BeeKeeper vs. MoneyMinder
The short version
So this page is narrower than the others. It says precisely how BeeKeeper does a handful of things — how a volunteer submits without an account, how two signatures are collected and kept, what our AI does and where it stops, and who picks up when you write in — and leaves their side to them, because feature lists change and theirs lives on their site. Hold the two up against each other and pick.
Side by side, carefully
20 things a school group actually needsPTA accounting that runs itself
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If you decide to move
- 1
Export what you have
Chart of accounts, vendor list, budget, and a transaction export. Support will tell you which reports and how to set the dates, rather than leaving you to guess.
- 2
We import it with you
Accounts, vendors, budget and history come across from CSV or Excel. Balances, and any check that has not cleared yet, are handled deliberately rather than assumed.
- 3
Close one month twice
Pick the month you just closed and close it again here. If both agree, the migration is finished. If they do not, support finds the difference with you before you trust the new books.
Keep looking around
Audit Kit
One page pulls the year together for your audit committee — and hands you a list of what is still missing while there is time to find it.
Sign-Off
Your bylaws require two signatures. Sign-Off collects them by email, on a phone, with no login — and writes down who approved what, and when.
990 & 1099 Filing
BeeKeeper maps your chart of accounts to the Form 990 lines as you go, so the worksheet fills itself from real activity. 1099s come from the vendor payments you already tracked.
Security & Roles
Give the president, treasurer and auditor exactly the access their role needs. Every edit is logged with who made it and when — including us, when you ask us for help.
Budgets & Amendments
Build the annual budget, take it from working draft to proposed to approved, and track actuals against it all year. Amendments are numbered, carry their reason, and stay on the record.
Bank Imports
A direct, read-only connection to your bank brings transactions in nightly. Rules and AI categorize them, so your ledger is current between meetings, not after them.