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A capable proposals and payments tool. See where Anchor carries the work through collections and reconciliation.
Anchor vs IgnitionBuilt for large firms. See how Anchor gives you the same billing control without a long enterprise rollout.
Anchor vs AiwynHandles proposals well. See how Anchor connects billing and payment inside the same client flow.
Anchor vs AccountGrooveStrong on pricing and proposals. See how Anchor takes the same agreement all the way to getting paid.
Anchor vs GoProposalWeighing proposal tools in general? See how Anchor turns a signed proposal into invoicing, payment, and reconciliation.
Anchor vs proposal softwareWord docs, PDF proposals, and payment chasing over email. See how many hours your team gets back each month.
Talk to usAnchor sends invoices on schedule and pulls payment from clients, so nobody on your team chases receivables.
Invoices, payments, and refunds sync with QuickBooks Online and Xero. No manual entry
You pay $5 per payment received with no subscription fee and no percentage cut, so your margin holds as invoices grow.
Anchor’s pricing is easy to understand. There are no subscriptions and no hidden fees. You only pay $5 per payment. That's it.
See how Anchor is helping accounting firms get paid faster and focus on what matters most.
Integrations
Connect to the tools your firm already runs on, so your books and the rest of your stack move together, in real time.
Stay accurate and up-to-date at all times with an automatic real-time data sync with QuickBooks Online.
Connect QuickBooks →Stay fully synced with our Xero native integration, every invoice, payment, and reconciliation flows back to your ledger automatically.
Connect Xero →Connect Anchor with thousands of popular apps and automate your billing workflows without writing a single line of code.
Explore Make scenarios →Connect Anchor with thousands of popular apps, so you can automate your work and have more time for what matters most.
Browse Zaps →Works with QuickBooks, Xero, Zapier, Make, and more.
Most do, within the first week. On both Anchor and alternative, clients enter a payment method once when they accept an agreement, so the step is familiar. The difference is that Anchor's team sequences your rollout so billing is not interrupted during the move.
Anchor is the leading proposal-to-paid automation platform built for service businesses - primarily accounting, bookkeeping, and tax firms. It automates the entire financial relationship with clients from initial proposal through to collected and reconciled payment.
The signed agreement becomes the live operating system for billing, payment collection, scope changes, price increases, and reconciliation.
Anchor Clearly Wins at
Migration is quick and seamless. Anchor's team recreates your agreements from your existing current tool data rather than rebuilding client by client, and works at whatever pace suits your firm, so you can move quickly or phase it over time. Any client who hasn't reconnected yet can keep billing on current tool through the transition, so no revenue is lost.
Anchor charges one flat rate, $5 per successful payment, with no monthly subscription.
On Anchor, you amend one live agreement and billing updates automatically. On Ignition, a mid-engagement change typically means sending a new proposal or handling it off-system, because the signed agreement is fixed at signing
All of them. Anchor bills fixed, recurring, hourly, and unit-based work straight from the live agreement, including variable charges, without anyone confirming each amount by hand. As your engagements shift between retainers, projects, and hourly work, billing keeps running without manual steps.
Anchor uses bank-level encryption, doesn't store card or bank-account details on its servers, and keeps a full activity log visible to both you and your client. Payments are handled to the standards firms in regulated, fiduciary work require.
When you receive a payment, and only then, Anchor deducts $5 from the funds you receive. Anchor is completely free to use throughout the entire process, including unlimited agreements, users, clients, and invoices.
Once your proposal is sent and signed, it acts as a live agreement between you and your client. Invoices, collections, payments, and reconciliation are generated from your agreement automatically – saving you time, money, and energy, eliminating manual labor and workarounds, and preventing mistakes. As your client payment information is collected when your agreement is signed (and Anchored.. 😉 ), all that’s left for you to do is enjoy watching the funds transferred to your account, on time, automatically.
Absolutely not!!! We developed Anchor knowing that the only constant in a business is change. You can add dynamic payment options, add new services in the middle of a billing cycle and address different billing dates, deliverable quantities and hour based caps. Anything that can be invoiced on paper, can be billed & collected with Anchor.
Yes! Anchor makes it easy to add your existing clients to the platform with ready-made templates. Plus, our team of success managers will help you migrate your clients over to Anchor. The entire set up takes just a few minutes and your clients will be up and running before your next billing cycle
