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Smartbills vs Acomba

Acomba is where the books are kept. Smartbills is what happens before an entry exists: getting the receipt, reading its lines and splitting out the GST and QST. They answer different questions.

At a glance

Smartbills vs Acomba, in one screen

Acomba is Quebec accounting and management software from ACCEO Solutions, used by tens of thousands of small businesses and many accounting firms. It covers the general ledger, invoicing, payroll and inventory, and Acomba GO is its web version, with bank reconciliation, financial statements and tax reports.

Smartbills

Best for

Businesses that want receipts and expenses captured, coded and split by tax before they reach any ledger.

Where it's stronger

  • Receipts that arrive on their own, itemized, with GST and QST per line.
  • Expense reports, approvals and mileage built from real receipts.
  • Direct sync with QuickBooks Online, Xero, Sage and NetSuite for teams moving to those ledgers.
  • Built in Montréal, with data kept in Canada.

Acomba

Best for

Quebec businesses that want their ledger, payroll and inventory in one Quebec-made system their accountant already knows.

Where it's stronger

  • A full Quebec accounting system: ledger, payroll, inventory and financial statements.
  • Decades of use by Quebec businesses and their accountants.
  • Phone support and training in French.
  • If you need the ledger itself, Acomba is that, and Smartbills isn't.

Every comparison on this site names what the other product does better. If we couldn't think of anything, we didn't publish the page.

Side by side

Smartbills and Acomba, feature by feature

These are structural differences, not plan checkboxes. Capabilities change, so check the vendor's own documentation before deciding on any single row.

General ledger, payroll and inventory

Smartbills—
AcombaTheir core product

Receipts sent by the merchant

Smartbills
Acomba—

Receipts pulled from the mailbox

Smartbills
Acomba—

Employee expense reports and approvals

Smartbills
AcombaNot advertised

GST and QST

SmartbillsRead from each receipt line
AcombaHandled in the ledger and tax reports

Connection between the two

SmartbillsExcel or CSV export
AcombaNo direct connection today

Made in Quebec, in French and English

Smartbills
Acomba

Moving from Acomba

None of this needs a big-bang cutover. Most teams run both tools for one cycle and compare capture rates before switching anyone off.

  1. Keep Acomba as the ledger

    Smartbills doesn't replace your books. It prepares what goes into them.

  2. Capture receipts in Smartbills

    Connect mailboxes and cards so receipts arrive read and coded, with GST and QST split out.

  3. Export to Acomba

    There's no direct connection today. Export coded expenses to Excel or CSV for your Acomba entries.

  4. Revisit the ledger later

    If you ever move to QuickBooks Online, Xero or Sage, entries post directly with no export.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

What people ask us before they sign up.

Not directly today. Coded expenses and reports export to Excel or CSV. Direct two-way sync is available with QuickBooks Online, Xero, Sage and NetSuite.

No. It doesn't keep a general ledger or run payroll. It handles receipts, expenses and their coding before they reach the ledger.

Often both kinds of tool: a ledger for the books, and a capture layer so client receipts arrive complete. Our page for accounting firms explains how Smartbills fits.

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