Alternatives · facts captured 2026-08-24
Stay on Wave 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 Wave when you need invoices and a register today at the lowest cash outlay.
A low-friction start and invoices without a bookkeeping contract. If price is the only axis, they are hard to beat on the homepage.
Choose ficary when the register is not the product — leftovers are.
An inbox that tells the owner what still needs a human. Free accounting that still leaves August open is the failure we exist to stop.
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.