Comparison

Financial Cents vs Xero Practice Manager

On the evidence we track, Financial Cents leads this comparison with a composite score of 66/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★Financial Cents66
Xero Practice Manager58
Score
vioscaleAI score
Financial Cents66 / 100medium · 55%
Xero Practice Manager58 / 100low · 37%
Pricing
Free tier
Financial Cents✓
Xero Practice Manager✓
Model
Financial Centsfreemium
Xero Practice Managercommercial
Price level
Financial Centsmid
Xero Practice Managerlow
Starting price
Financial Cents$19
Xero Practice Manager£1.50
Transparent
Financial Cents✓
Xero Practice Manager✗
Integrations
Count
Financial Cents16
Xero Practice Manager1,000
Security
Certifications
Financial CentsSOC 2 Type I
Xero Practice Manager–
Gdpr
Financial Cents✓
Xero Practice Manager–
Hipaa
Financial Cents✓
Xero Practice Manager–
Soc2
Financial Cents✓
Xero Practice Manager–
Content
Faq
Financial Cents–
Xero Practice Manager6 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for accounting practice management. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capabilities
Secure client portal document upload
Financial Cents✓
Xero Practice Manager-
Automated client document request chasing
Financial Cents✓
Xero Practice Manager✓
Kba irs compliant e signatures form 8879
Financial Cents-
Xero Practice Manager-
Recurring workflow templates by tax return type
Financial Cents✓
Xero Practice Manager-
Email integration and automatic timeline triage
Financial Cents✓
Xero Practice Manager-
Time tracking and wip work in progress billing
Financial Cents✓
Xero Practice Manager✓
Proposal generation and upfront payment collection
Financial Cents✓
Xero Practice Manager✓
Quickbooks xero two way client sync
Financial Cents-
Xero Practice Manager✗
Tax software proconnect lacerte integration
Financial Cents✓
Xero Practice Manager-
SOC2 type ii
Financial Cents✗
Xero Practice Manager-
ISO 27001
Financial Cents-
Xero Practice Manager-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Financial Cents

Leader

Practice management software that brings workflows, client collaboration, document management, time tracking, billing, and reporting together for accounting and tax firms.

Independently observed

Xero Practice Manager

A cloud-based accounting software platform with invoicing, bank reconciliation, payroll, and tax compliance features. Serves small business owners and their advisors with real-time financial data access and a broad ecosystem of integrated third-party applications.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Financial Cents

Leader
from $19/moSubscriptionFree tier14-day trial

From $19/mo. Free 14-day trial.

  • Solo$19/mo billed annually
    • Workflow and to-do lists
    • Workflow automations
    • Client tasks and requests
    • Client portal
    • Document management
  • Team$49/mo billed annually
    • All Solo features
    • Unlimited tags, client groups, and custom fields
    • Customize client task emails
    • Zapier integration (5000+ apps)
    • Branded client portal
    • +3 more
  • Team$69/mo billed monthly
    • All Solo features
    • Unlimited tags, client groups, and custom fields
    • Customize client task emails
    • Zapier integration (5000+ apps)
    • Branded client portal
    • +3 more
  • Scale$69/mo billed annually
  • Scale$89/mo billed monthly
as of verify ↗

Xero Practice Manager

from £1.50/additional person (payroll, up to 200)/moSubscription

Subscription-based with variable payroll and expenses add-ons. Monthly billing. Prices in GBP.

  • GrowVariable pricing with £1.50/person/month for payroll and £2.50/user/month for additional expenses
    • Send invoices and quotes
    • Accept online invoice payments
    • MTD for Income Tax ready
    • Reconcile transactions
    • Smart document capture
    • +10 more
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Financial Cents✓
Xero Practice Manager✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Financial Cents✓
Xero Practice Manager✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Financial Cents

Leader
16 total
  • Drake Tax
  • UltraTax
  • Lacerte
  • ProSeries
  • ProConnect
  • TaxAct
  • CCH Axcess
  • Google Drive
  • OneDrive
  • SharePoint
  • Gmail
  • Outlook
  • QuickBooks Online
  • Zapier
  • SmartVault
  • Ignition
Independently observed

Xero Practice Manager

4 total
  • Hubdoc
  • TaxCycle
  • Countable
  • HMRC
Independently observed
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