What's the difference between Bookkeep and an actual ERP?

Bookkeep posts daily summary journal entries from your sales channels into QuickBooks. It does not own the GL, the chart of accounts, or the reporting. ERPClaw is the GL: Shopify and Stripe integrations live inside the ERP, posting transaction-level details directly to the immutable double-entry ledger.

Why is daily summary a limitation?

Daily summary aggregates many sales into a single journal entry, which makes reconciliation against bank deposits clean but loses transaction-level detail in your books. ERPClaw posts at transaction grain with 12-step GL validation, so you keep full audit trail and still get clean bank reconciliation.

How is ERPClaw cheaper than Bookkeep plus QuickBooks?

Bookkeep is $70 to $295 per month plus your QuickBooks Online subscription. ERPClaw is $0 forever. For a small business, the math flips before the end of year one, and the architectural advantage (one database, one audit trail) compounds further.

Does ERPClaw support Square the way Bookkeep does?

Today ERPClaw's first-party connectors are Stripe and Shopify. Square can be ingested via CSV import or through a custom action defined in a SKILL.md spec. We're prioritizing first-party connectors by user demand. If you're Square-only, Bookkeep plus QuickBooks may still be the fastest path.

Can I migrate from Bookkeep plus QuickBooks to ERPClaw?

Yes. QuickBooks exports clean CSV per ledger. ERPClaw's import actions accept the same format. Bookkeep's daily summaries are already represented in QuickBooks; the migration is a QuickBooks-to-ERPClaw move with the channel sync re-pointed at ERPClaw's native integrations.

Comparison

ERPClaw vs Bookkeep

Bookkeep is summary-level. ERPClaw is transaction-level.

Same automation, more depth. Open source. $0.

Feature	Bookkeep	ERPClaw
Price	$20-50/month	$0 forever
Granularity	Daily summaries	Per-transaction
Destination	QuickBooks / Xero	ERPClaw (the ERP itself)
Sales channel coverage	Shopify, Amazon, etc.	Shopify in v1; more coming
Per-transaction journal entries	No (paid tier only)	Always
COGS tracking	Limited	Multi-warehouse, FIFO
Gift card deferred revenue	Yes	Yes
Self-hosted	No	Yes
Open source	Proprietary	Open source (GPL v3)
Full ERP modules (HR, manufacturing)	No	Yes
API access	Limited	Full (CLI + web)

Key differences

Per-transaction beats daily summary

Bookkeep posts daily summaries. Convenient until your auditor wants per-transaction detail. ERPClaw posts per-transaction always.

No QBO required

Bookkeep needs QuickBooks. ERPClaw is the ERP itself; no second tool needed.

More than just sales channels

Bookkeep aggregates sales-channel data. ERPClaw also handles your HR, payroll, and manufacturing if you have them.

Free in actuality, not just on the homepage

Bookkeep starts at $20/mo. ERPClaw is open source forever.

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Related: read the AI accounting story, the AI-native ERP framework, the Synder comparison, or the long-form Bookkeep alternative post.