

Its tagline is 'Beautiful business', which is the main thing you need to know about Xero: it manages to make accounting sleek and enjoyable.

If you know the period of accounting you wish to convert, and your year-end, you can use our Pricing Wizard to quickly check how much your proposed conversion will cost. Xero was founded in 2006 in New Zealand and has since consolidated its reputation as one of the top accounting tools on the market. If you are moving to Xero from QuickBooks Online or KashFlow you will have the option to upload any attachments you may have in your source data for an extra £75 + VAT. You can also opt to include Sage 50 department information for an extra £75 + VAT. Sage Accounting Best cloud-based accounting software. Zoho Books Top cloud-based accounting software for any-sized business. If you would like to take additional years of transaction history with you, these cost £75 + VAT per year. FreshBooks Overall the best online accounting software. The cost of migrating data from one Xero organisation to another Xero organisation is not covered by Xero and will be chargeable (see our Pricing Wizard). If you are switching to Xero you’ll be pleased to know that Xero will pay for your conversion, allowing you to migrate up to two years’ of historic data for FREE (this service – normal price £180 – will move over all transactions for the current year to date, plus all of the previous accounting period.)
