The QuickBooks alternative for Canadian corporations.
QuickBooks Online is built for businesses of every size, in every country it sells in. Ledg is bookkeeping for a Canadian solo business or small corporation and nothing else: GST/HST and PST recorded separately on every entry, a CRA GIFI code on every built-in category, the deadlines that match how your business is set up, and a handoff pack your accountant can open. Ledg does not do invoicing, payroll or inventory.
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.
You: “Record this receipt from Staples.”
Why Canadian corporations switch from QuickBooks to Ledg
Built for one country
Ledg is bookkeeping for Canada and nothing else. GST/HST and PST are recorded separately on every entry and totalled by quarter, the deadlines follow how your business is set up (T2, T4 and T5 for a corporation, T1 with T2125 for a sole proprietor), and every built-in category carries its CRA GIFI code.
A ledger, and not much else
Ledg keeps a chart of accounts, statements and a trial balance that balances. It does not send invoices, run payroll or track inventory. QuickBooks Online lists inventory tracking on its higher plans and payroll as a paid add-on, so if you need either of those it is the better fit.
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.
Predictable pricing
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. An accountant you invite gets a free read-only seat on either plan and never counts against your plan.
A Canadian tax handbook, not a help centre
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.
Nothing counts until you confirm it
Bank transactions, CSV imports, entries you type and anything a connected AI agent drafts all land in Stage first. You check the supplier, amount, category and tax, then confirm. Only confirmed entries reach your statements and tax totals.
Ledg and QuickBooks Online, side by side
Ledg's side is what the product does today. Every QuickBooks Online 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 | QuickBooks Online |
|---|---|---|
| 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 starts at $20 CAD. The pricing page shows no price for the other plans. |
| Automatic bank feed for Canadian banks | Yes, on Solo, through Plaid | Automated bank feeds are listed as a plan feature; 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. |
| Inventory tracking | No | Listed on the Plus plan and higher. |
| Payroll | No | A paid add-on, not in the base accounting plans. |
| Receipts | Stored in your own Google Drive. On Solo, a connected AI agent can read one and record the purchase into Stage. | Receipt capture is listed as a plan feature. |
QuickBooks 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. The reliable route is to download each account's history from your bank, import it into Stage, then categorize and confirm. QuickBooks 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.
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. QuickBooks Online offers a 30-day free trial rather than a free plan, and its Canadian pricing page shows a price only for the Lite plan, which starts at $20 CAD a month (checked September 19, 2026). Prices change often, so read their pricing page before you decide.
Ledg does not send invoices, does not run payroll and does not track inventory, and it keeps one set of books in Canadian dollars rather than converting foreign currency. QuickBooks Online lists inventory tracking on its higher plans and payroll as a paid add-on (checked September 19, 2026), so if you run a retail inventory business or pay a team it is the better fit. Otherwise keep the invoicing tool you like and let the deposits land in Ledg.
The handoff pack is one download: general ledger, trial balance, GST/PST summary by quarter, bank reconciliation, and for a corporation a GIFI roll-up, as plain CSV files with a README that explains the sign conventions. They are sortable by any column in Excel, Numbers or Sheets, and your accountant files in their own software. In Ledg, each built-in category carries its CRA GIFI code, shown beside each entry, and the roll-up totals your year by code. You can also invite your accountant from the Members tab in Settings for a free read-only seat on your books.
Yes, on the Solo plan. Add Ledg as a connector in Claude or ChatGPT and approve the permissions by name. It can read your sales, expenses, sales tax collected, deadlines, accounts, balances, and categories with their GIFI codes, search your transactions, find entries still waiting in Stage and purchases missing PST, and open attached receipts. It can also record a purchase from a receipt, or 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. Your AI subscription is separate.
Ledg opened to customers in 2026. It is a young product from a small Canadian company, built for solo businesses. The customer base is small and some edge features are not there yet. What you get is a Canadian-only roadmap, a price of $4 a month per business, and a public changelog that shows what shipped and when.
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.