Full double-entry bookkeeping for small businesses. Pay once, own forever. Your data stays on your machine — not ours.
No spam. Beta access + founding member pricing. Unsubscribe any time.
One-time purchase. No subscriptions, no renewals, no price hikes. Yours forever.
Do a full month-end close at 30,000 feet. Folio runs on your machine — no Wi-Fi needed.
GST, HST, PST — all built in. Full CRA compliance from day one, not as a bolt-on.
Every major accounting tool now requires a monthly subscription. Folio doesn't.
| Feature | Folio | Xero | Wave | FreshBooks | QuickBooks Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| One-time purchase | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Works offline | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Data stays on your device | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| True double-entry accounting | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Partial | ✓ |
| Canadian GST/HST/PST built-in | ✓ | ✓ | Limited | Limited | ✓ |
| 3-year cost (CAD) | $349 once | $900–$2,880 | $0* | $936–$2,592 | $2,520–$7,920 |
* Wave is free but owned by H&R Block — your data is processed in the US and subject to US law.
Pay once. Use it as long as you want. No surprises.
Founding Member Pricing
CAD — one-time purchase, no subscription
First 100 buyers get founding member price of $249 CAD (regular $349 CAD).
Intuit abandoned QuickBooks Desktop users. Folio is built for exactly this transition — familiar workflows, proper double-entry, no subscription trap.
Export your chart of accounts, customer & vendor lists, and opening balances from QuickBooks.
Use Folio's import wizard to bring in your existing data. No manual re-entry.
Your accounts, transactions, and reports — all in Folio, on your machine, owned by you.
One purchase. Yours forever. No subscription reminder emails. No payment lapses.
Not enterprise. Not freelancers with one invoice a month. The messy middle — small businesses with real books to keep.
You invoice clients, track job costs, and deal with subcontractors. You don't need a cloud dashboard — you need your numbers to be right.
Managing inventory, cost of goods, and HST remittances across a real P&L. Folio handles the accounting layer without the monthly bill.
You're the one who actually touches the books. Your clients don't need QuickBooks pricing — they need accurate, compliant financials at a fair cost.
Intuit pushed you toward a subscription you didn't ask for. Folio is familiar: proper double-entry, desktop-native, and yours to keep.