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I’m almost leaning towards handing things in spreadsheets to be honest. Free Agent looks and functions great but i can’t help feeling it’s a little over the top for a freelancer with an accountant. Surely that’s what i’m paying him for?

Free Agent has many great features but also does a lot of calculation in the backend for VAT returns and such. Without the import of expenses that would mean i would need to also spend time each month entering my expenses twice. Sure i could right an import using their API but do i really need it?

£25/month is a lot too. You’re talking £300 a year on a piece of software designed to compete with the likes of Sage Instant Accounts. Now don’t get me wrong, i’m all for web apps over desktop software but this really is stretching the model. Most web app accounting software either includes a free limited version or is much cheaper. £300/month would buy me a PC and sage so i don’t need to run it on my mac!

The search continues….