Bokio
7.1#16 in gym accounting softwareFrom £24.95 a monthAndroidiOSWebExtension
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What both publish
| Fact | Bokio | Wave |
|---|---|---|
| Bank feeds | Automatic bank feeds use Plaid open banking and fetch transactions up to four times daily. | Pro supports read-only bank and credit-card connections with automatic transaction import, merging and categorization. |
| Founded | 2015 | 2010 |
| Headquarters | Gothenburg and Stockholm, Sweden | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Invoicing | Users can create, email or download invoices, record payments, manage credit and supplier invoices, and create quotes. | Users can create unlimited professional invoices and estimates, send them online, track status and accept card or bank payments. |
| Licence | SoftwareWorld classifies Bokio as proprietary software. | Wave API use is governed by Wave terms of service; the reviewed pages do not identify an open-source licence. |
| Mobile app | The app uploads accounting documents, reads receipts with AI, generates reports and tracks transactions and invoices. | The mobile app supports invoices, estimates, receipt scanning, dashboards and paid mobile accounting transactions. |
| Praise: ease of use | Trustpilot UK reviewers repeatedly describe Bokio as easy to use, simple to learn or relatively easy to use. | G2 reviewers repeatedly praise Wave as user-friendly, especially for non-accountants. |
| Rating on Google Play | 2.1 out of 5; the independent comparison page does not state the number of ratings. | 3.3 out of 5 from 23.6K reviews |
Bokio plans
- Premium£24.95 a month
Wave plans
- StarterFree
- Receipts$8 a month
- Pro$19 a month
- Pro Plan$19 a month
- Receipts$72 a year
- Wave Advisors$149 a month
Pick Bokio if…
Bokio may suit businesses outside the UK seeking bookkeeping, invoicing, expense tools, and MTD VAT returns. UK users cannot access the service following its closure.
Pick Wave if…
Wave suits businesses that need invoicing, payment collection, customer records, and connected bookkeeping. Its Starter plan is aimed at people starting a business or seeking basic features.