Comparison
Looking for an A2X alternative?
A2X does one job well: it turns an Amazon settlement into an accounting entry, and on Starter and above it posts a COGS entry too. Then it hands all of that to a cloud ledger you pay for separately. Nexus Ledger is the connector, the ledger, the bank reconciliation and the monthly close in one subscription — with cost of goods from the same kind of per-SKU unit cost.
What each one costs, monthly
| Line | Monthly |
|---|---|
| A2X Starter — settlement connector | $59 |
| QuickBooks Online Essentials — the ledger it posts into | $85 |
| A2X + QuickBooks Online — together | $144 |
| Seller Growth — Nexus Ledger — connector, ledger, bank reconciliation and close in one | $59 |
Seller Growth carries the same order volume the connector leg above is quoted at (up to 1,000 Amazon orders / mo), so this is like for like: 59% less per month, and it replaces both lines rather than sitting beside them.
Priced on: 1 Amazon merchant ID, up to 1,000 orders / mo, multi-currency books. Both legs are tier-forced: Starter is the cheapest A2X plan that includes COGS, and Essentials is the multi-currency tier. A seller who bills in one currency can buy QuickBooks Simple Start ($38) instead, which lowers this column; below 200 orders a month the connector leg drops too, on a plan that does not include COGS.
Incumbent stack prices verified 2026-08-13; re-checked quarterly. These are the vendors’ own published list prices and change without notice — check them before you decide. Both cloud ledgers also run heavy introductory discounts, so a first-year invoice can be materially lower than the table; the gap this page describes is the steady-state one.
What A2X gets right
It is the tool most sellers reach for first, and for good reasons. A comparison that pretends otherwise is not worth reading.
- Settlement decomposition is its core competence and it has been doing it for years across many marketplaces and accounting packages.
- It sits neutrally between you and whichever ledger you already use, which matters if you are committed to that ledger or your accountant is.
- The summary-entry approach keeps your ledger tidy, and it reconciles to the payout your bank actually received.
Where the two genuinely differ
Not better and worse across the board — a different shape. A2X optimises for fitting into someone else’s ledger; we optimise for being the ledger.
One system, not two
The connector, the general ledger, the bank reconciliation and the month-end close are the same software, so a settlement becomes a posted entry without crossing a boundary. There is nothing to reconcile between the tool that reads Amazon and the tool that keeps your books.
Same COGS method, one book
Both use a per-SKU unit cost: units sold × the cost you set. In Nexus that entry posts automatically the moment its settlement sale is posted, inside the same ledger as the sale — so cost of goods ties to the trial balance without crossing from one tool to another.
The approval chain is part of the ledger
You approve each settlement and its bank match with one click, and its cost of goods follows automatically when you post the sale; manual entries post when you approve them. With two or more users dual control binds automatically — the checker cannot be the preparer — and a sole operator posts as sole approver, with a permanent attestation in the audit log. Once posted an entry is corrected by reversal, not by editing — with one documented same-day window to undo a fat-finger post before anything downstream has consumed it.
One bill instead of two
You are comparing a connector plus a ledger subscription against a single subscription that includes both. The table above is that arithmetic, at the vendors’ own published prices.
Two tools
A2X + QuickBooks Online, kept in step by you.
A2X
Reads settlements and posts a summary entry.
QuickBooks Online
Receives those entries as a separate system of record.
One platform
The connector and the ledger are the same system.
- Settlements post directly as balanced double-entry journal entries.
- Cost of goods uses the same kind of input a connector does — units sold × the unit cost you set per SKU — and posts automatically when its sale is posted, inside the same ledger.
- The payout is matched to the bank deposit and the month is closed in the same system, so there is no seam to reconcile.
Moving across
You do not rebuild your history by hand. We anchor on opening balances and rebuild forward from recent settlements, and you approve each settlement before it posts.
- 1
Bring your trial balance
Export the trial balance from QuickBooks Online and upload it. An export that carries an account-code column is read automatically; one without needs that column added before upload.
- 2
Connect Amazon
One click, read-only, finance access only. Settlements, fees, refunds, reserves and reimbursements come across on their own.
- 3
Review, then post
You approve each settlement and its bank match with one click; its cost of goods follows automatically when you post the sale.
- No long-term lock-in · export your data anytime
Questions sellers ask
It includes one, but that is not the product. A connector reads your settlements and posts a summary entry into an accounting package you buy separately. Nexus is both halves: the settlements land as balanced double-entry journal entries in a ledger that we also provide, where the payout is matched to the bank and the month is closed — so there is no second subscription and no reconciliation between the two.
That is the point of the comparison, but it is your call. Sellers who keep their existing ledger for reasons outside Amazon can — you would simply not be using the half of Nexus that replaces it. Sellers who switch stop paying for two tools and stop reconciling between them.
You are not asked to rebuild it by hand. We anchor on an opening trial balance exported from your current ledger and rebuild forward from recent settlements. Settlements arrive as drafts, and you approve each one with one click before it posts.
Less than you might expect on the method, and the comparison should say so. By A2X’s own description it multiplies the quantity sold of each SKU by its cost price, a unit cost you supply. Nexus works the same basic way — units sold × the unit cost you set per SKU at onboarding, editable any time. The difference is where the entry lands: Nexus is also the ledger, so cost of goods posts automatically with its sale in the same book that holds the bank reconciliation and the monthly close — no second subscription and no seam to reconcile.
The live demo is a synthetic walkthrough — real artefacts, invented figures, no signup and no card. For your own data, connecting Amazon takes one click and is read-only, with finance access only: we read settlements, fees, refunds, reserves and reimbursements, never buyer personal data, and we never write to your Amazon account.
See it decompose a settlement
The demo is a synthetic walkthrough — a settlement broken into fees, refunds and COGS, balanced to the cent, with a trial balance that ties. Invented figures, no signup, no card.