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MDocyt vs Pilot
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Docyt if…
- you're in its core audience: hotel owners and asset managers, hotel management companies
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Choose Pilot if…
- you want to trial it before paying
- you're in its core audience: startup founders, small business owners
Side by side
Feature Docyt Pilot
Pricing modelContact for pricingFree trial
Starting price—$99/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Trains AI on your contentNo—
Data retentionRemoved from active systems within 30 days of deletion, backups within 90 daysKept until deletion request; tax data at least seven years
Security and complianceSOC 2 Type II—
Invoice capture—
Bill pay
QuickBooks/Xero sync—
Reconciliation
Forecasting
Human experts included
PlatformsWebWeb
CategoryFinance & AccountingFinance & Accounting
CompanyDocyt, Inc.Pilot.com, Inc.
Based inUnited StatesUnited States
Founded2017—
Part of——
Key features
D Docyt
- Nightly PMS and POS revenue posting with USALI mapping
- Continuous bank and card reconciliation
- Zero-day close with AI closing agents
- Multi-entity and intercompany accounting
- Bill pay via ACH, check and card with approvals
- Corporate cards with live budgets
- Daily Flash, budgeting, forecasting and STR benchmarking
- BooksGPT for plain-language questions about financials
P Pilot
- AI transaction categorization and account reconciliation
- Monthly book close with financial reports
- AI answers about past transactions and cash flow
- Cash flow scenario modeling
- US-based dedicated bookkeeping team
- Business tax filing and R&D credit services
- Fractional CFO advisory and fundraising support
- Outsourced payroll, AP, AR and stock administration
Plans and prices
From each vendor's site. Prices change — confirm before buying.
Docyt
EconomyCustom
Select serviceCustom
Full serviceCustom
Management companiesCustom
Pilot
Bookkeeping Essentials$99/month
Bookkeeping CoreContact sales
Bookkeeping CustomCustom
Tax - Single Member LLCFrom $1,000/year
Tax - Partnerships & S-CorpsFrom $2,000/year
Tax - C-CorpsFrom $2,450/year
CFO BasicFrom $1,750/month billed annually
CFO EssentialsFrom $3,150/month billed annually
CFO CustomFrom $5,250/month billed annually
Operations StarterFrom $750 one-time
Operations EssentialsFrom $850/month
Strengths and limitations
Docyt
- Priced per property with unlimited users
- Integrations, onboarding and training included at no extra fee
- SOC 2 Type II certified, and customer data is not used to train public models
- No exit penalties, and data can be exported at any time
- No public prices; a quote is required
- Annual contracts only
- Check and ACH payments carry transaction fees
- Product is built mainly around hotel workflows
Pilot
- Entry bookkeeping plan priced at $99/month
- Pricing for tax, CFO and operations services is published
- Combines AI tooling with US-based bookkeepers and CFOs
- Free tax extension included in tax plans
- Tax and operations plans must be bought with Pilot Bookkeeping
- Core and Custom bookkeeping prices require contacting sales
- CFO plans start at $1,750/month
- Not a public accounting firm, so it does not provide licensed CPA services
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