norabooks vs QuickBooks
QuickBooks is built for US businesses. norabooks is built for Canadian freelancers. Here's how they compare.
| Feature | norabooks | QuickBooks |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | ||
| 7-day free trial | ✓ | — |
| Starting price | $9 CAD/mo | $20 USD/mo |
| Priced in CAD | ✓ | — |
| No per-user fees | ✓ | — |
| Canadian Tax | ||
| GST/HST auto-calculation | ✓ | ✓ |
| PST by province | ✓ | ✓ |
| QST (Quebec) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Place-of-supply rules | ✓ | — |
| Tax-exempt clients | ✓ | ✓ |
| Invoicing | ||
| Unlimited invoices | ✓ | — |
| Professional PDF invoices | ✓ | ✓ |
| Payment tracking | ✓ | ✓ |
| Partial payments | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multi-currency | ✓ | ✓ |
| Expenses & Receipts | ||
| Expense tracking | ✓ | ✓ |
| Receipt OCR scanning | ✓ | ✓ |
| Receipt-expense linking | ✓ | ✓ |
| Bank statement import | ✓ | ✓ |
| Mileage tracking | ✓ | ✓ |
| Reports | ||
| Profit & loss | ✓ | ✓ |
| Tax summary | ✓ | ✓ |
| Export to CSV/PDF | ✓ | ✓ |
| Real-time updates | ✓ | ✓ |
| Simplicity | ||
| Setup time | <2 minutes | 15+ minutes |
| No accounting knowledge needed | ✓ | — |
| Freelancer-focused UI | ✓ | — |
| No feature bloat | ✓ | — |
Common questions about switching
You can export your QuickBooks data as CSV and import bank statements into norabooks. Direct QuickBooks import is on our roadmap.
norabooks focuses on what freelancers actually need: invoicing, expenses, receipts, and tax. QuickBooks has more features (payroll, inventory, multi-user), but most freelancers never use them and pay for complexity they don't need.
norabooks is simpler, cheaper ($9 CAD/month vs $20+ USD), priced in CAD, and built specifically for Canadian freelancers. That's 1/3 the cost. 7-day free trial to try it.
Not yet. norabooks is focused on solo freelancers and businesses without employees. Payroll is not on the near-term roadmap.
Ready to switch from QuickBooks?
$9 CAD/month. 1/3 the cost of QuickBooks. 7-day free trial.