Smart Clerk
Verified Oct 14, 2026 ActiveReads uploaded bank statements and auto-categorizes transactions into tax-ready P&L and balance-sheet reports.
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Pricing
- Pricing model
- Freemium
- Paid options from
- $29/mo
- Billing
- Monthly
Free start with 1 bank account; Growth is $29 a month (2 accounts, 100 invoices a month) and Professional $49 (6 accounts, 250 invoices, multiple companies), billed monthly. Statements older than the included tax years cost a one-time $15 per account per year; accounting firms get custom quotes.
Use tool ↗About Smart Clerk
Smart Clerk is a bookkeeping automation tool for small businesses and accounting firms. It connects to 10,000+ US and Canadian bank/card accounts, or accepts uploaded PDF/image statements, then categorizes transactions automatically, generates profit-and-loss statements and balance sheets, and surfaces vendor spending totals. Reports export to Excel or PDF rather than syncing into a ledger tool directly. Third-party startup directories name a founder called Erinc, though the site itself discloses no company details or country. A free trial covers one bank account and 20 invoices a month; the first paid tier, Growth, is $29/month for two accounts and 100 invoices.
- Platforms
- Web
- API
- Not confirmed
- Last verified
- Oct 14, 2026
Verified sources
- Pricing section on the home page lists a free start with 1 bank account, Growth $29/mo and Professional $49/mo, plus $15 per account per year for older records (15 October 2026)smartclerk.ai ↗
- FAQ says Smart Clerk connects to 10,000+ US and Canadian banks, accepts PDF statement uploads and exports to Excel (15 October 2026)smartclerk.ai ↗
Is Smart Clerk legit?
We don’t label tools safe or unsafe. Below are the records we checked ourselves, each with the date we read it.
- Domain registered
- Apr 4, 2023 (3 years ago)Registry record (RDAP), registrar GoDaddy.com, LLC, looked up Sep 20, 2026
- TLS certificate
- Issued by Amazon, valid until Apr 28, 2027Seen in our own connection to the site on Oct 14, 2026
- Last checked
- Oct 14, 2026The site answered
- Operated by
- Smart ClerkOur research, card verified Oct 15, 2026
Pros & cons of Smart Clerk
Smart Clerk's pitch is replacing manual transaction categorization and end-of-month reports with an automated read of bank statements, and the free trial is enough to judge categorization accuracy on real data before paying. It exports to Excel/PDF rather than plugging into a ledger, so it works better as a reporting layer than as a replacement for a full accounting system.
Pros
- Claims 99% categorization accuracy with a learning algorithm that improves over use
- Handles both live bank feeds and uploaded PDF/image statements
- Multi-currency support and multi-company management on the Professional tier
- Free trial available before any payment
Cons
- Exports to Excel/PDF only — no direct integration with QuickBooks, Xero, or similar ledgers mentioned
- Company headquarters/country is not disclosed on the site itself
- Entry paid tier caps at 2 bank accounts and 100 invoices/month
Best for
- small businesses that want automated categorization without a bookkeeper
- accounting firms managing several client entities from one dashboard
- US/Canada businesses with statements from mainstream banks
Not for
- businesses needing direct sync into QuickBooks/Xero rather than exported reports
- companies outside the US/Canada bank network the tool supports
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