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Stop losing billable hours to bookkeeping

Built for consultants, agencies, legal practices, and real estate professionals — Bookist understands project-based revenue, client profitability, and the financial complexity of professional services.

No long-term contracts
No setup headaches
Human experts included

Your most expensive employee is you.

Every hour you spend on bookkeeping is an hour you're not 💵 billing clients.

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Protect billable time

Stop spending hours on reconciliations and month-end cleanup. Bookist removes the busywork so you stay focused on delivery and growth.

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See client profitability

Know which clients, retainers, and projects actually perform — without digging through reports, spreadsheets, or half-tagged expenses.

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Get answers, instantly

Ask plain-English questions and get immediate, data-backed answers — without accountant-speak or report wrangling.

A complete financial system

Automated financials for high-performing firms. Bookist combines AI automation with human accountants to replace your back office. Stop tracking billable hours just to lose them on admin.

Foundation

Modern Bookkeeping

A dedicated finance team handles categorization, reconciliation, and monthly close. All the unglamorous work that keeps you decision-ready.

Foundation
Compliance

Compliance

Tax-Ready Finances

Your books stay tax-compliant all year. When filing season comes, you’re already prepared, organized, documented, and confident — not scrambling.

Intelligence

AI Financial Insights

Your books don't just balance — they talk back. AI-powered insights turn transaction data into strategic intelligence. Which clients drive margin? Where's the money leaking?

Intelligence
Documents

Vault

Smart
Document Hub

Forward an invoice. Upload a receipt. Bookist matches it to the right client, extracts the data, and files it perfectly. Stay audit-ready without the filing cabinet.

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CONVERSATIONAL FINANCE

Meet your new financial analyst — works 24/7.

Ask, don't analyze.

No pivot tables. No accountant translation. Just ask what you need to know and get back instant, plain-English answers rooted in your actual books.

AI speed. Human accuracy.

Smart, AI-powered systems and expert guidance, working as one. Every company is assigned a dedicated Finance Team that reviews 100% of your transactions.

The 5-minute month-end.

No more "Please clarify this transaction" email threads. When we need your input, we flag it in your Action Center, you review, click, and you're done.

Built to protect margin.

Bookist flags duplicate charges, spending anomalies, and out-of-policy expenses before they compound. Think fraud detection, but for all the ways money quietly walks out the door.

Bookkeeping starts at $289 a month

Stop compromising. Get everything.

Most firms choose between affordable DIY tools that create chaos, or expensive accountants who work on their timeline, not yours.

Bookist gives you everything, no compromise!

Features
Bookist
Do It Yourself
Traditional
AI Only
Monthly Cost
$289+
$70 - $200
$600+
$199+
Setup Time
Done for you
5+ Days
14+ Days
3+ Days
Your Time Required
<1 hr / month
10 - 20 hrs / month
2 - 5 hrs / month
5 - 10 hrs / month
Response Time
✅ Instant answers
⚠️ 1-3 business days
Human Expert Review
✅ 100% Reviewed
AI Insights
✅ Advanced AI
Month-End Close
✅ 3 Days
❌ Whenever you finish
❌ 14-21 days
⚠️ Instant but inaccurate
Tax-Ready Year-Round
✅ Always compliant
❌ Whenever you finish
⚠️ Quarterly only
❌ Not tax focused

Talk to our professionals

How professionals run their finances with Bookist

For firms that bill, deliver, and repeat.

Consultants & Advisors
Marketing & Creative Agencies
Legal Services
Real Estate Services

Track profitability by client and project. Monitor subcontractor spend. Separate billable from overhead expenses with precision.

Ask Bookist AI:
"Which consulting projects had the best margins this year?"

Consultants & Advisors

Results that matter to your firm.

10+ hours back, every month

That’s 10 more hours you can bill to clients or spend on business development.

100% tax-ready, year-round

No scrambling in April. Your books stay current so tax season becomes a simple handoff.

Better margins, no surprises

Catch billing errors, duplicate expenses, and cost overruns before they erode profitability.

Build a better firm.

Get clean books, instant clarity, and a finance team behind you. All in one platform.