Checkeeper review

Checkeeper is an online tool for printing checks or having them printed and mailed. Businesses, bookkeepers and individuals can print on existing check stock or blank paper with a home or office printer, then manage check details through the service. The pricing page lists one plan, Unlimited Access, at $14.99 per month, with a 14-day free trial. It says the plan includes unlimited checks and templates and connections to accounting software.

If you want Checkeeper to mail a check, that costs an additional $1.50 per check, including the envelope, postage and mailing. That makes the monthly subscription only part of the cost for users who outsource delivery. The pricing page does not show an annual rate. Checkeeper also lists a template editor, optional MICR encoding, accounting integrations and tools for searching check records and viewing registry reports.

The main appeal is flexibility: you can print checks yourself on check stock or blank paper, or pay Checkeeper to print and mail them. That gives occasional check writers a way to handle a few payments without buying a separate mailing service, while businesses can use the same account for regular printing. The pricing page lists unlimited checks and templates, rather than a stated monthly check cap.

Other useful pieces include a drag-and-drop template editor for logos, images, fonts, sizes and signatures, plus registry reports and search tools for tracking checks. The pricing page lists connections to QuickBooks Online, FreshBooks and Xero; the product information also names Harvest. It lists 256-bit encryption as an included plan feature. The service offers a 14-day free trial, so there is a period to assess whether its workflow fits before paying the monthly price.

A commenter in a small-business Reddit thread reported using Checkeeper three or four times and said their checks went out within a business day, with an email confirmation. That is one user’s account, not a delivery-time guarantee from the pricing page.

The subscription is not the whole cost if you need Checkeeper to send checks: mailing is another $1.50 per check, including postage, envelope and mailing. For frequent payouts, that per-check charge can add up, so compare the total with other fulfillment options before switching. The pricing page lists $14.99 monthly but no annual rate, and the published plan details do not publish separate tiers or a lower-cost option.

“Unlimited” applies to checks and templates in the listed plan; it does not tell you how many checks you can mail for the subscription price. Mailing is priced separately. The pricing information also does not state a price for optional MICR encoding, or publish delivery estimates or a delivery-time guarantee. Don’t treat a commenter’s report of next-business-day dispatch as a service-level promise.

There is also a small but relevant user-reported concern about signatures: one Reddit commenter said the signature on their check was a handwriting font that did not resemble their own. The product information lists signature editing in the template editor, but does not spell out whether uploading a custom signature is available now.

Checkeeper lists one plan: Unlimited Access at $14.99 per month. It includes unlimited checks and templates, printing on check stock or blank paper, connections to QuickBooks Online, FreshBooks, Xero and other accounting apps, and 256-bit encryption. The pricing page also offers a 14-day free trial; it does not list a free plan.

There is no published tier jump to compare: the published pricing details show one monthly plan, not multiple levels. The page does not show an annual rate, so we would budget at the listed monthly price rather than assume a discount for paying yearly.

Mailing is extra. Checkeeper lists an optional $1.50 charge per check, including the envelope, postage and mailing. That means the subscription price is not the full cost if you send checks through the service. For businesses mailing frequently, estimate the per-check charges separately before switching. The listed plan has unlimited check printing, but that does not make mailed checks unlimited at no extra cost.

The published materials list connections to QuickBooks Online, FreshBooks, Xero and other accounting apps, but they do not describe a migration tool or a process for bringing in existing check records, templates or payee details. Before switching, confirm what information you can import and whether your current accounting app is supported. Checkeeper lists registry reports and search tools, but data export options are not published on the vendor's site.

Leaving deserves the same check. The available information does not say whether you can export check history or templates, or how long you can access records after canceling. Get those answers before moving recurring check runs. Users on Reddit report nothing we can cite here: no Reddit posts or comments were supplied, so we cannot responsibly say what tends to make customers leave. The practical reason to reconsider is clearer from the pricing: businesses that rarely issue checks may not get enough value from a $14.99 monthly plan, while frequent mailers should account for the listed $1.50 charge per mailed check.