Free accounting software for small businesses in Saudi Arabia
Free accounting in Snad is a permanent plan, not a temporary trial: you activate up to 3 apps for one user (1) with no monthly fee and no credit card, and run your ledger, journal entries and financial reports on it. The limit you should know before starting is that ZATCA-compliant e-invoicing begins with the paid plans, and that documents carry a watermark.
The limits — read them before signing up
We state them first, not last: finding out after entering your data is worse than knowing now
One user (1)
Enough for an owner who runs things personally. When your accountant or a salesperson needs their own login, upgrading becomes a necessity rather than an improvement — sharing one account costs you the record of who did what.
Up to 3 apps
You choose them from all of Snad's apps with no exception — accounting, sales, inventory, point of sale or others. The cap is on the count, not the type, so no app is withheld from the free plan.
ZATCA-compliant invoicing is not available
This is the most important limit and you should know it before signing up, not after. You can issue invoices, store them and follow up collection on the free plan, but e-invoicing compliant with the ZATCA system starts from the paid plans. If your business is registered for VAT, this means the free plan does not cover your statutory obligation.
A watermark on documents
Documents issued on the free plan carry a Snad mark. It has no operational effect, but it is visible to the customer receiving the document — which is what pushes many businesses to upgrade before any technical reason.
What you actually get
No monthly fee and no expiry date
The ledger and journal entries
A chart of accounts and journal entries created manually or automatically from transactions, with no cap on the number of entries.
Core financial reports
Trial balance, income statement and balance sheet, built from the entries themselves rather than from separate data entry.
Customers, suppliers and their balances
A statement per party reflecting invoices and receipts, with ageing of overdue amounts.
Invoices and receipt vouchers
Issuing invoices, storing them and following up collection. The format compliant with the ZATCA system starts from the paid plans.
Four kinds of “free” — which is this?
The same word means different things, and the difference decides what you pay later
| Kind | What it means in practice |
|---|---|
| A permanent free plan | Continues with no expiry date within published limits — a number of users, apps or features. This is the only kind you can build ongoing operations on, provided its limits are written down before you sign up rather than after. |
| A temporary free trial | Full features for a set period, after which it stops or converts to a subscription. Useful for serious evaluation, but not a permanent solution — and confusing it with a free plan is the most common misunderstanding in this search. |
| Open-source software | The licence is free; running it is not. It needs hosting, updates, backups and someone to handle them. Suitable for a business with in-house technical capacity and expensive for one without — and the cost shows up in people's time rather than in a subscription invoice. |
| A copy downloaded onto a single machine | Your data sits on one machine with no automatic backup, no access from elsewhere and no shared work. Its most serious drawback is that tax compliance becomes entirely your responsibility: e-invoicing in Saudi Arabia has requirements a local file does not meet. |
When does the free plan stop being enough?
We write it plainly — knowing the ceiling in advance beats hitting it
- Your business registered for VAT — ZATCA-compliant invoicing becomes a statutory obligation, not a feature
- Your accountant or an employee needs their own login with their own permissions and audit trail
- Your work outgrew 3 apps — adding point of sale alongside accounting and inventory, for example
- The watermark on documents started reaching your customers
Frequently asked questions
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No credit card and no expiry date — and you can upgrade whenever you need to.