022 I am using "Manager" for the last 5 years. During this period I am fully satisfied with it. Pros Five years back, when I was searching for free complete accounting software, I researched (rather experienced) many accounting software. I found "Manager" as the best free desktop option. It has all the functionalities which a good accounting software must have. It is flexible in editing chart of accounts, sub-accounts can be created easily, cost center tracking is available, multiple windows can be opened simultaneously, and reports can be generated as needed, moreover editing the transactions are so simple. I can say it is the best free option out there. Regarding the online paid version, all of the functions of the free desktop version, plus multiple accounts and worldwide access is available with a monthly economical subscription. Cons Only advanced finance features and not available in "Manager", otherwise nothing is wrong with the software. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. JZ Joseph Z. Director Consumer Services ### "It was I needed (considering the size of the business)" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 0.0 0.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 December 12, 2021 Pros the Summery Page's Display feels clean. Can categorize the accounts into groups (which is important, especially shareholder wants the statements without the details of specific accounts in the Balance Sheet, Profit-Loss Statement and Cash flow Statement) Cons does not have a graph which tracks day to day trend for the business (cannot get everything. I cannot Argue with this (use the Free/Desktop version)). does not separate the Current and Non-Current Accounts for the Assets + Liability Alternatives considered [MYOB Business](https://www.capterra.com/p/183867/MYOB-Business/) [Xero](https://www.capterra.com/p/120109/Xero/) Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Response from Vendor December 20, 2021 Hi Joseph, thanks for review. You can design your chart of accounts any way you require including adding sub-groups such as "Current Assets" and "Non-Current Assets". See https://www.manager.io/guides/9181 CC Cheisto C. proprietor Construction ### "excellent" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 May 10, 2021 Pros easy to use, the desktop version is fully loaded, good for small business Cons no provision to pay the GST online return through this accounting software. also, the cloud version is highly expensive. I could have had purchased if it was less than 10 dollar per month. Switched from [QuickBooks Online](https://www.capterra.com/p/190778/QuickBooks-Online/) they only accept one business Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. AU Anonymous User Managing Director Civil Engineering ### "Best small business accounting software with the most features and free" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 March 31, 2021 I have been very happy with Manager. As a small consulting business with a more complicated accounting setup than most small businesses, the small business accounting software do not do what I need. Not so with Manager. It does everything I need including multiple currencies, configuration for multiple counties, and unlimited number of different business accounts. The features are rich and customizable which makes setting up just how I need and want simple and effective. Plus, Manager is actively updated. Pros This software is feature rich, customizable at all levels, yet simple and intuitive to use. The help files are the best I've seen for any software of any type and also has the best explanations of basic accounting concepts that I've read including AccountingCoach.com. The chart of accounts is the most useful and easy to design of any software I evaluated. Cons The GUI is a little dated looking. No automatic connection to banks (but that is not very important to me). Switched from [MYOB Business](https://www.capterra.com/p/183867/MYOB-Business/) [QuickBooks Online](https://www.capterra.com/p/190778/QuickBooks-Online/) [Reckon One](https://www.capterra.com/p/154538/Reckon-One/) The other softwares did not meet my needs, leaving me always scrambling to figure out how to do what I needed only to discover I works need to buy the enterprise level software to do what I needed. That was too much for my small business. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. AU Anonymous User Managing Director Information Technology and Services ### "Great free accounting software for multiple companies" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 0.0 0.0 Likelihood to Recommend 8/10 February 16, 2021 Pros The ability to quickly get started and do the bookkeeping for a number of simple but separate legal organizations is extremely helpful compared with alternatives that tend to charge per organization. Cons Reporting is a bit basic and I couldn't find an easy way to import my data from my previous accounting system (Waveapps) Alternatives considered [Zoho Books](https://www.capterra.com/p/163115/Zoho-Books/) [QuickBooks Online](https://www.capterra.com/p/190778/QuickBooks-Online/) Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. AU Anonymous User Owner Computer Software ### "No nonsense, feature rich, double-entry accounting" 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 4.0 4.0 Likelihood to Recommend 9/10 January 31, 2021 While Manager and I have had our frustrating moments (see Cons), most of the time it just works. You might even call the software BORING. And I think that's exactly what you want your accounting software to be. :-) Pros Manager was a breath of fresh air after using MYOB for so long. It has a modern interface which lets you at your data quickly and easily. It's highly modular, meaning you can add in just the modules you need, and it comes with a lot—far more than I need—including staff and inventory management. It supports GST reporting right out of the box. There's a great support forum with expert uses, and the developers themselves, who are mostly very responsive to questions. I remember once reporting an issue which the developer fixed the SAME DAY! And incredibly, this software is free for small businesses and individuals who don't require the multi-user and networking features of the Cloud Edition (which is US$39 per month). The free Desktop version runs on Linux, Windows and (all-importantly for me) Mac. Cons Being a cross-platform app build on web technologies, Manager lacks some of the OS integration and polish that you might expect from a native macOS app. There's no integration with the system Address Book, and the Mac menu bar is basically empty (save for some rudimentary window management). No big deal, but there was one feature that caused me a lot of grief: custom HTML themes. The invoice templates that shipped with Manager were pretty basic and didn't meet my needs. I'm a web developer, so building my own template using HTML and CSS didn't faze me, and it worked fine… until Manager changed its whole templating system over to Liquid-based themes and their own home-made PDF generator. The biggest problem was, the new system only supports inline style attributes, and only a very limited number of CSS properties. When I raised these issues, the developer recommended table-based layouts. :-( They could fix these issues by embedding Chromium, but at the cost of 50 MB increase in app size, which they were unwilling to do. I was able to eventually work around the issues and print to PDF using the macOS print window, but the whole process was painful and time-consuming. Another frustration is Manger's insistence on tracking 'Foreign exchange gains (losses)' every time you pay for something in a foreign currency. If, like me, you pay for these up front (no credit) this is totally unnecessary, but there's no way to turn it off—you have to manually update exchange rates. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. EA Ebrahim A. Owner Accounting ### "The best value for price I have ever got" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 September 21, 2020 Never been happier to spend USD 39 a month, ever. Pros It's ease of use and it's strong core personality. There are no fancy gimmicks to draw attention to useless dashboards but the core functionality is among the strongest I have ever seen. The fault tolerance of this service is amazing, you can mess thing as much as you want, and any competent accountant could make quick work of fixing it. The custom reports, templates and easy API (which has no complete documentation as of now, but many are using it -- that's how easy it is) gives you the ability to integrate it and automate things that are not originally include. Cons Everything has some down sides, or I might just be nitpicking here. There is no way to lock your reference numbers. The billable expenses and manufacturing still need some work. Switched from [TallyPrime](https://www.capterra.com/p/127762/Tally-ERP-9/) Tally has one of the best database designs, however, it has the worst UI design which makes it harder to sell to clients as an ERP that they use themselves. Manager solves this problem, where the client can use it to do their own billing and document generation, no more giving us paperwork, it is all electronic now. Alternatives considered [QuickBooks Online Advanced](https://www.capterra.com/p/189398/QuickBooks-Online/) [Odoo](https://www.capterra.com/p/135618/Odoo/) Reasons for choosing Manager Manager is more cost efficient than Odoo and has quicker deployment and training times. Compared to quickbooks, Manager is head and shoulders above that. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. [View all Reviews](https://www.capterra.com/p/122579/Manager/reviews/) Popular comparisons [QuickBooks Desktop vs Manager](https://www.capterra.com/compare/122579-212058/Manager-vs-QuickBooks-Desktop-Pro)[Xero vs Manager](https://www.capterra.com/compare/120109-122579/Xero-vs-Manager) [Wave vs Manager](https://www.capterra.com/compare/122579-178021/Manager-vs-Wave-Apps)  Independent research methodology Capterra's researchers use a mix of verified reviews, independent research and objective methodologies to bring you selection and ranking information you can trust. While we may earn a referral fee when you visit a provider through our links or speak to an advisor, this has no influence on our research or methodology. 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