Affordable Startup Bookkeeping and Accounting Pricing

	Basic Bookkeeping	Founder Timesaver	Premium
Price	Starting at $275 per month	Starting at $375 per month
QuickBooks Bookkeeping	Yes	Yes	Yes
Dedicated Account Manager	Bookkeeper	Accountant	Fractional CFO or Controller
HR Services	No	Available	Available
State and Local Tax Compliance	No	Yes	Yes
Corporate Income Tax Returns	Optional	Optional	Optional
Locations	1 State	2 States	Multiple States, International
Revenue Recognition	Basic Accrual Import	Basic Accrual Import	Advanced Revenue Recognition

Why do startup founders like us so much?

It's not just the low price of our service – it's the focus on helping funded companies manage their burn and experience navigating VC and M&A due diligence.

What Should Monthly Bookkeeping Cost?

Early-stage companies have surprisingly intense bookkeeping needs, since most are quickly scaling expenses, vendors and often revenue. So it’s not surprising that bookkeeping costs can seem higher than expected. But what should it cost to get the books done?

It depends on who does them!

A founder can do their own books internally; and we generally recommend this until the company has raised at least $250,000 in funding. Cash is too tight to spend on outside services. But as soon as the company has enough funding, the founder should have better things to do than QuickBooks.

The three costs of early-stage bookkeeping

Who you choose to work with can dramatically impact the cost of bookkeeping services - in terms of the actual amount spent, as well as the time spent by the founder PLUS the risk to the business’ next fundraise. There really are three costs of working with a bad bookkeeper.

This is because bookkeepers who do not have experience working with venture backed startups usually are less efficient to get the job done. And since most accounts bill by the hour, this ends up costing more.
Secondly, bookkeepers who are unfamiliar with VC backed businesses often end up asking the founder a lot of questions, as they try to figure out where all the company’s cash is coming from (no, the $4 million seed investment is not “bank interest!”)
Finally, the early stage-companies that we work with expect to go through venture capital due diligence for their next funding round. Your bookkeeper can either make financial diligence a breeze - or can dramatically slow down your deal. We recommend working with someone like Kruze, who knows how to talk to VCs and help get companies funded.

For an early-stage company with low monthly expenses and no revenue, monthly bookkeeping costs should probably be under $1,000 - if not dramatically less. Our plans start at under $300 per month, and go up as the company becomes more complicated and expenses grow. See what’s included in our pricing plans!

	Basic Bookkeeping	Founder Timesaver	Premium
Chart of Accounts	Industry Standard Template	Industry Standard Template	Custom
Departments and Classes	No	No	Yes
Consolidations	No	No	Yes
Inventory	No	No	Yes
Financing & Due Diligence Reports	No	No	Yes
Audit Preparation	No	No	Yes
Qualitative Trend Analysis & Advice	No	No	Yes
Multiple Currencies	No	No	Yes
Reimbursement/check volume	10	High	Unlimited
Supported Accounting Software	QuickBooks Online	QuickBooks Online	QuickBooks Online, Netsuite
Mandated Systems	Bill.com, Expensify, Track1099	Bill.com, Expensify, Track1099	Bill.com, Many Expenses Mgmt Systems
Required Payroll Provider	Gusto, Rippling, Justworks, Trinet	Gusto, Rippling, Justworks, Trinet	Most
Pay Period Requirements	2x a Month	2x a Month	Unlimited
Custom Reporting	No	No	Yes
Supported Banks, Credit Cards	Limited	Limited	Most
Revenue Collection System	Limited	Limited	Unlimited
HR Best Practices	No	Yes	Yes

Which bookkeeping and accounting pricing plan is right for you?

We happy to talk with you about the differences between our pricing plans, but recommend you pick the plan that matches your funding levels and the amount of time you want to dedicate to your bookkeeping and regulatory paperwork.

Kruze is 100% focused on working with funded Delaware C-Corps who have raised at least half a million in seed or venture capital financing.

The minimum on-boarding cost for a new client is $500, and there could be additional costs associated with correcting previous months' financials.

HOW CAN KRUZE OFFER SUCH LOW COST BOOKKEEPING PLANS?

It's actually a lot harder than it looks! But our ability to offer high quality bookkeeping services at such a low price is due to a combination of our focus, experience and technology.

Because we only work with early-stage, funded companies, we've developed deep expertise and detailed, battle-tested processes specific to the needs of our clients. Secondly, our team is highly experienced - our account managers have an average of 11 year of experience, which means they don't have to reinvent the wheel every time a client has a need. Someone in Kruze has probably seen it and done it, which saves us time and lowers our costs. Finally, we've built in-house software to help us generate our clients' books and financial reports. We combine that proprietary technology with best-in-class, off-the-shelf software like QuickBooks, Expensify and others to deliver high quality, and affordable, services.

Client testimonials

We're huge fans of Vanessa and the folks at Kruze Consulting. They set up our books, finances, and other operations, and are constantly organized and on top of things. As a startup, you have to focus on your product and customers, and Kruze takes care of everything else (which is a massive sigh of relief). I highly highly highly recommend working with Vanessa and her team.

Vivek Sodera

Co-Founder @ Superhuman

As a startup, moving quickly is a top priority for us and we just needed to get our tax return done. After we uploaded our docs, we got our tax return in 3 days! E-filing was confirmed by Day 4. Super responsive and helpful!

Casey McKerchie

VP, Operations of Calm.com

Avochato has been growing rapidly in the past year – in fact, too quickly for us to keep up with books, taxes, and budgeting for growth. Partnering with Kruze Consulting has been fantastic to manage, track, and analyze our finances while we continue focusing on building our customer base. Kruze’s team knows what startups need.

Alex De Simone

CEO @ Avochato

I had a great experience working with Kruze Consulting when we raised Series A. They know what VCs need to see, and how to present a startup’s books and finances. If you are going to raise venture capital, you need experts like Kruze.

Chris Mansi

CEO @ Viz.ai

Kruze Consulting is the perfect Accounting, Finance and Tax partner for Los Angeles Startups. Kruze delivers exceptional monthly reporting and financial projections. When we need help with benefits or payroll, Kruze solves our problems. Kruze does our taxes for a fraction of what previous accountants have charged. Thank you Kruze for being a great partner.

Brett O'Brien

CEO @ FLYR

Being a repeat tech entrepreneur, I know how challenging it is to find the ideal CFO - not only is it often expensive to find the right one, but CFOs who combine expertise with scrappiness, market vision and perspective with detail orientation and 'roll up your sleeves' execution is near impossible for an early stage company. So I've been thrilled to work with Kruze Consulting, who not only provide all the ideal characteristics of a top-tier tech CFO, but also live and breathe entrepreneurship themselves. I've known Scott and Vanessa for many years and their deep personal integrity and strong reputation in the industry and made it an easy decision to work with them again.

Tina Fitch

CEO @ HobNob

NIH, NSF, and SBIR grant compliance can add a lot of overhead for a start-up. The Kruze team makes it easy, so we can spend our time growing the business instead of shoveling paperwork.

Charlie Silver

CEO @ Mission Bio

As a startup, it’s incredibly important to keep track of where our money is coming from and where it’s being spent. Kruze Consulting really helps keep our books and taxes in order so that we can focus on the core business. Extremely responsive and very professional, the accountants at Kruze Consulting are a pleasure to work with. We’d highly recommend their services.

Peter Lai

CEO @ Emburse

Staff Accountant	$85
Senior Staff Accountant	$110
Controller	$140
Financial Modeling	$300
Venture Debt	$300
CFO	$300
Tax Advisory	$395

Seed	$1,500
Seed A	$2,000
Seed B	$2,500
Seed C	$3,000

Affordable Startup Bookkeeping and accounting

Kruze only works with funded startups - we know what it takes to raise that next round, and we'll help you get there.

Basic Bookkeeping

Founder Timesaver

Premium