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It is indeed tedious at first, however I find that 1) manually entering transactions helps me spot problem payments quickly (comprimised credit card, overcharges on direct debits etc.) and 2) the predictive auto-complete feature speeds entries up over time, as most entries are assigned to either a a)groceries, b)eating-out or c)bills expense account. This method relies on balancing to the cent each time, since I use my actual bank balance as the target. If it does not balance, I persist in finding the mistyped entry. If the final gnucash account balance matches my actual bank balance then I know I did it correctly. Instead I just manually create each gnucash entry for each transaction on my online bank statement. I gave up early on with importing bank statements.

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Yesterday I had to enter a full month of transactions and it took me about an hour (complicated by the fact that I had lots of business expenses). My workflow is that I spend about half an hour every week logging my transactions in GnuCash.

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Yes, you still need to log into your bank/credit card/etc and download statements for import, but personally I don't mind doing that. GnuCash supports importing transactions in a broad range of formats, including OFX, QIF and CSV with user-defined rules. That said, I wouldn't call the entry process entirely manual. Open Banking allows third parties to connect with your bank accounts with your consent but I'm not aware of any (reputable) service that simply gives you an API into your own bank accounts. Maybe the situation is better on the continent, but from living in Ireland and the UK I don't believe this is a solved problem here.

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> Given Europe and the UK have had Open Banking for years now, and a universe of apps automatically pulling, categorising and reporting transactions (including many incumbent banking apps) - I'm curios if this is a US-only phenomenon - why would people use decade-old software instead of the latest in banking technology? Any users from Europe or UK? Honestly I can't say enough good things about this product and our team! A product you can rely on, long term. I'm not answering that myself, but the guys who do it are super dedicated and will go a long way to help you. All of our managers are highly skilled devs, so they understand what it takes to build good software (= time).Ĭheck it out, we have a great support directly via Slack.

We also provide a unified interface to all the banks.

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No license needed, we handle all of that. The primary offer of Ponto is one API to interact with all your own bank accounts. Any authorisation you would give us automatically expires after some time anyway, enforced by the banks. We do _NOT_ store your credentials or even receive them at any point. It's one of our core concern, and I have absolutely zero issue putting my own data in there. To be honest, we're doing an excellent job of protecting our customers' data. What I'm saying here is 100% personal and does not reflect the views of my employer, yada yada.

We've also highlighted the best budgeting software.

If you try it and like it then a donation might make a lot of sense. Whilst the interface lacks some charm in places, while more critical types might even accuse it of being a little dated, the features and functions do all work once you’ve picked your way through the quite time-consuming set up and configuration stages. Even better is the fact that GnuCash does such a good job, especially if you’re running your own business where you need a little bit of a helping hand to keep your finances in order, but lack the budget to head down a paid-for software route. Overall it’s really quite hard to fault software like GnuCash (opens in new tab) because it has been put together so well and, ultimately, doesn't cost you anything in order to use it. GnuCash also comes with an impressive range of reporting tools (Image credit: GnuCash) Final verdict