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Small business accounting software that connects the numbers to the business behind them.

Record money in, money out, expenses, receipts, transfers and payments—then see how those numbers connect to your sales, clients, projects, inventory, team costs and budgets. Alive24 gives you everyday bookkeeping in plain English and the wider business picture in the same connected system.

Money records what happened. Control helps you decide what to do next.

Diverse small-business partners reviewing receipts and connected accounting records in Alive24
Money inMoney outReceiptsAccountsStatements checkedRecorded resultsOne connected record
Client payment
Business account
Receipt + costs
Statement checked
Control + reports
Watch Bookkeeping + Accounting in Action
  • Money in recorded
  • Money out recorded
  • Receipts attached
  • Expenses categorised
  • Accounts organised
  • Transfers recorded
  • Payments connected
  • Statements uploaded
  • Transactions reviewed
  • Recorded results visible
  • Accountant exports
  • One connected picture

Is this you?

If your bookkeeping lives between your bank account, inbox, receipts and memory, this small business accounting app is for you.

You may know roughly what is in the bank and still have no simple answer when somebody asks what the business earned, spent or kept.

Small business partners reviewing receipts and a laptop before organising their accounting records
01

You only look when something feels wrong

You check the balance when money feels tight, but the transactions behind it have not been organised.

Business expense and receipt records brought together in a small business bookkeeping app
02

The paperwork is everywhere

Receipts sit in email, photos, bags and message threads, while expenses live somewhere else.

An Alive24 accountant handover example with dated CSV records and reviewed reports
03

Your accountant gets the puzzle later

Your accountant receives statements, receipts and explanations long after you have forgotten what half of them were for.

Bookkeeping + Accounting walkthrough

See everyday bookkeeping become one clear financial record inside your business.

Money in, money out, receipts, expenses, accounts, statements and reporting connect without turning you into an accountant.

Bookkeeping + Accounting Walkthrough · Approximately 3 MinutesBookkeeping + Accounting demonstration · final video coming soon
  • Set up accounts
  • Record money in
  • Record money out
  • Attach receipts
  • Categorise expenses
  • Record transfers
  • Connect client payments
  • Add inventory and team costs
  • Upload a CSV statement
  • Review unmatched items
  • Compare recorded results
  • Export for the accountant

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Are you currently doing this?

The problem is not that you cannot understand money. It is that the information is split across too many places.

Small-business bookkeeping becomes painful when the payment, receipt, client, job and reason no longer live together.

Money arrives without the story

  • Client or invoice checked elsewhere
  • Deposits difficult to identify
  • Sales disconnected from the CRM
  • No simple view of what created the income

Expenses lose their context

  • Receipt stored separately
  • Category added later
  • Job or client never attached
  • Inventory and team costs reviewed elsewhere

The statement becomes detective work

  • Weeks of transactions reviewed at once
  • Transfers mistaken for income or spending
  • Missing receipts chased later
  • Month-end becomes an archaeological dig

Accounting never becomes control

  • Bank balance mistaken for profit
  • Pricing disconnected from costs
  • Budgets not compared with reality
  • Reports seen too late to act

Record the daily movements and understand their place in the wider business.

Introducing

Bookkeeping + Accounting inside Alive24.

Record money in, money out, expenses, receipts, transfers and payments—then see how those numbers connect to your sales, clients, projects, inventory, team costs and budgets. Alive24 gives you everyday bookkeeping in plain English and the wider business picture in the same connected system.

  • Money inMoney in
  • Money outMoney out
  • AccountsAccounts
  • ExpensesExpenses
  • ReceiptsReceipts
  • TransfersTransfers
  • StatementsStatements
  • Recorded positionRecorded position
  • ReportingReporting
  • Accountant exportsAccountant exports

Accounts

See where business money is held and moved, with starting balances and recorded movements.

Money in

Record payments with their client, invoice or source. Other receipts stay separate from customer sales.

Money out

See business spending, supplier bills and amounts still to pay in clear categories.

Expenses

Keep the amount, purchase date, reason and relevant project or client together.

Receipts

Upload the proof, review the suggested fields and attach it to the spending record.

Transfers

Move money between your accounts without creating another sale or purchase cost.

Statement checking

Upload a CSV statement, review suggested matches and confirm what agrees.

Client and project connections

Link supported payments and spending to the saved client, invoice or project behind them.

Inventory and team costs

Stock purchases and approved people costs remain connected to the wider financial picture.

Reporting and exports

Compare recorded results with your plan and download dated records for your accountant.

  • Money in recorded
  • Money out recorded
  • Receipts attached
  • Expenses categorised
  • Accounts organised
  • Transfers recorded
  • Payments connected
  • Statements uploaded
  • Transactions reviewed
  • Recorded results visible
  • Accountant exports
  • One connected picture

How it works

From scattered transactions to records you and your accountant can actually use.

Five clear steps. Financial information stays subject to your review and confirmation.

You voice-note one thing…

“This receipt is for materials for the Johnson job. Help me prepare the spending record.”

Review before saving
Receipt reviewedRead fields checked against your original receipt
Instructions preparedA proposed action, not a silent financial save
Client identifiedSelect the saved payer before choosing the invoice
Work linkedSelect the relevant project and spending category
Statement reviewedUpload, check suggestions and confirm matches
Recorded positionConfirmed records compared with your business plan

One voice note → prepared instructions → review and confirm in Money

Five clear steps One daily record

Step 1 · Set up

Add the accounts and opening information you actually use.

Add your real accounts. Different currencies stay separate; no automatic conversion is claimed.

  • Business accounts
  • Payment accounts
  • Petty cash
  • Categories
  • Starting balances
  • Account currencies

The records stay readable to the owner and organised enough to hand to the accountant.

Solved, in one place

The everyday financial record a small business actually needs.

A small business bookkeeping app that records daily money movements and keeps them connected to the work, clients, products and people behind them.

A solo business owner reviewing their connected business numbers

You

One voice note · review · confirm

Voice note → Sell updated

01

Accounts

See where business money is held and moved, with starting balances and recorded movements.

02

Money in

Record payments with their client, invoice or source. Other receipts stay separate from customer sales.

03

Money out

See business spending, supplier bills and amounts still to pay in clear categories.

04

Expenses

Keep the amount, purchase date, reason and relevant project or client together.

05

Receipts

Upload the proof, review the suggested fields and attach it to the spending record.

06

Transfers

Move money between your accounts without creating another sale or purchase cost.

07

Statement checking

Upload a CSV statement, review suggested matches and confirm what agrees.

08

Client and project connections

Link supported payments and spending to the saved client, invoice or project behind them.

09

Inventory and team costs

Stock purchases and approved people costs remain connected to the wider financial picture.

10

Reporting and exports

Compare recorded results with your plan and download dated records for your accountant.

Built for real businesses

The bookkeeping changes. The need for a clear record does not.

Small business bookkeeping software for practical trades, wellness practices, consultants and product businesses.

Massage therapist
Wellness

Massage therapist

Personal trainer
Wellness

Personal trainer

Beauty and skin therapist
Wellness

Beauty and skin therapist

Yoga and pilates teacher
Wellness

Yoga and pilates teacher

Naturopath and nutritionist
Wellness

Naturopath and nutritionist

Counsellor and psychologist
Wellness

Counsellor and psychologist

Physio and chiropractor
Wellness

Physio and chiropractor

Health coach
Wellness

Health coach

Massage therapist
Wellness

Massage therapist

Personal trainer
Wellness

Personal trainer

Beauty and skin therapist
Wellness

Beauty and skin therapist

Yoga and pilates teacher
Wellness

Yoga and pilates teacher

Naturopath and nutritionist
Wellness

Naturopath and nutritionist

Counsellor and psychologist
Wellness

Counsellor and psychologist

Physio and chiropractor
Wellness

Physio and chiropractor

Health coach
Wellness

Health coach

Electrician
Trades

Electrician

Plumber
Trades

Plumber

Builder and carpenter
Trades

Builder and carpenter

Landscaper and gardener
Trades

Landscaper and gardener

Painter and decorator
Trades

Painter and decorator

Cleaner and home services
Trades

Cleaner and home services

Handyman
Trades

Handyman

Property and rental operator
Trades

Property and rental operator

Electrician
Trades

Electrician

Plumber
Trades

Plumber

Builder and carpenter
Trades

Builder and carpenter

Landscaper and gardener
Trades

Landscaper and gardener

Painter and decorator
Trades

Painter and decorator

Cleaner and home services
Trades

Cleaner and home services

Handyman
Trades

Handyman

Property and rental operator
Trades

Property and rental operator

Website designer
Business

Website designer

Social media manager
Business

Social media manager

Business coach
Business

Business coach

Business consultant
Business

Business consultant

Marketing consultant
Business

Marketing consultant

PR consultant
Business

PR consultant

Bookkeeper
Business

Bookkeeper

Accountant
Business

Accountant

Virtual assistant
Business

Virtual assistant

Copywriter
Business

Copywriter

Brand and graphic designer
Business

Brand and graphic designer

Photographer and videographer
Business

Photographer and videographer

Course creator and tutor
Business

Course creator and tutor

Maker and product seller
Business

Maker and product seller

Mobile and local operator
Business

Mobile and local operator

Website designer
Business

Website designer

Social media manager
Business

Social media manager

Business coach
Business

Business coach

Business consultant
Business

Business consultant

Marketing consultant
Business

Marketing consultant

PR consultant
Business

PR consultant

Bookkeeper
Business

Bookkeeper

Accountant
Business

Accountant

Virtual assistant
Business

Virtual assistant

Copywriter
Business

Copywriter

Brand and graphic designer
Business

Brand and graphic designer

Photographer and videographer
Business

Photographer and videographer

Course creator and tutor
Business

Course creator and tutor

Maker and product seller
Business

Maker and product seller

Mobile and local operator
Business

Mobile and local operator

Wellness practitioner

See session income beside room hire, product purchases, insurance and practitioner costs.

Tradie

Connect deposits and progress payments, materials, subcontractors, fuel and supplier costs to the jobs behind them.

Consultant

See retainers, project payments, software, contractors, travel and professional fees without rebuilding the month.

Product seller

Keep sales, inventory purchases, packaging, delivery, supplier payments and returns in the same picture.

Watch the Full Alive24 DemoSee this working inside the whole connected system

Say it out loud

Record the money while you still remember what it was for.

Describe the transaction in normal language. Prepare the instructions, then review and confirm the financial record in Money.

“This receipt is for materials for the Johnson job. Help me prepare the expense, then show me how to check the statement.”

  • This receipt is for the Johnson materials
  • Help me identify Sarah’s package payment
  • Help me choose the software category
  • This was a transfer between accounts
  • How do I attach this receipt?
  • How do I review this CSV statement?
  • Help me compare advertising with the plan
  • Help me prepare accountant records
  • Which project should this cost link to?
  • Which budget costs need attention?
  • How do I record this stock purchase?
  • Explain recorded sales less costs

What that normally means

  • Opening several apps
  • Searching emails for receipts
  • Remembering transaction details
  • Rebuilding project costs
  • Copying totals into spreadsheets
  • Sending incomplete files

Voice helps prepare instructions; receipt reading proposes fields. You review and confirm in the correct Money screen. Prepared instructions never mean a financial entry has already been saved.

Time, money and energy saved

Stop rebuilding the financial story after the month has already ended.

Your daily record stays connected to the wider business.

What quietly drains the month

  • Separate accounting subscription
  • Receipt-storage app
  • Expense spreadsheet
  • Manual statement detective work
  • Missing explanations
  • Repeated accountant questions
  • Disconnected job costing
  • Costs found too late

Hours of reconstructing—and no useful picture while decisions are being made

Inside Alive24

  • Money in and money out recorded
  • Receipts attached
  • Transfers separated
  • Clients and projects linked
  • Statements reviewed
  • Recorded results visible
  • Accountant exports prepared
  • One connected picture

One daily record connected to the wider business

Time and clarity returned

  • Less double handling
  • Fewer missing receipts
  • Faster review
  • Cleaner accountant handover
  • Earlier cost visibility
  • Better project context
  • More useful reporting
  • Decisions from recorded information

Alive24 is not a bank, payment processor, accountant, bookkeeper or tax, financial or investment adviser, and it is not enterprise accounting software. Budgets, records, inventory, projections and reports reflect the information and assumptions you enter. Keep your accountant for tax, compliance and advice.

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Before and after

From “I will sort it out later” to records that stay connected as you work.

The money did not become complicated. The context was lost across too many places.

Scattered financial records beside connected client payments, receipts and recorded results in small business accounting software
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Before

  • Balance checked in isolation
  • Receipts scattered
  • Expenses entered late
  • Transfers confused
  • Payments checked elsewhere
  • Project costs unclear
  • Accountant receives incomplete records

After

  • Accounts organised
  • Money movements recorded
  • Receipts attached
  • Transfers identified
  • Payments connected
  • Work and costs linked
  • Dated accountant exports

Real examples

Built for owners who want the records clear before the accountant asks.

The same connected approach works across practical trades, wellness practices, consultants, creatives and product businesses.

  • A landscaper connecting payments and materials to each job
  • A coach linking package payments to clients
  • A clinic keeping room and practitioner costs visible
  • A consultant recording retainers and contractor costs
  • A product business linking purchases to inventory
  • A designer attaching costs to delivery
  • An owner reviewing unmatched statement items
  • A receipt attached while the purchase is remembered
  • A transfer that creates no additional purchase cost
  • Team costs flowing from approved work
  • Client payments connected with invoices
  • Accountant records downloaded without rebuilding the month
What arrived and where it came fromMoney in

What arrived and where it came from

Client payment linked to the Johnson invoice.

What left and whyMoney out

What left and why

Materials purchased with the project and category recorded.

The proof beside the recordReceipts

The proof beside the record

Original receipt linked after field review.

Uploaded, not a live feedStatements

Uploaded, not a live feed

CSV transactions reviewed against recorded movements.

A recorded position in plain languageRecorded results

A recorded position in plain language

Sales less costs is not accounting profit.

Organised records for reviewAccountant handover

Organised records for review

Dated CSV and supported PDF downloads.

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Two connected areas

Money records the movement. Control shows what it means.

The daily record and the decision view stay distinct enough to understand and connected enough to be useful.

Money
  • Accounts
  • Money in
  • Money out
  • Expenses
  • Receipts
  • Transfers
  • Payments
  • CSV statement uploads
  • Transaction review
  • Supporting records

See what moved, where it moved and the business reason behind it.

Greenleaf Landscaping records the Johnson payment, materials receipt and approved team payment against the same job.

Control
  • Business budgets
  • Product and service costs
  • Pricing
  • Sales plans
  • Actual records
  • Recorded position
  • Projections
  • Status and Reports
  • Capacity
  • Business decisions

Use recorded information to see whether the business is on plan. Recorded position is not accounting profit.

The same business compares labour and materials with its quote and adjusts the next price before repeating an overspend.

See a real bookkeeping + accounting example

Real proof

Real records. Real connections. No pretend bank feed.

Faithful, readable examples of the implemented record fields—not screenshots of private business data or a claim that these fictional records were saved.

An Alive24 bookkeeping + accounting example showing accounts overview
Accounts overview
An Alive24 bookkeeping + accounting example showing money-in record
Money-in record
An Alive24 bookkeeping + accounting example showing money-out record
Money-out record
An Alive24 bookkeeping + accounting example showing receipt review
Receipt review
An Alive24 bookkeeping + accounting example showing transfer record
Transfer record
Accounts overview
Money-in record
Money-out record
Receipt review
Transfer record
An Alive24 bookkeeping + accounting example showing statement review
Statement review
An Alive24 bookkeeping + accounting example showing recorded results
Recorded results
An Alive24 bookkeeping + accounting example showing accountant export
Accountant export
An Alive24 bookkeeping + accounting example showing whole-business context
Whole-business context
Statement review
Recorded results
Accountant export
Whole-business context

These are realistic Alive24 product examples for fictional Greenleaf Landscaping. Every record reflects information entered, uploaded and confirmed by the owner. Professional profit and loss remains with the accountant.

Watch the Full Alive24 DemoSee Bookkeeping + Accounting beside expenses, budgets and reports inside Money + Control

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What you actually receive

The record, the context, the result and the handover.

One connected financial picture that remains useful before, during and after professional review.

Glowing orb representing recording business information by voice

The record

Capture what happened.

  • Money in and money out
  • Expenses and receipts
  • Transfers and payments
  • Uploaded statement transactions
  • Notes and supporting records
Glowing orb representing a connected business dashboard

The context

Keep the reason beside the number.

  • Client and invoice
  • Project or job
  • Product or service
  • Inventory purchase and team cost
  • Category and account
Glowing orb representing visible business progress

The picture

See what the records add up to.

  • Recorded sales and costs
  • Recorded position—not accounting profit
  • Account balances by currency
  • Actual records against budgets
  • Items requiring review
Glowing orb representing connected reporting and support

The handover

Give the accountant something usable.

  • Organised transaction records
  • Linked receipts and supporting notes
  • Clear spending categories
  • Dated CSV records and supported PDF reports
  • Reconciliation and unresolved items visible

A simple, readable view

See what came in, what went out and what still needs attention.

Enough detail to run the business—without forcing you through an accounting course.

Bookkeeping + Accounting OverviewFictional product example

“September · $1,200 recorded sales, $920 recorded costs, statement checked”

Greenleaf Landscaping · entered, uploaded and confirmed example records.

Money in$1,200Johnson payment · invoice connected
Money out$920$240 materials · $680 approved team cost
StatementsReviewedUploaded CSV · confirmed matches
Recorded position$280Recorded sales less costs · not accounting profit
Business bank$4,180 USDPetty cash$100 USDExportCSV records
  • 01

    The daily record stays readable

    Plain categories and connected context help the owner understand it.

  • 02

    Exceptions receive attention

    Unmatched items and incomplete records remain visible for review.

  • 03

    The wider view stays connected

    Budgets, pricing and projections use the same underlying records and owner assumptions.

  • Account
  • Date
  • Description
  • Money in
  • Money out
  • Category
  • Client
  • Project
  • Receipt
  • Review status
  • Notes
  • Reporting period
Heidi Shannon, founder of Alive24

Alive24 is informed by more than 20 years of hands-on small-business experience—including knowing that a small business owner needs clear numbers they can read in five minutes, not an accounting course.

From daily movement to a business you can control

See how Bookkeeping + Accounting connects the money to the work behind it.

The daily record stays connected to the decisions it should improve.

From daily movement to a business you can control

See how Bookkeeping + Accounting connects the money to the work behind it.

Money + Control keeps the context
  1. 01

    Sale or client work

    A client purchase, booking, accepted project or job provides the source.

    Work created

  2. 02

    Invoice or payment

    The amount due and recorded payment remain connected through supported flows.

    Payment recorded

  3. 03

    Expenses and receipts

    Costs are recorded with reviewed proof and the relevant business context.

    Costs organised

  4. 04

    Inventory and team

    Stock purchases and approved people costs enter the financial picture without another ledger.

    Delivery costs visible

  5. 05

    Accounts and statements

    Uploaded CSV activity is reviewed against the saved records.

    Records checked

  6. 06

    Recorded result

    Recorded sales less costs shows a recorded position, not accounting profit.

    Position visible

  7. 07

    Budgets and projections

    Actual records are compared with plans and owner assumptions.

    Context added

  8. 08

    Accountant handover

    Dated records and supported reports are reviewed and exported for professional advice.

    Handover prepared

  • No disconnected receipt folder
  • No second expense spreadsheet
  • Less statement archaeology
  • Less rebuilding the story at tax time

Connected, not bundled

Your bookkeeping connects to the business activity that created every number.

Bookkeeping + Accounting sits inside Money + Control while sales, clients, delivery, inventory, team costs and payments remain connected around it.

  1. 1Business DashboardOne clear view across the business.
  2. 2BudgetsWhat the business planned to earn and spend.
  3. 3Expenses + ReceiptsBusiness costs and their proof.
  4. 4Projections + ReportingOwner plans beside actual records.
  • CRM + Sales Pipeline keeps the client and sale context
  • Invoices + Payments keeps what was charged and paid
  • Projects + Jobs keeps the delivery behind the money
  • Team Scheduling and Team Management provide approved work costs
  • Inventory supplies saved product and material movements
  • Expenses + Receipts supplies daily cost records
  • Budgets keeps the plan
  • Business Dashboard adds whole-business context
  • Projections + Reporting compares records with owner assumptions
  • Accountant downloads support professional review
  • Alive24 records and reports from information you enter, upload and confirm. It is not tax, financial or investment advice; requirements vary by business and location.

Protect your decisions

Find out which part of your bookkeeping is costing you the most time.

Ask Solomon what should be recorded, connected or cleaned up first.

Clean up the financial picture

Tell Solomon where the paperwork piles up and what you want to understand about your business.

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Explore the connected system

See how bookkeeping + accounting connects across the rest of your business.

Bookkeeping + Accounting stays inside Money + Control while the leads, sales, client work and payments behind the numbers stay connected.

Business DashboardOne clear view across the business.
BudgetsWhat the business planned to earn and spend.
Expenses + ReceiptsBusiness costs and their proof.
Projections + ReportingOwner plans beside actual records.
One business owner at the centre of the full Alive24 system

You

One voice note · review · confirm

Voice note → Sell updated

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Questions

Bookkeeping + Accounting—the questions small-business owners actually ask.

Still unsure? The full demo answers most of it in a few minutes, without a sales call.

Ready to see bookkeeping + accounting working inside one connected system?

Record money in, money out, expenses, receipts, transfers and payments—then see how those numbers connect to your sales, clients, projects, inventory, team costs and budgets. Alive24 gives you everyday bookkeeping in plain English and the wider business picture in the same connected system.

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