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Papertools is cloud accounting for sole traders, freelancers and small businesses, including incorporated companies. Plain-language workflows connect to real double-entry books. Manage quotes, invoices, payment receipts, customer credits, bills, expenses, purchase orders, inventory, payroll, mileage, projects and contracts. Quick Journal guides complex transactions such as asset purchases, financing and depreciation. Paper-Ai turns voice or text requests into drafts and answers questions about your books; its reader extracts PDF and image data for review. Import CSV/PDF bank statements, match transactions or connect supported bank feeds. Work across currencies, automate recurring tasks and accept payments through your own Stripe or PayPal account with no added Papertools transaction fee; provider fees apply. Access journals, the general ledger and financial reports, with team permissions and data exports. Start with Essential, free forever. No credit card required.

Accounter is a South African accounting software company building tools for businesses, accountants, and bookkeepers. Its platform combines cloud accounting workflows — invoicing, bank reconciliation, VAT, payroll, reporting — with AI extraction tools that convert bank statement PDFs and receipts into clean CSV for 32+ banks. Accounter also publishes a free library of SARS-aligned calculators (VAT, income tax, PAYE, UIF, SDL, ETI, SBC, provisional tax), tax-deadline tools, and templates used by SA accounting professionals. Extraction is credit-based with a free Starter tier (10 pages/month) and paid extraction plans from R199/month; accounting plans start at R300/month.