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QuickBooks is where the forms live. Aleq does the work.

QuickBooks is where small businesses keep the books. Aleq is the controller that runs them — reconciling, closing, collecting — and becomes your system of record when you outgrow QuickBooks.

the difference in one line
QuickBooks stores what you type. Aleq is the controller you'd otherwise hire — it does the close, derives the GAAP, and signs every move.

Aleq

powered by TAMi
Does the work; you supervise.
  • Closes, reconciles, and collects end to end — autonomously, governed
  • Live in 48 hours on read-only credentials — no implementation project
  • Every action signed, gated, replayable, and reversible
  • Eval-gated before any change touches the books
  • $60 per hour worked — no seats, no platform fee

QuickBooks

SMB bookkeeping
Stores the forms; you or a bookkeeper operate it.
  • You or a bookkeeper enter and categorize — QuickBooks stores it
  • No real close, consolidation, or GAAP standards engine
  • Basic audit log; no action-level signing or undo
  • No autonomous execution, no collections by voice
  • Per-seat subscription, add-ons for everything
head to head

Where they actually differ.

Aleq
QuickBooks
The model
System of record
✓ — and operates it
✓ (SMB)
Who does the work
Aleq
You / a bookkeeper
AI that acts on the ledger
✓ governed
—
The work
Reconciliation
Overnight, to $0.00
Suggested matches
Month-end close
Continuous, sealed daily
Manual
Collections
By voice + email
Reminders
Accounts payable
Extracted, 3-way matched
Basic bill pay
GAAP
Standards derived
✓ 606 · 842 · 718 · 740
—
Multi-entity consolidation
✓ automated
Limited
Trust
Action-level audit trail
✓ signed & replayable
Basic log
One-click reversal
✓
Edit / delete
Eval-gated before posting
✓
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Commercials
Time to live
48 hours
DIY setup
Pricing model
$60/hr worked
Per seat + add-ons
moving from QuickBooks

Live in 48 hours. Your record when you're ready.

No rip-and-replace. Aleq connects read-only and proves itself against the books you already keep — then becomes the system of record on your timeline.

01
Connect read-only
Aleq reads QuickBooks and your bank feeds with read-only credentials. Nothing changes.
02
Replay a period
It re-closes a month you've already signed in QuickBooks — every step shown.
03
Run in Assist
Aleq proposes; you approve. Move proven work to Auto on your timeline.
04
Become the record
Start on top of QuickBooks. Cut over to Aleq as your system of record when you're ready.
“QuickBooks held the numbers. It never reconciled one, closed a month, or called a customer.”
— the case for a controller over a form

Outgrowing QuickBooks?

Keep QuickBooks today — Aleq works on top. Bring last month and we'll close it, signed, on the call.

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