Alternative to Big Red Book for Ireland
More than 6,000 Irish businesses use Bullet to a manage their business
Same features, but Bullet is free
See why you’re better with Bullet.Hi there.
Looking at Irish online accounting products for your small business? Looking for alternatives to Big Red Book accounting or other competitors?
We want to make the decision as easy as possible, so we’ve put together some info that’ll help you decide which option is best for you.
Below, you’ll find information to help you compare Bullet and Big Red Book Irish accounting, including value features, Big Red Book accounting customer experiences, and a simple English FAQ.
We hope it helps?
Big Red Book, a value high-level comparison
Top 4 main reasons not to go with Big Red Book.
| High Level – Issues with Big Red Book Accounting | |
|---|---|
| No simple workflows requiring you to learn about accounting to use it. |  |
| It’s offline software so there is a risk of hard drive corruption. | |
| Uses heavy accounting terms, you’ll need to hire an accountant or learn how to use the software. | |
| Big Red Book costs €499 per product, plus all your accountants’ fees. | |
Why pay when it's free
Get everything Big Red Book Accounts offers and more for free.
# Beautiful online software with Support is Free with no limits.
# Bills, Receipts, Invoices, Reports and more all Free.
# Full online, mobile, multi-currency automated accounts for free.
Don't pay Big Red Book €499 a year to speak to you
Starting a business is an anxious time don’t let Big Red Book capitalise on that. Where’s the community love.
# Get an answer to any question within under 8 minutes.
# Stop searching Google for an answer you’re not sure is even right.
# Why pay Big Red Book so they can talk to their customers when you can get it free with Bullet.
Things you can do in Bullet but not in Big Red Book
Here is a concise list of all the valuable daily tasks you need to be able to complete to run your company that Big Red Books Irish Accounting doesn’t offer and Bullet Accounting does.
| High Level – Issues with Big Red Book Accounting |  |  |
|---|---|---|
| It requires training great if you have an employee with accounting qualifications. |  | |
| Big Red Book costs €499 for a product that Bullet gives you for free. | | |
| Storing all your data on your computer, means you’ve to run backups. | | |
| Some functions work really slow like getting reports. | | |
| Old fashioned design, for an old-school accounting software. | | |
| Extra accountancy fees hard to use software requires more questions to the accountant. | | |
| Due to storing all your accounting data on your computer you run risks of a Virus attack. | | |
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All your questions about Bullet V’s Big Red Book
Don’t forget you can talk to us about anything with our instant chat
Feature sets, a big difference
Our core difference is that we’re online and Big Red Book is offline.
Is their support that bad
No, both Big Red Book and Bullet offer good local support.
Is Bullet secure
Same as a bank, 256 bit SSL certs keeping you safe.
Are you really free
Yep, Bullet offers a Big Red Book spec but free and online.
Is Bullet full of ad's
100% no adverts, we just wanted to help people starting in business.
I'm useless at accounts
We’ve built simple workflows, & free chat support for the rest.
How come you're free
Once you go over 5 invoices per month you’ll move to a paid platform.
Why the free support
We believe in community, listening reduces your stress.
I just want to do invoicing
You can just use Bullet’s invoicing, it’s super simple, but powerful.
See what Big Red Book customers have to say
See how much Accounting Software costs
Here is a list of all the accounting software you’re probably going to review. We’ve put together a table of costs to help you make that decision.
| The Real Costs of Others | Yearly Cost | |
|---|---|---|
 | No backup, no accounting rules built in, high risk of error | €120 |
 | Slow Customer Service Support, no workflows that know the accounting logic | €300 |
 | Complex, designed for accountants, €35 pm plus additional accountant fees | €420 |
 | €45 per month for a bloated invoicing app, raised some money, under pressure | €480 |
 | Offline, old-fashioned software, requires knowledge of accounting terms | €499 |
 | Free, Fast, Modern, full accounting and invoicing with easy error checking workflows and instant human support | €Free |
Alternative to Big Red Book, Freshbooks, Xero, Sage and Excel
Free Small Business Accounting & Invoicing for Ireland