A2X – QuickBooks (QBO) & Xero vs Payout Proof
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, Oct 13, 2026 for Payout Proof.
The short answer
- Paid plans start at $29/month for A2X and $9/month for Payout Proof.
- A2X lists 14 features Payout Proof’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
Standard
- · Nightly automated audits
- · Plain-English fix steps for every issue
- · Read-only — never writes to your books
- · Unlimited stores per business
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.
Shopify pays you in batches. Your books post the pieces separately. Somewhere in between, the two quietly drift apart. Finding where can take hours. We've lived that gap ourselves, so we built the audit we needed: Payout Proof pulls every payout and fee from Shopify, matches them to your Xero ledger to the cent, and turns each discrepancy into a plain-English exception with numbered fix steps.
- 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
- Every payout verified against your bank deposits and clearing account
- Plain-English exceptions with exact Xero fix steps — dated, coded, GST-aware
- Drift chart pinpoints the day an error entered your books
- Bookkeeper portfolio: every client on one screen, issues sorted to the top
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 Proof |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Proof |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Proof |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Not listed | Not listed |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $29/month | $9/month(ahead) |
| Longest free trial | 30 days | 14 days |
| Plans listed | 4 | 1 |
Listing
| Measure | A2X | Payout Proof |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #3(ahead) | #210 |
| Shopify App Charts | #7 on Featured by Shopify in Accounting | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Jul 12, 2019 | Aug 1, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | A2X Software Limited | Payout Proof |
FAQ
A2X and Payout Proof: common questions
- Is A2X or Payout Proof cheaper?
- Paid plans start at $29/month for A2X and $9/month for Payout Proof. Shoplist compares base prices only between monthly plans in the same currency; usage charges and annual plans vary, so check each plan’s limits.
- What features does each app list that the other doesn’t?
- A2X lists 14 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, Oct 13, 2026 for Payout Proof; 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, Oct 13, 2026 for Payout Proof. 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.