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I tested dozens of accounting apps to find the best ones for your business—here's the list of the best accounting software.

The 9 best accounting software tools for small business

Accounting has a reputation for being a tedious and confusing part of running a business. But times have changed, and the days of managing finances with paper ledgers and clunky spreadsheets are all but gone.

The best accounting software for small business

Increased sales don't have to mean more time lost to paperwork — let Zapier be your personal accountant. This multi-step Stripe-QuickBooks Online integration will happen at any new Stripe charges, automatically finding the right QuickBooks Online customer or creating them if they don't exist, followed by issuing a sales receipt in their name — all in one go.

Stripe

Create QuickBooks Online customers with sales receipts for new Stripe payments

Someone has made a purchase from you, awesome! Now you need to get it to them, which can be a bit tedious. Take care of that automatically by sending your QuickBooks Online invoices to ShipStation. They'll arrive as new orders, ready for you to send them on their way!

ShipStation

Create ShipStation order from QuickBooks invoices

When a new contact is created in ZenMaid, this Zapier template will add a matching customer to QuickBooks Online automatically.

ZenMaid

Add new ZenMaid contacts as QuickBooks Online customers

When you make online sales and process with Stripe, you need to also record the income in Wave to keep your bookkeeping up to date. This integration will create an Income transaction in Wave for each new Stripe payment processed, ensuring that your online captured sales are correctly recorded in Wave. Sales income and payment card processing fees are captured separately, so you have fully accurate records.

Add transactions in Wave for new Stripe sales

Who doesn't want to build a backup of all their invoices or keep track of them in a separate system? That's just smart business! Build a database automatically with this Zap: Zapier will take your new invoices from Wave and send their information to new rows in Google Sheets. In just a few minutes, you'll have your own backup database ready to go.

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Add new Wave invoices to Google Sheets rows

Wouldn't you want to also add new customers to your email marketing list? Of course, but that adds a few extra steps in your day, which can be time consuming.  Zapier can take care of that for you. All you need to do is worry about nurturing the personal relationship, and let integration automatically create a Mailchimp subscriber every time a new customer is created in your Wave account.

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Create Mailchimp subscribers from new Wave customers

Prevent duplication of data entry when new contacts are created in WooCommerce. When new contacts are created in WooCommerce, the customer trigger event automatically  invokes the create customer action in Sage Accounting. This results in the customer being created in your Sage Accounting business.

WooCommerce

Add new WooCommerce customers to Sage Accounting

Tired of copying-and-pasting your invoice details across platforms? This Zap can help. Once it's in place, this integration automatically creates an invoice in Sage Accounting from each new invoice created in Shopify.

Shopify

Generate Sage Accounting sales Invoices for newly-paid Shopify orders

This template creates a sales invoice in Sage Accounting whenever a new shift has been closed in Loyverse to record sales.

Loyverse

Create Sage Accounting sales invoices for new closing shifts in Loyverse

Keep your Google Ads Customer Match Lists fresh with this integration that automatically adds a new contact to a Google Ads Customer Match list from new entries in Zoho Books

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Add Contact to Customer List With Email in Google Ads for New Customer in Zoho Books

Sending emails about the latest news and offers to customers is an integral part of expanding your business. Let this automation do the work of building up your audience: Turn it on, and every new customer you add to Zoho Books will also be subscribed to a list on Mailchimp, guaranteeing your newsletters always reach the widest possible audience.

Subscribe new Zoho Books customers to a list on Mailchimp

If you're focused on running your store, administrative tasks like accounting take up valuable time. Get a little help through Zapier automation. This workflow will trigger with every new order you receive on WooCommerce, automatically creating an invoice on Zoho Books from the details so your paperwork can move as fast as your business.

Create invoices in Zoho Books from new WooCommerce orders

Automatically created paid invoices in Xero when your Stripe customers are charged with this Stripe Xero integration. After you set up this integration, every time there is a new Stripe charge, a new Xero invoice is created. It's automatic accounting at its best.

Create Xero invoices for new Stripe payments

If you manage your online store with WooCommerce and your books with Xero, this integration is here to make the two systems work in harmony. Each time you make a sale with WooCommerce, an invoice will be automatically generated for you in Xero. 

Create Xero invoices for new WooCommerce orders

Instead of manually copying and pasting data to create a new invoice in Xero every time a new order is placed on Shopify, use Zapier to create new invoices for you. Once you integrate these two applications, from that point forward, new orders on Shopify will automatically have matching invoices in Xero.

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