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Starting price

$20/month

Pricing model

Paid

Free tier

No

Free trial

Yes

Plans

PlanPriceBillingNotes
Accounting Basic$20monthUnlimited customers & invoices; Unlimited vendors, contractors, & payments; Automatic bank imports
Accounting Premium$30monthEverything in Basic; Create & send estimates; Users-based permissions
Basic Payroll$17monthFree direct deposit; Free employee portal; Unlimited payrolls
Full Service Payroll$37monthEverything in Basic; Federal tax filings & deposits; State tax filings & deposits

Figures are the vendor's published prices. Unknown values show as “—”. Price-history tracking is not yet available for this tool. Price verified 2026-10-03. Last updated 2026-10-12.

True cost

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PlanListedSeat basisMonthly · 5 seatsAnnual · 5 seats
Accounting Basic$20/monthflat$20$240
Accounting Premium$30/monthflat$30$360
Basic Payroll$17/monthflat$17$204
Full Service Payroll$37/monthflat$37$444

Estimate from published prices. Per-seat plans scale with seats; flat plans don't; plans with included seats charge the base until you exceed them, then add the per-seat overage where published. Monthly/annual come from each plan's billing period. Taxes and add-ons excluded.

Patriot Software's starting price ($20) is 100% below the Finance & Accounting average of $6960.

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