A2X – QuickBooks (QBO) & Xero vs Payout Close
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Nov 7, 2026 for A2X, May 22, 2026 for Payout Close.
The short answer
- A2X lists 12 features Payout Close’s listing doesn’t mention, including COGS tracking, Custom reports, Daily sales summary.
Head to head
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Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
Mini
- · Up to 200 orders a month
Basic
- · Includes COGS + up to 500 orders a month
Professional
- · COGS + up to 2000 orders a month
Advanced
- · COGS + up to 5000 orders a month
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureA2X makes reconciling your Shopify payout data in QuickBooks Online (QBO), Xero, Sage, or NetSuite a breeze. Every Shopify transaction – sales, fees, taxes, refunds, gift cards, and more – is categorized into accurate summaries that reconcile perfectly with deposits in your accounting software.
Payout Close helps merchants review Shopify Payments payouts, charges, refunds, transfers, and pending transactions in one embedded admin view. It separates preview-only payouts from paid, exportable payouts and highlights transactions that aren’t yet linked to a payout. Merchants can download summary.json, payout-rollup.csv, and pending-transactions.csv for accounting review.
- Accurately track your Shopify payout data in QuickBooks, Xero, Sage, or NetSuite
- Avoid overpaying taxes by assigning tax rules to every Shopify transaction type
- Stay on top of COGS by matching your cost of goods sold with your Shopify sales
- Access accounting professionals that specialize in Shopify on the A2X Directory
- Review payouts, charges, refunds, and transfers in one embedded view
- Separate preview-only payouts from exportable paid payouts
- Identify transactions not yet linked to a payout
- Export summary.json and CSV payout-close files
All the numbers
Every figure, side by side
A green dot marks the app ahead on a measured figure. Estimates, gaps and apps that leave no storefront trace never take the lead.
Adoption
| Measure |  A2X |  Payout Close |
|---|---|---|
| Detected stores | Not published | Not published |
| Net store change, 28 days | 0 | 0 |
| Stores added, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Big-brand share | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Top store categories | Not published | Not published |
| Top store countries | Not published | Not published |
Reviews
| Measure | A2X | Payout Close |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | 4.9 ★ | Not published |
| App Store reviews | 363 | Not published |
| New reviews, 28 days | 3 | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | 36% | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | A2X | Payout Close |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Not listed | Not listed |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $29/month | No monthly plan listed |
| Longest free trial | 30 days | Not listed |
| Plans listed | 4 | Not published |
Listing
| Measure | A2X | Payout Close |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #3(ahead) | #272 |
| Shopify App Charts | #9 on Featured by Shopify in Accounting | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Jul 12, 2019 | May 19, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | A2X Software Limited | payout close |
FAQ
A2X and Payout Close: common questions
- What features does each app list that the other doesn’t?
- A2X lists 12 the others don’t mention, such as COGS tracking, Custom reports, Daily sales summary, Historical data import. A feature missing from a listing may still be supported; this compares what each App Store listing says.
- Where does this comparison’s data come from?
- Shoplist crawls Shopify storefronts to detect which apps each store runs, and reads each app’s Shopify App Store listing for reviews, pricing, features and integrations. Store counts are as of Nov 7, 2026 for A2X, May 22, 2026 for Payout Close; estimated figures are labeled.
How Shoplist compares apps
Store counts come from Shoplist’s crawl of Shopify storefronts, which detects the apps each store runs; they are as of Nov 7, 2026 for A2X, May 22, 2026 for Payout Close. Reviews, ratings, plans, features and integrations come from each app’s Shopify App Store listing. 28-day figures are labeled when estimated, and a figure that is missing or estimated never decides who leads. Read the methodology.