Find a plan that's right for you
Premium adds unlimited invoices, more AI receipt scans, predictive analytics and biometric login.
FREE Plan
Just starting out, or you only need the basics? This is the place.
Free forever
- Track every product, customer and sale
- See your numbers update in real time
- Keep every receipt in one place
- Send 25 invoices a month
- Take card payments on any invoice
- Scan 10 receipts a month, no typing
- Import 100 spreadsheets a month
- Import 25 bank statements a month
PREMIUM Plan
Want unlimited invoicing, bigger monthly limits, and forecasts you can act on? Go Premium.
Billed monthly
Billed annually at $150 CAD
Everything in Free, plus…
- Unlimited invoices
- Scan 500 receipts a month, no typing
- Import 500 spreadsheets a month
- Import 500 bank statements a month
- Run Canadian payroll and produce T4s
- Connect your store and apps to the API
- Forecast revenue and spot trends early
- Sign in with your fingerprint or face
- Priority support when you need it
Compare plans in full
| Feature | Free | Premium |
|---|---|---|
| Everyday bookkeeping | ||
| Products, customers and sales | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Expenses and revenue, with full history and undo | ||
| Quotes | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Inventory across locations, with purchase orders | ||
| Rentals and security deposits | ||
| Companies | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Automatic backups | ||
| 54 languages and 55 currencies | ||
| Invoicing | ||
| Invoices sent | 25 a month | Unlimited |
| Recurring invoices | ||
| Card payments through Stripe or Square | ||
| AI that does the typing | ||
| Receipt scans | 10 a month | 500 a month |
| Spreadsheet imports | 100 a month | 500 a month |
| Bank statement imports | 25 a month | 500 a month |
| Reports | ||
| Every accounting statement and the report designer | ||
| Revenue forecasting | – | |
| Premium | ||
| Canadian payroll with T4 slips | – | |
| API for your store and apps | – | |
| Sign in with your fingerprint or face | – | |
| Priority support | – | |
What Premium adds
Canadian payroll, receipt scanning and unlimited invoicing with online payments, each explained below.
Run Canadian payroll in the same app as your books
Argo Books works out CPP, EI and income tax for every province and territory, with Quebec handled through QPP, QPIP and Quebec income tax. Pay salaried and hourly staff on any schedule, then print pay stubs and get your year-end slips ready to file.
- Rates from the CRA's published payroll formulas
- Pay stubs, T4 slips and the T4 summary file
- No charge per employee or per pay run
Scan up to 500 receipts a month
Point your camera at any receipt and Argo Books reads the supplier, date, and total for you, with no typing required. The free plan includes 10 scans per month, and Premium raises that to 500.
- Photos, scans or PDFs, printed or handwritten
- Auto-categorized by expense type
- Attached directly to your transaction records
Send unlimited invoices and accept online payments
The free plan caps invoices at 25 per month, and Premium removes that limit entirely. Online payment links come with either plan: connect Stripe or Square and customers can pay directly from the invoice by credit card.
- Unlimited invoices with no monthly cap
- Online payment links via Stripe & Square
- Real-time status tracking from draft to paid
Also in Premium
Revenue Forecasting
See where your revenue, expenses and cash flow are heading, projected from the history already in your books. Each forecast shows a range for how sure it is, and allows for your busy and quiet seasons.
Connect Your Store and Apps
Send sales, expenses, customers and suppliers in from your online store, booking system or your own tools through the API. Everything waits for you to review it before it is imported.
Biometric Login
Open your books with your fingerprint or face instead of typing your password each time. Works with Windows Hello, Touch ID on a Mac, and your Linux login.
Priority Support
Support messages from Premium subscribers are answered first.
Frequently Asked Questions
Argo Books is free to download and use. No credit card, no trial period, no strings attached. The Free plan includes all core features: products, customers and transactions with no cap, real-time analytics, receipt management, 25 invoices per month, 10 AI receipt scans per month, and 100 AI spreadsheet imports per month.
You can use it for as long as you like. When your business needs more, upgrading to Premium takes just a few clicks.
Premium includes Canadian payroll with T4 slips, unlimited invoicing, 500 AI receipt scans per month, predictive analytics that forecast trends in your data, biometric login (Windows Hello, Touch ID or your Linux login), and priority customer support.
Premium is available at $15 CAD/month or $150 CAD/year. The annual plan saves you $30 per year.
No. Argo Books supports an unlimited number of companies, even on the Free plan. Each business gets its own separate transactions, invoices, and reports, so you can keep everything cleanly organized.
There's no per-company fee, no upgrade required, and no cap on how many businesses you can run.
Yes. You can cancel your Premium subscription at any time from your customer portal. No phone calls, no hoops to jump through. Your Premium features stay active until the end of your current billing period.
You can also switch between monthly and yearly billing whenever it suits you. If you believe you're entitled to a refund, get in touch and we'll review your request. View full refund policy
Yes. Argo Books is a desktop application, which is what makes it fast and private. Download the installer for Windows, macOS, or Linux, and you're up and running in under a minute. Because your data lives on your computer, Argo Books works offline too.
You only need an internet connection for AI-powered features like receipt scanning and spreadsheet import. Download Argo Books
Absolutely. All payments are processed through Stripe, PayPal, or Square. We never see or store your card details. These are PCI-compliant payment processors trusted by millions of businesses worldwide.
Your Argo Books business data is also encrypted locally with AES-256-GCM, the same standard used by banks.
For day-to-day bookkeeping, probably not. Argo Books is designed to be simple enough that any small business owner can manage their own books. It keeps your transactions organized and produces the financial reports you'd otherwise pay someone to prepare.
If you do work with an accountant at tax time, you can simply hand them your Argo Books file. The built-in report generator can produce income statements, balance sheets, cash flow statements, general ledgers, accounts receivable aging, and tax summaries: everything an accountant typically asks for.
All users have access to our documentation and community forum. Premium subscribers get priority support with faster response times.
You can also reach us through our contact page. Evan, who builds Argo Books, reads every message personally.