The Xero alternative for sole traders

Everything you use Xero for. Without doing the work.

Airbooks imports your Xero organisation in minutes, then closes your books for you every day — for less than half the price of Xero Grow.

The demo is the real product with sample books · no signup, no credit card

Thinking of leaving Xero?

Airbooks Pro costs less than half of Xero Grow — and does the bookkeeping for you instead of waiting for you to do it.

  • Import your Xero organisation in minutes — contacts, chart of accounts, balances and history
  • Run both side by side while you check the numbers, then switch when you are ready
  • AI reconciliation and GST preparation included, not a stack of paid add-ons
Read the switching guide

Xero Grow

NZ$83

/month

You still do the bookkeeping

Airbooks Pro

NZ$39

/month + GST

The bookkeeping does itself

How your books stay gold

You run the business. Airbooks runs the books.

01

Your banks feed in

Connect your NZ bank accounts once. Transactions arrive automatically, all day, every day.

02

AI does the bookkeeping

Airbooks codes transactions, matches invoices and pairs transfers — learning your business as it goes.

03

You approve, one click

Anything Airbooks is not certain about waits for you as a suggestion. Approve it and move on.

04

GST and reports, ready

Your GST return is prepared from live books, and your P&L is always current — not months behind.

Everything comes across. Everything keeps working.

Your history, contacts and balances import in minutes — then the AI takes over the bookkeeping.

Import from Xero

Bring your existing Xero data across in minutes and keep everything in sync while you switch.

Live bank feeds

Your transactions flow in from your banks in real time, ready to reconcile the moment they land.

AI categorisation and reconciliation

Invoice matches, transfer pairs and learned merchant codings, suggested for you and approved in one click.

GST returns, prepared for you

GST returns built from your live books, ready for the IRD without the spreadsheet gymnastics.

An accountant that answers

Ask anything about your numbers, any time. Your AI accountant knows your books inside out.

Simple pricing. A fraction of the old way.

Two plans, priced per organisation. Every plan starts with a 30-day free trial — no credit card required.

Essentials

Clean books for sole traders and micro-businesses.

NZ$19 /month + GST

Annual pricing: two months free

Pro

Most popular

The default for GST-registered, time-poor businesses.

NZ$39 /month + GST

Annual pricing: two months free

Built for New Zealand

NZ GST rules, NZ banks, NZ financial years. Not a global product with a currency setting.

Bank connections via Akahu

Bank feeds run through Akahu, New Zealand’s open finance provider. You connect at your bank and can revoke access any time.

Your data, protected

Encrypted in transit and at rest, with strict access controls. Read how we handle security and privacy.

Security at Airbooks · How bank connections work · Privacy policy

Questions, answered

Try it before you touch your Xero account

The live demo is the real product with a sample business — reconcile bank lines, open GST and reports, ask the AI accountant anything. No signup, and your Xero stays exactly as it is.

No signupNo credit cardYour own private sandbox

Ready to use your own books? Start now — 30-day free trial.