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The following comparison of accounting software documents the various features and differences between different accounting software packages.

Package Licence Windows Mac OS X Linux Market focus Type Structure
24SevenOffice Software as a Service Yes Yes Yes low to Mid-Market ? Web based
Adempiere GPL Yes Yes Yes Mid-market ERP, CRM, POS Web based
ACCPAC Proprietary, $595 upwards Yes Yes Yes Mid-Market ? Web based
ALERE Accounting Proprietary Yes No No Low to Mid-Market ? Stand alone
Baan Proprietary Yes Yes Yes Mid to Low-Market ERP Stand alone and web based
Banana Accounting Proprietary Yes No No Low to Mid-Market GL; Double-Entry Accounting; Small-Business Accounting; etc. Stand alone
Compeat Proprietary Yes No No Restaurant management POS Stand alone
Compiere GPL2, other proprietary (certain dependance on Oracle) Yes Yes Yes Mid-market ERP, CRM, POS Web based
Cougar Mountain Software Proprietary Yes No No Low to Mid Market Business Accounting, POS Retail, Nonprofit, Inventory Control, Job Cost Stand alone and Web based
CYMA Systems Proprietary Yes No No Low to Mid Market ? Stand alone
ERP5 GPL Yes Yes Yes All Markets ERP, CRM, SaaS Web based
FirstOffice Proprietary Yes Yes Yes Low Market ? Stand alone
FinanceToGo Proprietary No Yes No Low to Mid Market Double-entry Accounting, Mortgage/Loan/Profit & Loss Accounts, Share Portfolio Management, Small Business Accounting Stand alone
GnuCash GPL Yes Yes Yes Personal GL; Double-Entry Accounting; Stock/Bond/Mutual Fund Accounts; Small-Business Accounting; etc. Stand alone
Grisbi GPL Yes Yes Yes Personal ? stand alone
HansaWorld Proprietary Yes Yes Yes Mid Market ERP, CRM, Sales Management, Manufacturing, Job Costing, Stock, POS, Rental, Calendaring, Service Orders, Webshop, Loans, Alerts, Hospitality Management, Document Management, Graphical Resource Planning Stand alone & WAN ready
HomeBank GPL No Yes Yes Personal ? stand alone
JGnash GPL Yes Yes Yes Personal Double-Entry Accounting, multi-currency stand alone
JMoney GPL Yes Yes Yes Personal ? stand alone
KMyMoney GPL No Yes Yes Personal ? stand alone
Lawson Software Proprietary Yes Yes Yes Mid to Large size Enterprises ERP, CRM, SCM, PM, e-Commerce, BI Web Based
LedgerSMB GPL Yes Yes Yes Mid-market ? Web based
Mamut Software Limited Proprietary Yes No No Low to Mid Market ERP, CRM, e-commerce Stand alone
Microsoft Dynamics AX Proprietary Yes No No Mid Market ? Stand alone
Microsoft Dynamics GP Proprietary Yes No No Mid Market ? Stand alone
Microsoft Dynamics NAV Proprietary Yes No No Mid Market ? Stand alone
Microsoft Dynamics SL Proprietary Yes No No Mid Market ? Stand alone and Web based
Microsoft Money Proprietary Yes No No Personal ? Stand alone
Microsoft Office Accounting Proprietary Yes No No Low Market ? Stand alone
Moneydance Proprietary Yes Yes Yes Personal ? Stand alone
MYOB Proprietary Yes Yes No Low to High End Market Small business and commercial accounting. Payroll and POS Stand alone
NetSuite Software as a Service Yes Yes Yes Mid Market CRM, ERP, ecommerce Web based
Openda QX Proprietary Yes No No Low to Mid Market CRM, ERP Stand Alone
Oracle Corporation Proprietary ? ? ? High Market ? Stand Alone
Peachtree by Sage Proprietary, $69.99 - $3375.00 Yes No No Low-end to High end Business management. Stand alone
Pegasus Software Opera II Proprietary Yes No No Mid-market ? Stand alone
POS Solutions Proprietary Yes No No Newsagency pharmacy POS Stand alone
PhpOrganisation GPL Yes Yes Yes Low-end ? Web based
Pyfm GPL ? ? ? Personal ? Stand alone
Quasar Accounting GPL Yes ? Yes ? ? Stand alone
QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions Proprietary, $3,000 - $9,000 Yes No Yes Mid Market Business management, Payroll Stand alone
Quicken Proprietary Yes Yes No Personal ? Stand alone
SQL-Ledger GPL Yes Yes Yes Mid-market ? Web based
Sage Proprietary Yes No No Accounting Firms CRM, payroll Stand alone
Sage Line 50 Proprietary Yes No No Low-market (for SME) ? Stand alone
SAP Business One Proprietary Yes No No Small & Midsize Enterprises (SME) ERP, e-Commerce Stand alone
SAP R/3 Proprietary Yes No Yes Midsize to High-end ERP, CRM, SCM, SRM, PLM, GTS, e-commerce, Mobile Business Stand alone
Simply Accounting Proprietary Yes No No Low-end Business Accounting, Retail, Inventory Control Stand alone
Tally Proprietary Yes No Yes Mid-market payroll Stand alone
Tiny ERP GPL Yes Yes Yes Mid-market ERP, CRM, POS Stand alone and Web based
TurboCASH GPL Yes No No Low to mid-market ? Stand alone
WebERP GPL Yes Yes Yes low to Mid-Market ERP Web based
Xero Software as a Service, $50 per month Yes Yes Yes Small and medium-sized enterprises ? Web-based
Package Licence Windows Mac OS X Linux Market focus Type Structure

Some GPL Software

Package Programming Language First public release date Latest stable release Stable release date Development Status Database Supported languages
Adempiere J2EE, JBoss 2006-10-12 23:46 3.2.0 May 1, 2007 5 - Production / Stable Oracle, PostgreSQL +10: English, Spanish, Français, ...
Compiere J2EE 2001-06-08 19:37? 2.6.1 April 27, 2007 5 - Production / Stable Oracle (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Sybase in Beta) ?
ERP5 Python April 29, 2002 1.0rc11 February 1, 2007 5 - Production / Stable ZODB (any with ODBC interface) English, French, German, Japanese, Polish
Grisbi
GnuCash C 80%, Scheme / Lisp 13%, Perl 7%? Registered: 1999-11-08 23:59 2.2.3 2008-01-08 00:00 5 - Production / Stable ? 8: English, German, Spanish, French, Russian, ...
LedgerSMB Perl ? 1.2.9 09/28/2007 5 - Production / Stable PostgreSQL 8.x ?
SQL-Ledger Perl ? ? ? ? PostgreSQL 30: English, ...
Tiny ERP Python, XML ? 4.2.2 14/02/2008 5 - Production / Stable PostgreSQL +10
webERP PHP Jan 2003 3.0.8 Nov, 2007 5 - Production / Stable mySQL - innodb +10: English, Spanish, German, Chinese ...

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