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Blinksale vs Cranston

See how their public offers line up before you choose your own position. Prices stay in the currency, billing schedule, and charged unit each vendor publishes.

USD · US · source: www.blinksale.com

Plan Pricing Charged by Offer type
Blinksale
USD 19 monthly · USD 15.83 / month with annual commitment

$19/month or $15.83/month on annual plan

Flat · published subscription Standalone · Fixed

USD · US · source: cranston.ai

Plan Pricing Charged by Offer type
Bookkeeping Highlighted
USD 30 monthly

$30 per client book, per month

Unit · per client book Standalone · Fixed
Tax prep
USD 40 per prepared return

$40 per prepared return, any form

Usage · per prepared return Standalone · Usage based

What each plan includes

Feature names follow each vendor’s own pricing page, so verify the wording before treating them as exact equivalents.

Blinksale

Blinksale

Official plan card

Invoices, estimates, and clients

Unlimited

Limited

Official plan card

Customizable and recurring invoices

Included

Official plan card

Card and ACH payments

Included

Cranston

Bookkeeping

Highlights

Works with the bookkeeping systems you already use

Included

Highlights

Classification, reconciliation, and recurring journals done by AI

Included

Highlights

Exceptions queued for review, with source links

Included

Highlights

Practice management

$0

Included

Tax prep

Highlights

One rate, any form

Included

Highlights

Federal and state prep in a single workpaper trail

Included

Highlights

Diagnostics and source-linked review before anything files

Included

Highlights

Tax practice management

$0

Included

How their prices changed

Each date shows when a public price was observed, not when it took effect. An archived region or currency can differ, so a currency change is not necessarily a price increase.

Blinksale

    • Blinksale: USD 19 monthly · USD 15.83 / month with annual commitment

Cranston

    • Bookkeeping: USD 30 monthly
    • Tax prep: USD 40 per prepared return
    • Bookkeeping — standard: USD 30 monthly · USD 30 / month with annual commitment