Countingup vs Cledara

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Countingup compared with Cledara
Detail	Countingup	Cledara
What it does	The business bank account with built-in accounting & tax	The SaaS Management Platform for Spend & Risk
Stage	Not given	Established
Founded	2017	2018
Based in	GB	GB
Pricing model	subscription	Not given
Pricing	Free 3-month trial, then £5/month (£0-£750 deposits), £12/month (£750.01-£7,500 deposits), or £20/month (unlimited deposits). All features included.	Basic plan free for qualifying customers paying 10+ tools on Cledara cards; Premium plan at £150/month; Pro plan custom pricing. Additional modules available: Spend Optimization £150/month, IT Management £150/month, Software Compliance £150/month. Annual billing saves 16%.
Key features	Automatic transaction categorisation Invoice creation and sending Receipt capture and storage Real-time tax estimates VAT filing integration Tax pot savings account Payment tracking and invoicing Cashflow and performance tracking Accountant Hub integration	Real-time application directory of software tools Virtual cards for software payments Software usage and seat utilization insights Automatic invoice capture and reconciliation Software onboarding and offboarding workflows Spend limits and budget management Software compliance assessment and SOC2/ISO27001 support Integration with accounting systems Purchasing and approval workflows Business and travel spend management with cards
What makes it different	All-in-one app combining banking, accounting and tax Automatic bookkeeping categorisation FSCS protection up to £120,000 Free 3-month trial	Only software management platform designed specifically for finance teams Unified control combining software management with payments built for software Enables IT and Finance alignment on SaaS and AI risk control Prevents unvetted software spend and automates accounting workflows Identifies cost-saving opportunities through duplicate and underused software detection
Free plan	Not given	Not given
Open source	Not given	Not given
Platforms	Not given	Not given
Public API	Not given	Not given
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	53 no change since last check	58 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	28	28
Citation Flow (Majestic)	43	46
Referring domains (Majestic)	1625	3215

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