# Banana Accounting Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Is Banana Accounting the right Nonprofit solution for you? Explore 11 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/181146/Banana-Accounting/reviews --- Banana Accounting 4.3 (11) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/181146/Banana-Accounting/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated March 13th, 2026 # Reviews of Banana Accounting Ease of use 4.3 Customer Service 4.0 ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 1-11 of 11 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use CM Carlos M. Manager Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Almost 20 years using Banana Accounting" March 9, 2019 5.0 very happy ! Pros Easy to use for our accounting people. Best software for small companies Cons Some translation to spanish issues, missing documentation Review Source LG Leigh G. Administration Civic & Social Organization Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "You'de be bananas not to try Banana Accounting" January 27, 2025 4.0 Banana Accounting is great for assisting with reporting. I can manually add data easily. The template's are user friendly and I navigated them quickly. Pros What I like most about Banana Accounting is the Inventory management feature. Inventory can be managed for several locations. Cons It's hard to find something I liked least about Banana Accounting. I don't have an answer at this time. Review Source LS LUCIANO S. Manager Executive Office Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Review" March 9, 2019 3.0 I constantly use it with satisfaction but I would like to implement invoicing and inventory Pros Very simple to use for accounting and creating the dossier Cons not so intuitive for creating account structure Review Source BPR Bro. Paolo R. Medical Director / Acting Administrator Hospital & Health Care Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Bro. Paolo Rizzetto MCCJ's review of Banana Accounting System" March 13, 2019 5.0 I am running the accounts for a private not for profit hospital, relying mostly on external donors to whom project proposals are submitted. They avail a budget which enters into a sytem of liabilites. The Banana Accounting system helps to maintain day to day, monthly, quarterly and annual balance sheets for the whole hospitlal and for the different Donors. The double entry accounting system with mutliple currencies helps our administration to reconcile donations given in hard currency and how the inflation in the local currency affect the disbursement of cash. This gives us an instrument to analyze critically wages, loss or gain in the purchasing power of staff salaries versus the cost of living/supplies, during specific periods of the year Pros Once a bit of training is done it is very versatile, in managing accounts, especially when it comes to double entry accounting system. The intial coding takes time but it is very effective for entring transactions The colours of writings and backgrounds help to distinguish different ledgers in the same administration. The graphs help to visualize trends along the year. The automatism of closing of the year is very useful. Cons I cannot compare sheets from different files (for example the accounting systems of different years / subsequent years): I cannot have two Banana files open at the same time. Review Source Response from Banana.ch March 27, 2019 Hello brother Paolo, it is very nice to read your review and we are very happy to know that you are satisfied with our product, but let us show you how Banana Accounting also does the few things you are still looking for. You can indeed have reports over several years ¿ please visit this page to find out how: https://www.banana.ch/doc9/en/node/9474 You can also have several files at the same time; actually there are two ways to do it: https://www.banana.ch/doc9/en/node/9470 You can contact us if you need anything else! RG Roge G. Responsible Financial Officer Government Administration Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Parish Council Accounting" March 8, 2019 4.0 When I first joined the Parish Council I was producing double entry accounts manually. Unfortunately this led to errors in the accounts. After spending some time trawling the internet I came across Banana Accounting which was a flexible double entry system rather that related to a specific industry. It took some time to set the software up for the Council but once the Chart of Accounts etc was set up, it became just a matter of entering transactions in order to be able to print either the Balance Sheet or Profit/Loss Accounts Pros the ease of being able to enter transactions . The Parish Council uses the double entry system of accounting and it is very easy to enter the transactions be they Current Account Transaction, Deposit Account Transactions or Petty Cash. It is easy to print out on a monthly basis the Balance Sheet of the Council which provides an up to date financial positron of the Council Cons Because the software was not written with a Parish Council in mind it requires some thought to use the processes of the software to achieve the result you want. Review Source XF Xavier F. Manager and accountant Non-Profit Organization Management Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "A rewarding experience" March 12, 2019 5.0 I have been using the last updated version of Banan9 (Mac Version) with double-entry accounting for a small animal protection association. I have found the product easy to use and the ability to copy and paste to and from Excel useful and time saving. I have been able to solve all my doubts up to now, using the Help provided with the software that I did found well organised and clearly written. I have also found all the flexibility I needed when defining groups of accounts and have found particularly helpful the ability to define Segments in order to obtain Profit & Loss Statements per different units. All these features allowed us to define with great ease an account structure well suited to our accounting needs. Pros Well written user manual and documentation Ease of use Easy transfer of data to and from Excel Build-in capability to define different units, getting P&L statements for different units. No software problem was found when working with Banana 9 last update. Cons I missed a larger set of pre-defined reports that did make use of the user-defined Segment structure. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Administrator/Fundraiser Non-Profit Organization Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "2 different currencies, same banana " March 1, 2019 4.0 I am able to work with 2 currencies at the same time. The ability to easily generate financial reports at any point in time Pros The ability to use two different currencies which best suites an NGO which relies on grants from Europe, especially in writing report to donors. Cons The banana 9 was a bit difficult to start with, especially in generating external reports Review Source SO Sharon O. Owner Accounting Used the software for: 2+ years ### "From Cyprus" March 4, 2019 5.0 Using Banana for three different clients with three different sets of needs and find it flexible enough to deal with all. Pros Just love how flexible it is. Why wont you accept this ? Cons The "help" can be a bit difficult to use - but I get there eventually The name - its quirky OK, but when as a professional you say "I use Banana" people do look a bit askance! Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Project manager Renewables & Environment Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Multi platform accounting software" March 11, 2019 4.0 It can easily to produce various financial report; balance sheet, income statement etc Pros Banana is multi platform accounting software; Linux, Mc OS and Windows. It is very suitable for a business environment where the PC users utilizing various operating system Cons The user interface is very simple. No pop up form for entering the data Review Source SE Sjoerd E. Director Investment Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Easy to use accounting software" March 1, 2019 4.0 After trying and disliking a number of online tools with overly expensive monthly plans I ran into Speedbalance, Banana Accounting’s predecessor. Simple and easy to use with a generous sample of free functionality, we hit it off and have had a great time ever since. Pros Banana accounting is the pefect option for simple accounting for small business use. Only limited knowledge of accounting will enable you to all the basic functions needed Cons Getting to that limit of maximum free ledger entries where you need to pay for banana accounting to keep using it. Oh well you can’t have it all Review Source JB Jerome B. Database dev consultant / Manager Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "USage ofBanan Accounting" March 2, 2019 4.0 Overall, Banana is a very good accounting software, that satisfy my needs for small size company Pros Easy to use Built in functionality for repetitive operation and new year creation and get back last year balances built in functionality for VAT reporting Cons I miss the facility of editing the VAT amount when rounding issues Review Source Similar Products Featured ## Send me user reviews about this product ### Fill out the form and we'll send a list of the top-rated software based on real user reviews directly to your inbox.