ARCSys

Breakthrough accounting technology. That is the short version of ARCSys. The job it does: recording transactions, reconciling banks and producing financial statements.

The natural audience is small businesses and their accountants. They also list Accounting, Finance, Financial Services and FinTech, so expect those to show up in the feature set. As a small product team themselves (11 to 50 people), they tend to serve customers of a similar scale best. Small vendors mean quick answers and real influence on the roadmap, but check who covers support when someone is out.

ARCSys is based in Norfolk, Virginia and founded in 2009. Their site is arcsysonline.com.

Our checklist for this category: bank feeds, multi-entity support, and accountant access. A short pilot with your real data tells you more than any demo.

If you have worked with ARCSys, tell the next buyer what you paid and what surprised you. That is the part of this page we cannot write.