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Synder vs. A2X: Which One’s Right for You?

Both Synder and A2X are well-known tools for automating your bookkeeping, but which one truly fits your needs? In this head-on comparison, we highlight how Synder stands out as the superior choice for businesses looking for more integrations, more settings, and greater control.

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Which accounting automation software is right for you?

Synder connects with 30+ platforms across ecommerce, marketplaces, and payment providers,  from Shopify, Amazon, Walmart, eBay, Etsy, and WooCommerce to TikTok Shop, Magento, Stripe, Square, PayPal, Afterpay, and many more. And all these sales channels and payment processors flow seamlessly into your books. Moreover, the software records every component of a sale: line items, taxes, shipping, discounts, processor and marketplace fees, refunds, and tips, ensuring your accounts reconcile exactly with platform reports and remain audit-ready.

Compared to Synder, A2X offers a smaller set of integrations with marketplaces and carts, with data posted only as net payout summaries. While effective for basic reconciliation, this narrower scope can substantially limit multi-channel sellers and leaves far less visibility into the full detail of each transaction.

For a full integration list, check the table below.

Synder’s advanced customization & control

Synder is built with a host of advanced settings that give you more control over how data is categorized and managed.

Detailed transaction breakdowns

Detailed transaction breakdowns

Get sales, refunds, fees, taxes, and discounts are included in each record, keeping your books reconciliation-ready

Flexible
account mapping

Flexible account mapping

Define how sales, fees, taxes, and shipping hit your chart of accounts, with support for classes, locations, or custom dimensions.

Automated
categorization

Automated categorization

Build rules to automatically categorize, tag, split, or memo transactions based on your own criteria.

Seamless
reconciliation

Seamless reconciliation

Organize transactions into clearing accounts that mirror processor payouts, so bank deposits match cleanly during reconciliation.

Synder vs. A2X: Feature showdown

Both apps have earned their users' trust and positive reviews, but their key features set them apart—and those differences can make a big impact on your bookkeeping and accounting workflows.
Synder
A2X
Deployment
Cloud-based
Cloud-based
Free trial
Yes
15 days, no credit card required
Yes
No credit card required
Accounting systems
QuickBooks Online
Xero
Sage Intacct
NetSuite
Custom ERP
QuickBooks Online
Xero
NetSuite
Sales platforms
Shopify, Amazon, Walmart, eBay, Etsy, WooCommerce,  BigCommerce, TikTok Shop, Magento, Squarespace, Wix, Ecwid by Lightspeed, Faire, X-Cart
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Shopify, Amazon, Walmart, eBay, Etsy
Payment platforms
Stripe, Square, PayPal, Afterpay, Clover, Brex, Braintree, GoCardless, Authorize.net, Bluefin, Payrix, Pin Payments, Affirm
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Integration with inventory software
Cin7
Industries supported
Ecommerce businesses
Retail & Consumer goods
SaaS
Accounting firms
Professional services
Ecommerce businesses
Accounting firms
Syncing options
Per Transaction
Summary Sync
Summary Sync
Sync frequency
Hourly
Daily
Multichannel support
Bank reconciliation
Mapping customization
Multichannel data analytics
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Subscriptions are tough. Things change mid-term in a subscription and the RevRec + proration implications can be quite large. Synder picks up all those changes automatically. I don't see any other good options out there to do daily revenue recognition and prorations on subscriptions, while mixing combinations of advanced/arrears billing and one-time/recurring items. There's just a lot of complexity in there and Synder generates thousands of GL entries for us to get us where we need to be.

Joe DiNardo
COO at Syndic8

I don’t have to come back and babysit Synder; there’s nothing I need to worry about. Reflecting on it now, with our business expanding, I estimate that the time saved amounts to over 40 hours per month.

Tony Jamal
TJAYZ

There’s no greater partner for both the accountant and the business owner than Synder! At Strata-G, we use Synder to integrate directly with ecommerce giants including Etsy, Shopify, Amazon on the front end, while syncing all transactions through to our cloud-based accounting platforms Xero and QBO. [...] We save close to 100 hours per month booking nearly 8,000 global ecommerce sales transactions into QBO and reconciling with bank deposits.

Nicholas Coburn
CPA, Strata-G

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