Accounting & Finance · head to head
FreeAgent vs Plaid
FreeAgent
Accounting & Finance
Accounting software for small businesses and freelancers
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
Plaid
Accounting & Finance
The safer way to connect financial accounts
- 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; Plaid no dollar amount is published for any product, and the pricing page states no per request rate or minimum commitment
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which FreeAgent and Plaid actually diverge.
Identical on both: 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 Plaid does not also cover.
Only in Plaid
- Bank account linking
- Transaction data
- Identity verification
- Income verification
- Asset reports
- Venmo
- Robinhood
- Coinbase
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.
Plaid
- Connecting bank accounts to an application for balances and transactionsnot FreeAgent
- Verifying account ownership and income for payments or lendingnot 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
Plaid
- No dollar amount is published for any product, and the pricing page states no per request rate or minimum commitment
- Three different billing models apply depending on the product, being one time per connected account, monthly per connected account, and per successful API call
- That mix means total cost depends on which products are combined rather than on a single unit
- Discounted rates require the Growth plan, which is a 12 month commitment
Pricing, plan by plan
FreeAgent
On requestNo published plan breakdown. See the FreeAgent review.
Plaid
$29/month- Pay-as-you-goFree
- Bank connections
- Transaction data
- Account verification
Which should you pick?
Choose FreeAgent if
Nothing in the data separates FreeAgent from Plaid on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.
Choose Plaid if
- You need bank account linking.
- You work on Api, Web, Ios, Android.
- You also want transaction data.
Questions people ask
- Is FreeAgent or Plaid better?
- Neither clearly leads. FreeAgent starts at On request and Plaid at $29/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, FreeAgent or Plaid?
- FreeAgent starts at On request and Plaid at $29/month.
- Does FreeAgent or Plaid run on more platforms?
- FreeAgent runs on Web. Plaid runs on Api, Web, Ios, Android.
- What can FreeAgent do that Plaid cannot?
- Plaid covers Bank account linking, Transaction data, Identity verification, Income verification.
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