Exact Online review

Exact Online is cloud-based finance and ERP software for small and medium-sized businesses and accountants. Its finance tools provide insight into a company’s financial health, while its ERP software is designed to connect and automate business processes. The product description also lists automated invoicing, professional reporting and AI Agents for purchase, banking and debtor management.

Exact sells solutions for accounting, accountancy firms, wholesale distribution, manufacturing, time and billing, and project management. The wider industry range also includes commerce, hospitality, professional services and construction. This is a broad operational suite, not just a bookkeeping tool, but the available information does not spell out which features are included in every plan.

The lowest listed monthly price is $25 for Exact for Accounting. The pricing page lists higher starting prices for other products, including $131 for Exact for Accountancy and $237 for Wholesale Distribution.

Exact’s main advantage is breadth: finance, invoicing, reporting and business-process tools sit under one product family. That could suit a company looking to connect finance with operational workflows, rather than buying a standalone accounting tool and separate industry software. Exact lists solutions across several business types, including manufacturing, wholesale, professional services and construction.

The product description names practical functions rather than only general accounting: automated invoicing, reporting and control, and AI Agents supporting purchase, banking and debtor management. Professional reporting is also described as supporting multi-company organizations, which may matter to firms that need oversight across more than one company.

Prices are published for several product lines, giving buyers at least a starting point before contacting sales:

• Exact for Accounting starts at $25 per month, with a published range of $25–$38.
• Exact for Wholesale Distribution starts at $237 per month; the listed range is $237–$554.
• Exact for Manufacturing starts at $422 per month, with a listed range of $422–$739.

Those are monthly prices; the pricing information does not publish annual-billing rates.

The biggest purchasing drawback is that the published prices leave important costs and limits unclear. Exact lists monthly prices, but annual-billing prices are not published. Seat and usage limits are also not published for the listed plans, so the starting price does not show what a growing team will pay. Free trials are listed for the plans, but their duration is not published. Extension payment pricing for Exact for Accounting is not published either; payments are made by direct debit.

The product descriptions name broad capabilities, but do not map them to individual plans. Buyers should confirm which editions include the reporting, automation and AI features they need before comparing the entry price with another system.

There may also be a learning curve around integrations. In one Reddit thread, a user struggled to configure pagination when pulling Exact Online data through n8n and the OData API. Another discussion covered setup for a custom OAuth connection and retrieving quotation data. These posts do not establish a general integration problem, but they show that API work may require familiarity with Exact’s documentation and data structure.

Exact Online starts at $25/month for Exact for Accounting, whose published range is $25–$38/month. Other products cost more: Exact for Accountancy is $131/month, Time & Billing is $158/month, Project Management is $316–$369/month, Wholesale Distribution is $237–$554/month, and Manufacturing is $422–$739/month, according to the published pricing information. These are different products for different teams, not a simple upgrade ladder, so compare the plan built for your business rather than treating the price gaps as tier jumps.

Prices are listed monthly; annual-billing prices are not published. Free trials are available for the listed products, but their duration is not published. Seat and usage limits are also not published, which makes it hard to estimate total cost as a team grows. Exact for Accounting has an extension payment by direct debit, but its price is not published. There is no free plan.

The published information does not say what migration tools Exact Online provides, which data it can import, or how to export records if you leave. It also does not document migration support or fees. Treat those as questions to resolve with Exact before switching: ask for the supported import and export formats, whether attachments and transaction histories are included, and whether you can retrieve your data after cancellation.

We can’t verify what tends to make customers leave from the published material: it includes no Reddit posts or comments, so we won’t attribute complaints to Reddit users. The clearest buying risk we can confirm is pricing visibility. Seat and usage limits, annual-billing prices and the duration of free trials are not published on the vendor's site. Get those terms, plus any exit and data-retention rules, in writing before moving accounting or operational records.