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IGuided tax filing software with AI answers and optional help from tax experts
Freemium
Botkeeper vs Make
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Botkeeper if…
- you're in its core audience: accounting firms, bookkeeping firms
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Choose Make if…
- you want a free plan to start with
- you want the lower entry price ($9/mo vs $53/mo)
- you need an API to build on
- you're in its core audience: operations teams, marketers
Side by side
Feature Botkeeper Make
Pricing modelPaidFreemium
Starting price$53/mo$9/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Data retention—Log data stored 30 days by default; longer on Enterprise
Security and complianceSOC 2 Type IIGDPR, SOC 2 Type II, SOC 3, ISO 27001
Reconciliation—
Human experts included—
PlatformsWebWeb, API
CategoryFinance & AccountingWorkflow Automation
CompanyXendoo Inc.Celonis, Inc.
Based in—United States
Founded—2015
Part of——
Key features
B Botkeeper
- AI-powered transaction categorization
- Automated bank reconciliation
- Automated journal entries
- Month-end review with anomaly detection
- Close Tracker at firm-wide or client level
- Firm Insights dashboard
- Activity Hub for client communication
- Password manager and unlimited document storage
M Make
- Visual drag-and-drop workflow builder
- 3,500+ app integrations plus custom apps
- Build automations by prompting with Maia
- MCP server for Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini
- AI agents with visible reasoning
- Custom JavaScript or Python code execution
- Make Grid observability across workflows
- 300+ Make API endpoints
Plans and prices
From each vendor's site. Prices change — confirm before buying.
Botkeeper
1-4 Licenses$149/license/mo monthly or $134/license/mo billed annually
5-9 Licenses$109/license/mo monthly or $98/license/mo billed annually
10-24 Licenses$79/license/mo monthly or $71/license/mo billed annually
25+ Licenses$59/license/mo monthly or $53/license/mo billed annually
Make
Free$0/mo
Core$9/mo (annual billing, 10,000 credits)
Pro$16/mo (annual billing, 10,000 credits)
Teams$29/mo (annual billing, 10,000 credits)
EnterpriseCustom
Strengths and limitations
Botkeeper
- Prices are published, with volume discounts down to $53/license/mo
- Monthly plans can be cancelled at any time
- SOC 2 Type 2 compliant
- Every license includes the full feature set
- No free trial
- Built only for accounting firms, not individual businesses
- Annual plans are a full-year commitment
Make
- Free plan with no time limit and no card required
- 3,500+ integrations plus custom apps for any API
- Paid plans start at $9/mo with annual billing
- GDPR compliant, SOC 2 Type II and SOC 3 certified
- Free plan limited to 2 active scenarios and 15-minute run intervals
- Code app and Make API not available on the Free plan
- Custom functions and on-prem agent are Enterprise-only
- AI Agents and AI Web Search are still in beta
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