Bench
Dedicated bookkeeping and tax services for growing businesses
- Also known as
- bench
Available worldwide · Popular in: US
What is Bench?
Bench pairs dedicated bookkeeping professionals with financial management software, offering plans ranging from basic bookkeeping to comprehensive packages including tax preparation and advisory services.
Bench pricing
Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.
From $199/mo. No free tier.
Bookkeeping Light
Bookkeeping for small businesses with annual revenue under $250,000
- Accurate books
- Year-end tax-ready financials
Bookkeeping
Full bookkeeping service with dedicated bookkeeper access
- Accurate books
- Year-end tax-ready financials
- Unlimited bookkeeper access via phone/message/video
Bookkeeping + Tax
Bookkeeping plus tax preparation and advisory services
- Accurate books
- Year-end tax-ready financials
- Licensed tax professionals
- Up to four tax advisory calls annually
- End-to-end business tax filing
Full-service tax
Tax preparation and year-round advisory services
- Tax filing
- Year-round tax advisory
- Up to four advisory calls annually
Fractional Bookkeeper
Hourly expert bookkeeping support for businesses using QuickBooks
- QuickBooks-native expert support
- Dedicated bookkeeper access
- Flexible scope of work
Returning Customer tax filing
Lower-cost tax preparation for existing Bench customers
- Tax filing
Add-ons
- Advisory on demand$250/undefined
What Bench does
The capabilities that matter for accounting software, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Double-entry GL
- -
- Multi-entity
- -
- Multi-currency
- -
- Bank feeds
- Aggregator
- AP automation
- -
- AR / invoicing
- -
- Inventory
- -
- Fixed assets
- -
- Project accounting
- -
- Tax compliance
- Federal income tax filing
- Accountant collaboration
- ✓
- Payments capture
- ✓
- API access
- -
- Deployment
- Cloud
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- Web
- Cloud / SaaS
Integrations (16)
Independently observed- Plaid
- Square
- QuickBooks Online
- Drake
- FileThis
- Stripe
- Salesforce
- AWS
- Azure OpenAI
- Mailchimp
- Marketo
- Stream Chat
- Appcues
- DataDog
- Rollbar
- Retool
Bench FAQ
Common questions about Bench, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is Bench?
Bench is an online bookkeeping service that combines automated software with dedicated professional bookkeeping experts to provide monthly books, financial reporting, and tax preparation for small businesses. It is indexed under Accounting Software.
Source: https://bench.co
How much does Bench cost?
Bench is a paid product; published pricing starts at $55 per hour. It is sold across 4 plans (Bookkeeping Grow, Bookkeeping Core, Bookkeeping Core + Tax and QBO Certified Bookkeeper). There is no free tier. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
Source: https://www.bench.co/pricing
What platforms does Bench support?
We have confirmed browser-based access to Bench. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.
Source: https://www.bench.co/pricing
Can Bench be self-hosted?
We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Bench, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.
Source: https://www.bench.co/pricing
What does Bench integrate with?
We have confirmed 16 integrations for Bench, including Plaid, Square, QuickBooks Online, Drake, FileThis, Stripe, Salesforce and AWS, plus 8 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.
Source: https://www.bench.co/pricing
What security certifications does Bench have?
We have independently confirmed SOC 2 for Bench. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Bench not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.
Source: https://bench.co/security
Where is Bench available?
Bench is available in the United States. Its primary market is the United States.
Source: https://www.bench.co/pricing
Bench alternatives
Other accounting software we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- XeroUnified accounting platform for small businesses combining invoicing, payroll, and tax compliancemedium · 74%
- Zoho Booksmedium · 73%
- QuickBooks OnlineCloud-based accounting software that automates bookkeeping and manages business finances across all devicesmedium · 66%
- MoneybirdCloud-based accounting software with automated tax filing and business software integrationsmedium · 63%
- FreshBooksOnline invoicing and accounting software for small businesses and freelancershigh · 75%
- FreeAgentCloud-based accounting and tax management platform for small business ownersmedium · 64%
Compare Bench
Side by side against other accounting software, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The vioscaleAI score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Bench, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing transparency | 75 | 0.09 | 7.1 | ✓ |
| Price level | 25 | 0.10 | 2.6 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 46 | 0.04 | 2.0 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 35 | 0.05 | 1.7 | ✓ |
| Security posture | 40 | 0.04 | 1.7 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | - |
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All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 7 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 64% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Bank feeds: aggregator · Deployment: cloud · Tax compliance: Federal income tax filing · Payments capture: Yes · Accountant collab: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-09-18 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 16 | mediumsource · 2026-08-13 · 60% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | mediumsource · 2026-09-18 · 50% |
Pricing
Security
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Soc2 | Yes | highsource · 2026-08-03 · 75% |
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