You can build invoicing and expense tables, but QuickBooks' value is accounting correctness, bank feeds, payroll/tax ecosystem, accountant workflows, compliance, and support.
Der Moat
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Der Prompt
Build me a bookkeeping-lite app covering the safe personal slice of QuickBooks Online: invoicing a few clients and tracking expenses. Requirements: - A local web app: Node + Express + better-sqlite3, binds to localhost, no hosting. - Invoices: client, line items, tax rate, due date; render to PDF with Playwright's page.pdf; a manual mark-paid flag. - Expenses: import my bank's CSV export, categorize with a rules table that auto-matches repeat payees, edit the rest by hand. - Reports: a cash-basis P&L and per-quarter totals, plus CSV export of everything for the accountant. - No accounts, no telemetry, the books never leave my machine; write a nightly dated backup copy of the SQLite file. - Out of scope: bank feeds, reconciliation, payroll, and anything that files taxes. Do not build tax logic of any kind. - README: state plainly that this is bookkeeping-lite, not accounting. QuickBooks' real product is accounting correctness, bank feeds, and the accountant ecosystem, none of which this rebuilds; when the numbers start to matter, the honest move is real software or an accountant.
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| Plan | Monatlich | Jährlich (pro Monat) | Enthalten |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | 0 € / workspace | 0 € | 1 user; 1 bank institution; 2 invoices/month; 1 estimate/month; 2 receipt uploads/month; 1 contractor; 3 reports; 5 trips/month; 0 accountant seats |
| Simple Start | 32,77 € / workspace | n. a. | 1 user + 2 accountants; 250 chart-of-account entries; 1 custom field; 1 sales channel; 25 AI questions/month |
| Essentials | 73,30 € / workspace | n. a. | 3 users + 2 accountants; 250 accounts; 4 custom fields; 3 sales channels; 25 AI questions/month |
| Plus | 120,73 € / workspace | n. a. | 5 users + 2 accountants; 40 classes/locations; 250 accounts; 4 custom fields; unlimited sales channels; 25 AI questions/month |
| Advanced | 293,20 € / workspace | n. a. | 25 users + 3 accountants; unlimited classes/locations and accounts; 12 custom fields; 25 AI questions/month; Bill Pay Elite included |
Geprüft am 30.07.2026 · Quelle · aus USD umgerechnet, der EUR-Preis beim Anbieter kann abweichen
Preis, Nachbau und Ersparnis von QuickBooks Online auf einen Blick.
QuickBooks Online kostet im Plan „Simple Start" 32,77 € pro Monat (geprüft am 30.07.2026). Gratis-Version: 1 user, 1 bank institution, 2 invoices/month, 1 estimate/month, 2 receipts/month, 1 contractor, 3 reports, and 5 trips/month
Nein, lieber zahlen: You can build invoicing and expense tables, but QuickBooks' value is accounting correctness, bank feeds, payroll/tax ecosystem, accountant workflows, compliance, and support.
Beim Eigenbau verzichtest du auf: bank feeds, accountant ecosystem, payroll/tax workflows, reconciliations, audit trails, support, compliance expectations.
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