Accounting & Finance · head to head
FreeAgent vs Fyle
FreeAgent
Accounting & Finance
Accounting software for small businesses and freelancers
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
Fyle
Accounting & Finance
Real-time expense management that works with your cards
- From
- $29/month
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Each has a real cost: FreeAgent priced in GBP from around £10 to £13.75 per month, and the software is built around UK tax rules (VAT, Self Assessment) rather than other jurisdictions; Fyle billed per active user, defined as anyone who creates an expense or has a connected card with transactions in the month, so headcount does not predict the bill
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which FreeAgent and Fyle actually diverge.
Identical on both: pricing model (subscription), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Accounting & Finance).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in FreeAgent
Nothing recorded that Fyle does not also cover.
Only in Fyle
- Real-time card tracking
- Automatic receipt matching
- Expense policies
- Approval workflows
- Mileage tracking
- QuickBooks
- Xero
- Sage Intacct
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
FreeAgent
No use cases recorded yet. See the FreeAgent review.
Fyle
- Expense reporting and corporate card reconciliationnot FreeAgent
- Enforcing spend policy and approvals before reimbursementnot FreeAgent
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
FreeAgent
- Priced in GBP from around £10 to £13.75 per month, and the software is built around UK tax rules (VAT, Self Assessment) rather than other jurisdictions
Fyle
- Billed per active user, defined as anyone who creates an expense or has a connected card with transactions in the month, so headcount does not predict the bill
- The Growth plan carries a 5 user minimum and the Business plan a 10 user minimum, so the entry cost is set by the floor rather than the team
- API access and the Sage Intacct and NetSuite integrations require a paid tier
- ACH reimbursements and project expense tracking sit above the entry plan
- Both published plans are billed annually
- Enterprise pricing is custom and aimed at organisations with 250 or more employees
Pricing, plan by plan
FreeAgent
On requestNo published plan breakdown. See the FreeAgent review.
Fyle
$29/month- Standard$8/month
- Real-time card feeds
- Receipt matching
- Basic approvals
- Business$12/month
- Advanced policies
- Custom workflows
- Analytics
- Enterprise$undefined/month
- Unlimited users
- API access
- Priority support
Which should you pick?
Choose FreeAgent if
Nothing in the data separates FreeAgent from Fyle on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.
Choose Fyle if
- You need real-time card tracking.
- You work on Web, Ios, Android.
- You also want automatic receipt matching.
Questions people ask
- Is FreeAgent or Fyle better?
- Neither clearly leads. FreeAgent starts at On request and Fyle at $29/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, FreeAgent or Fyle?
- FreeAgent starts at On request and Fyle at $29/month.
- Does FreeAgent or Fyle run on more platforms?
- FreeAgent runs on Web. Fyle runs on Web, Ios, Android.
- What can FreeAgent do that Fyle cannot?
- Fyle covers Real-time card tracking, Automatic receipt matching, Expense policies, Approval workflows.