Alternatives · facts captured 2026-08-24
Stay on Karbon when their win still matches the job. Look at ficary when you want practice management and books on one platform. Nominative comparison — not a partnership and not a client story.
Choose Karbon when email assignment this quarter matters more than closing the month on one ledger.
Two-way Gmail and Outlook triage is the product. If the inbox is the firm, they already ship what we are still building.
Choose ficary when leftover charges, a fee cap, and as-of by service have to live on the same books. Group billing is not shipped.
A real general ledger and a leftover list. Billing, Pay Now, and recurring sit on that ledger. As-of WIP, A/R, and realization are a dated query by service — not a slide. Karbon has no books.
Isolation and private inference: Protected SKU. Category page without vendor keywords as the only strategy: practice management software. All comparisons.
Practice + books
Connect a bank, map an export, or enter activity by hand. The inbox tells you what still needs a human.