# Pilot vs Bookkeeper360

Which outsourced back office for a newly acquired business?

## Choose Pilot

Choose Pilot for accrual books and fractional CFO access when investor-grade financials matter most, accepting that it is built startup-first. Its CFO tiers start at $1,750 a month billed annually, a little under Bookkeeper360's $2,000.

## Choose Bookkeeper360

Choose Bookkeeper360 to run the whole back office (bookkeeping, payroll, and tax) from one vendor on the QuickBooks or Xero you already use, rather than adding a platform.

## Side by side

| | Pilot | Bookkeeper360 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| What It Is | A tech-forward outsourced back office: bookkeeping on a dedicated US-based team, business tax filing, and fractional CFO and COO support, built around accrual accounting and a monthly close. Aimed at startups and growing companies, it fits a newly acquired business whose books need to become clean and stay that way without an in-house hire. | A full outsourced accounting shop for small businesses: monthly or weekly bookkeeping on QuickBooks Online or Xero, business and personal tax, payroll administration, sales-tax filing, and fractional CFO and forecasting. It covers the whole back office a new owner inherits, from the first clean close to ongoing payroll and tax. |
| Category | Operating Resources | Operating Resources |
| Pricing Model | Subscription | Subscription |
| What It Costs | Bookkeeping from $99/mo (Essentials, up to $100k monthly expenses) up to a Core plan with a dedicated US bookkeeper; business tax filing from $1,000/yr (single-member LLC) to $2,450/yr (C-corp); fractional CFO from $1,750/mo and COO/operations support from $850/mo. Pre-revenue discounts advertised. Verified on pilot.com/pricing. | Bookkeeping from $399/mo (monthly) or $599/mo (weekly), plus onboarding and catch-up from $1,000; business tax from $1,000/yr and business-plus-personal from $1,500/yr; payroll administration from $200/mo; sales-tax filing from $125/mo; fractional CFO from $2,000/mo. Works on QuickBooks Online and Xero. Verified on bookkeeper360.com/pricing. |
| Best For | A new owner who wants clean accrual books and fractional CFO help without hiring in-house | An owner who wants bookkeeping, payroll, and tax handled by one team on QuickBooks or Xero |
| Where It Fits | Operate & Grow the Business | Operate & Grow the Business |
| Our Verdict | Strong for investor-grade books and CFO help; weigh its startup-first fit against a plain operating SMB. | The most complete single-vendor back office here: books, payroll, and tax on the platform you already run. |

Full review of Pilot: https://searchspheresource.com/resources/pilot
Full review of Bookkeeper360: https://searchspheresource.com/resources/bookkeeper360

Source: https://searchspheresource.com/resources/compare/pilot-vs-bookkeeper360
Last checked: 2026-07-21

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