The FreshBooks alternative for Canadian solo businesses.
FreshBooks is invoice-first software with bookkeeping added. Ledg is the ledger, built for Canadian solo businesses and small corporations: a chart of accounts with a CRA GIFI code on every built-in category, GST/HST and PST recorded separately on every entry, a 123-entry Canadian tax handbook, and a handoff pack your accountant can open. Ledg does not send invoices.
No credit card. Free with no entry limit. Built around Canadian tax rules.
Do the bookkeeping from the AI agent you already use.
On Solo, connect Claude, ChatGPT, or another supported AI agent. Show it a receipt: it saves the receipt and adds its tax breakdown and line items to the bank or statement transaction it belongs to. If that transaction has not arrived yet, the receipt waits and is matched when it does. No entry it writes reaches your statements or tax totals until you confirm it in Ledg. With your approval it can also update your business settings, and each change shows in Activity.
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Why Canadian solo businesses switch from FreshBooks to Ledg
Ledger first, not invoice first
FreshBooks is invoice-first software with bookkeeping added. Ledg is the ledger. It does not send invoices; keep the invoicing tool you like and let the deposits land in Ledg.
The ledger was never allowed to bend
Ledg started as a ledger and nothing else was allowed to bend that: a chart of accounts with a GIFI code on every built-in category, statements, and a trial balance that balances. Ledg does not send invoices.
GST/HST and PST recorded separately on every entry
Sales tax is kept by province, with GST/HST and PST as separate amounts on each entry. Ledg totals the GST/HST you collected, your input tax credits and the net amount for the period, plus PST, RST or QST by quarter, so the numbers are waiting when a return is due.
A handoff pack your accountant can open.
One download: general ledger, trial balance, GST/PST summary by quarter, and bank reconciliation, with a README that explains the sign conventions. Send it to your accountant, who files in their own software. In Ledg, every built-in category carries its CRA GIFI code, shown beside each entry and available to a connected AI agent.
A Canadian tax handbook, built in
123 Canadian tax and bookkeeping entries ship with the product, each citing the Act, regulation, CRA guidance or accounting standard it rests on: CCPC rules, T2 schedules, GIFI codes, shareholder loans, capital cost allowance.
One tier, no client counting
Free with no entry limit, no time limit and no credit card. Solo is $4 CAD a month for one business and adds bank sync and your AI agent connection. Ledg does not price by how many customers you bill, because it does not bill them.
Ledg and FreshBooks, side by side
Ledg's side is what the product does today. Every FreshBooks cell was read on their own Canadian pricing page. Checked September 19, 2026. Plans change often, so read their pricing page before you decide.
| Capability | Ledg | FreshBooks |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Free with no entry limit or time limit | A 30-day free trial, no credit card. No free plan. |
| Lowest paid plan, regular monthly price | $4 CAD per business | Lite $26 CAD. Plus $42 CAD. Premium $72 CAD. |
| Priced by how many customers you bill | No | Billable clients are capped: 5 on Lite, 50 on Plus, unlimited on Premium and Select. |
| Automatic bank feed for Canadian banks | Yes, on Solo, through Plaid | Automated Bank Import is listed on all plans; the pricing page does not name Canadian institutions. |
| GIFI code on every built-in category | Yes, shown on the entry and readable by your connected AI agent | The pricing page does not mention GIFI codes. |
| Invoicing | No | Yes. Billable clients are a plan limit. |
| Payroll | No | A third-party add-on, no price shown. |
FreshBooks and Ledg, answered.
Not as a one-step migration. Ledg's CSV import reads bank transactions: a date, a description and an amount, one account at a time. Download each account's history from your bank, import it into Stage, then categorize and confirm. FreshBooks categories, account structure and opening balances do not carry over; you set an opening balance per account in Settings. On Solo, bank connections are made fresh through Plaid.
Invoicing, client billing and payroll. Ledg does not send invoices, does not track billable clients, and does not run payroll, and it keeps one set of books in Canadian dollars rather than converting foreign currency. FreshBooks caps billable clients by plan and sells payroll as a third-party add-on (checked September 19, 2026). If invoicing is the job you need done, keep FreshBooks for that and let the deposits land in Ledg.
Ledg is free with no entry limit, no time limit and no credit card; you type or import each entry. Solo is $4 CAD a month for one business and adds bank sync and your AI agent connection. FreshBooks lists Lite at $26 CAD a month, Plus at $42 and Premium at $72, with a 30-day free trial rather than a free plan (checked September 19, 2026). Prices change often, so read their pricing page before you decide.
Entries only go to Stage. On Solo you can connect Claude or ChatGPT to Ledg. It can read your books, record a purchase from a receipt, and add a receipt's detail to a transaction that is already there. A connected AI agent can draft entries into Stage only. You confirm each one before it reaches a statement or a tax total, and it cannot change an entry after you confirm it. Revoke the connection at any time in Settings. With your approval it can also update your business settings, and each change shows in Activity.
Not today. Tax return submission is not available in Ledg. Ledg keeps the books ready and the handoff pack gives your accountant the general ledger, trial balance, GST/PST summary and bank reconciliation; they file in their own software. Filing from Ledg is planned, with your approval before submission. No date or price has been announced.