Introducing BeanSprout
Welcome! I’m excited to announce the launch of BeanSprout - a desktop-first, pay-once bookkeeping app that provides small businesses and non-profits the essentials they need to start organizing their finances. With BeanSprout you can:
- Import transactions from your bank in common formats such as CSV, OFX, QBO
- Easily categorize and add custom tags to your transactions
- Maintain your Chart of Accounts
- Easily add import rules to automatically categorize recurring transactions
- Manage invoices and bills from vendors
- Generate common reports like Profit and Loss and Balance Sheet
- Run several businesses or non-profits from one install, each with its own chart of accounts, transactions, invoices, and reports
- And much more!
Best of all, your data stays on your machine - a local file on your own computer, never uploaded, and the app works fully offline. And you only have to pay for a one-time license: $49 once, covering both macOS and Windows, with no subscription and no per-user fee. Sure, there are accounting SaaS products that offer a free tier, but they save all the good stuff like reporting tags for their paid plans. Not sure if BeanSprout is right for you? We offer a 30-day free trial of the full feature suite.
Who is BeanSprout ideal for?
BeanSprout definitely isn’t for everyone. I created BeanSprout for someone like me - a small business owner and non-profit volunteer treasurer who manages multiple organizations, updates their books and generates reports 1-2 times per month, and sporadically needs to create and send invoices. I’m someone who doesn’t need all the extra features and bloat of a QuickBooks. I also don’t need to have a bank connection to automatically sync transactions or to be able to receive payments through my accounting app. However, I still want a streamlined, modern accounting experience without the expensive subscription.
Who BeanSprout is not for
BeanSprout is probably not right for you if:
- You need to have multiple users regularly working in the app.
- You need to automatically sync transactions from your bank account.
- You want to send invoices to your customers and collect payments directly from your accounting app.
- You want advanced payroll management features.
If any of the above sound like you, then a subscription to a SaaS accounting app like QuickBooks, Wave, or FreshBooks will be the right choice.
If you’re unsure about whether BeanSprout is a good fit for you, send us a message!
What’s Next
BeanSprout is launching with the essentials to get you started with managing your organization’s finances, but we have much more in store. Some of what you can expect in the coming weeks and months:
- Non-profit-specific features such as restricted funds accounting, grant management, and donor management.
- Inventory management
- Stripe integration for receiving and managing invoice payments
- More common and niche reports
- Interfaces for integrating with AI tools
Thank you for checking out BeanSprout. We release updates regularly and prioritize your feedback. Is there a must-have feature that is holding you back from trying BeanSprout? Drop us a message and let us know!
- Nick, BeanSprout Founder
