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MNumeric vs Pilot
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Numeric if…
- you're in its core audience: controllers and accounting managers, cfos and vps of finance
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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 Numeric Pilot
Pricing modelContact for pricingFree trial
Starting price—$99/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Data retentionWhen requested, deletes or de-identifies personal information; backups may be retainedKept until deletion request; tax data at least seven years
Bill pay—
QuickBooks/Xero sync
Reconciliation
Forecasting—
Human experts included—
PlatformsWebWeb
CategoryFinance & AccountingFinance & Accounting
CompanyVelocity Labs Inc.Pilot.com, Inc.
Based inUnited StatesUnited States
Founded——
Part of——
Key features
N Numeric
- Close checklist shared by humans and AI agents
- Automatic balance sheet reconciliation with exception review
- Transaction monitors that flag anomalies before close
- AI-drafted flux analysis using payroll and CRM data
- Rule-based and AI-suggested bank transaction matching
- Usage-based billing and ASC 606 revenue recognition
- MCP access from Claude, ChatGPT and other AI tools
- App Studio for building custom dashboards from a prompt
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.
Numeric
Close Management & AnalyticsCustom
Cash ManagementCustom
Billing & RevenueCustom
ERP ReplacementCustom
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
Numeric
- Runs on top of NetSuite and other ERPs, so a full migration is not required
- Modules can be adopted one at a time
- MCP access lets users query financial data from Claude or ChatGPT
- Billing module covers ASC 606, contract modifications and SSP handling
- No public pricing; a demo is required
- Agentic Subledgers and App Studio are only available in the ERP Replacement product
- No free plan or trial listed
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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