What should bookkeeping cost you?

Bookkeeping is priced on workload, not revenue alone. The biggest drivers are how many transactions you have each month, how many bank and credit card accounts need reconciling, whether you run payroll or carry inventory, and how far behind the books are today. Our calculator turns your industry, revenue, and hours spent into an estimate of that workload, then maps it to our published flat plans (starting at $399, $599, or $1,199 a month). If your books are behind, a one-time catch-up or cleanup project is quoted separately, before the monthly plan starts.

Most bookkeepers in Pittsburgh, where we're based, fall in the $300 to $1,500 per month range for monthly bookkeeping, depending on transaction volume, number of accounts, and how clean your books currently are. Peacock's plans start at $399/month for Essentials, $599/month for Growth, and $1,199/month for Scale, depending on business size. The calculator above gives you a personalized estimate based on your business specifics, not a generic average.

Yes, within a normal range. The calculator uses real market rates, the actual time it takes to clean and reconcile a typical month of books, and standard hourly costs for both DIY work (your time) and professional bookkeeping. The output is calibrated to what we actually charge our clients. For an exact quote tailored to your business, the only way is a free 15-minute call.

Five inputs: your industry (which affects transaction complexity), your annual revenue (which roughly tracks transaction volume), how many hours per month you currently spend on bookkeeping yourself, your effective hourly rate (what your time is worth), and whether a CPA is already cleaning up your books. The calculator combines those to show both your true DIY cost and what a professional bookkeeper would charge for the same work.

Two reasons. First, they want to qualify you on a sales call before quoting. Second, they don't have flat-rate pricing in the first place, so they need to estimate hours and bill hourly. We disagree with both. We publish flat monthly prices so you can decide if we're in your budget before getting on a call. No pricing games, no hidden fees, no surprise invoices.

Book a free 15-minute call. We'll look at your actual books (or your bank statements if your books don't exist yet), figure out exactly what shape they're in, and give you a flat monthly price plus a one-time cleanup quote if needed. No high-pressure sales. If we're not the right fit, we'll tell you and recommend someone who is.