Built for service-provider firms and the orgs they serve

The accounting platform for churches and nonprofits that bookkeepers and CPAs trust.

Fund accounting, donor management, AP, and clergy-aware payroll on a tamper-evident ledger with per-entity database isolation. Designed from day one for firms managing 20–200 client books — and equally good for a single church.

Book a 30-minute demo →Replace Aplos

Per-entity isolation: 1 DB / org
Ledger integrity: SHA-256 chain
Service Level: 99.9% SLA
Compliance path: SOC 2 Type II

What it is

A serious accounting system, not a thin layer over QuickBooks

Every line carries a fund and a net-asset class. Every posted entry is immutable and cryptographically chained to the prior one. Service-provider firms get a real operator console — not a login switcher.

Fund accounting that is correct by construction

Aligned to FASB ASC 958 and ASU 2016-14. Donor-restricted vs board-designated is a distinction we enforce at intake, not a column you remember to set.

Tamper-evident ledger

Posted journal entries form a per-tenant SHA-256 chain. At period close, the Merkle root is signed in KMS and anchored in WORM storage. Verifiable by your CPA.

Donor + contributions + Pub-1771 statements

Dual counter-signed batches, restriction class at intake, contemporaneous written acknowledgments, noncash gift handling, reissue with full audit trail.

Modern AP with anti-BEC controls

Configurable approval matrices. Vendor bank-info changes require 2-of-3 named approvers with a 24-hour cool-down. Stripe ACH, paper check fallback, integrated 1099 production.

Firm operator console

Cross-client status grid: per-entity close progress, AP queue, reconciliation status, packet delivery. The defining UX for a service-provider firm.

Clergy-aware payroll workflows

Housing allowance designation (prospective, board-resolution attached), SECA handling, Form 4361 status. Data and workflow shipped; tax filing through a partner.

Trust

The posture we publish before you ask

No vertical incumbent commits to this stack today. We do, on day one.

SOC 2 Type II

Path committed in ADR-0008; Type I within 6 months of GA

99.9% SLA

Published service credits — see /trust/sla

Per-entity database isolation

Database-per-accounting-entity, multi-cluster fleet

Tamper-evident ledger

Hash-chained journal entries; KMS-signed period anchors in WORM

PCI SAQ A

We never store, transmit, or process card data

MFA · SSO · SCIM

SAML/OIDC and SCIM 2.0 on the Firm plan

See the full trust center →

vs Aplos

The Aplos replacement, by capability

Capability	steepl	Aplos
Posted-entry immutability	Hash-chained, KMS-signed period anchors in WORM	Not documented
Tenant data isolation Per ADR-0006	Database per accounting entity; multi-cluster fleet	Row-level / shared
Firm-tier console	Cross-client status grid + batch operations	Oversight = login federation only
SAML/OIDC + SCIM	Included on Firm; per-workspace IdP	Not offered
Published SLA with credits	99.9% with proportional service credits	None published
Audit-log export	Append-only events, customer-controllable export	Not exposed to customers
Verifiable ledger CLI for CPAs	apps/verifier: chain re-derivation + signed reports	Not available

Sourced from our public comparison and from Aplos's public help center and security page (accessed 2026-05-20). We update this matrix monthly. Aplos is a registered trademark of its owner; we are not affiliated.

QBOA sunset

QuickBooks Online Accountant retires December 31, 2026

Intuit is sunsetting QBOA at the end of 2026 in favor of the new Intuit Accountant Suite. Every church bookkeeping firm on QBOA is being forced to re-evaluate. We're purpose-built for the part of the market QBOA never really served — and our QBO importer is ready.

The QBOA migration plan →Compare vs QuickBooks

Migration window

Aug 2026 — preview
Early-access for QBOA firms; sandbox imports against real client books.
Oct 2026 — GA for firm tier
Full QBO import + parallel-run mode + cutover assistance.
Dec 1, 2026 — final cutover support
Tightened timelines for firms still on QBOA; dedicated migration engineers.

Move off Aplos. Move off QuickBooks. Run a real ledger.

Book a 30-minute call. Bring a sample export from your current system. We'll show you the import dry-run and the firm console live.

Book a demo →See pricing