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FreeAgent vs Starling Accounting

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.

GBP · US · source: www.freeagent.com

Plan Pricing Charged by Offer type
Limited Company — standard Highlighted
GBP 33 monthly · GBP 27.5 / month with annual commitment

Regular price: £33/month Regular price: £330/year

Flat · per month Standalone · Fixed

Starling Accounting

GBP · US · source: www.starlingbank.com

Plan Pricing Charged by Offer type
Accounting Essentials
Free

Free forever

Flat · per month Standalone · Free
Accounting Plus
GBP 14 monthly

Regular price £14/month after the temporary £7 promotion

Flat · per month Standalone · Fixed

What each plan includes

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

FreeAgent

Limited Company — standard

Nail the daily admin

Dashboard

Included

Nail the daily admin

Mobile app

Included

Nail the daily admin

Radar

Included

Nail the daily admin

Invoicing

Included

Nail the daily admin

Estimates

Included

Nail the daily admin

Expenses

Included

Nail the daily admin

Smart Capture

Included

Nail the daily admin

Projects

Included

Nail the daily admin

Time tracking

Included

Nail the daily admin

Payroll

Included

Nail the daily admin

UK-based support

Included

Relax about tax

VAT

Included

Relax about tax

Self Assessment

Included

Relax about tax

End-of-year filing

Included

Relax about tax

Tax Timeline

Included

Manage your finances

Banking

Included

Manage your finances

Smart categorisation

Included

Manage your finances

Cashflow

Included

Manage your finances

One-click payments

Included

Starling Accounting

Accounting Essentials

Plan card

Free accounting tools

Included

Plan card

Making Tax Digital Income Tax submissions

Included

Plan card

Real-time tax calculations

Included

Accounting Plus

Plan card

Day-to-day bookkeeping

Included

Plan card

Tax management

Included

Plan card

Making Tax Digital tools

Included

How their prices changed

Each dated row shows the public prices observed when that vendor’s pricing page changed.

FreeAgent

  1. Source
    • Limited Company — standard: GBP 33 monthly · GBP 27.5 / month with annual commitment

Starling Accounting

  1. Source
    • Accounting Essentials: Free
    • Accounting Plus: GBP 14 monthly