QuickBooks Online: Lite $20/month (1 user, no accountant access), EasyStart $30, Plus $110, Advanced $220 (shown in $ on Intuit's Canadian site); taxes not included. No free plan (30-day free trial). MapleExpense is free for 15 receipts a month, Starter is $49.90 CAD a year for 200 receipts a month (plus GST/HST), and every receipt is coded to its CRA GIFI line for the T2.
Comparison checked 2026-10-23
QuickBooks Online: Lite $20/month (1 user, no accountant access), EasyStart $30, Plus $110, Advanced $220 (shown in $ on Intuit's Canadian site); taxes not included. No free plan (30-day free trial). MapleExpense is free for 15 receipts a month, Starter is $49.90 CAD a year for 200 receipts a month (plus GST/HST), and every receipt is coded to its CRA GIFI line for the T2.
| MapleExpense | QuickBooks Online | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free, then $4.99 CAD/month or $49.90/year, plus GST/HST | Lite $20/month (1 user, no accountant access), EasyStart $30, Plus $110, Advanced $220 (shown in $ on Intuit's Canadian site); taxes not included |
| Free plan | Yes: 15 receipts/month, forever, no card | No free plan (30-day free trial) |
| Receipt capture | Photo, PDF, spreadsheet or email forwarding | Receipt capture included on every plan, including Lite |
| GIFI codes for the T2 | Yes, every receipt, on every plan | Not mentioned on its pricing page |
| Canada | GST/HST/PST split by province, ITCs totalled; data hosted in Canada | Tracks GST, HST and PST and files sales tax with the CRA; QuickBooks Self-Employed is no longer sold in Canada (that page now sells Lite) |
| Team members | Unlimited on every plan | See price above |
For one person scanning up to 200 receipts a month, MapleExpense Starter is $49.90 CAD a year, against $240.00 CAD for QuickBooks Online (Lite at its regular $20/month x 12 (1 user, no accountant access)). Under 15 receipts a month, MapleExpense is free. Taxes are extra on both.
Not mentioned on its pricing page, going by its own pages checked on 2026-10-23. MapleExpense codes every receipt to a GIFI line on every plan, including Free.
QuickBooks Online is the better pick if you want full double-entry bookkeeping, invoicing and payroll in one product. Receipt capture is part of every plan, but you pay for the whole accounting package.
15 receipts a month, GIFI-coded, ITCs tracked, unlimited team members. No credit card.
Create a free accountMapleExpense is free for 15 receipts a month. Starter is $49.90 CAD a year for 200 receipts a month, and it is the only free tool we checked that codes each receipt to its GIFI line for the T2. Regular prices from each vendor's own site on 2026-10-23, taxes extra.
| Tool | Yearly cost, 1 person | Free plan | GIFI codes for the T2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MapleExpense | $49.90 CAD Starter, 200 receipts/month, unlimited team members, billed annually | Yes: 15 receipts/month, forever | Yes, on every plan |
| Zoho Expense | $48.00 CAD Standard at C$4 per user/month billed yearly; each extra user adds C$48/year | Free for up to 3 users, 20 receipt scans per user a month | Not mentioned on its pricing pages |
| Hubdoc | $144.00 USD $12 USD x 12, standalone; billed in US dollars | No free plan (30-day free trial); included with a Xero subscription | Not mentioned on its pricing page |
| QuickBooks Online | $240.00 CAD Lite at its regular $20/month x 12 (1 user, no accountant access) | No free plan (30-day free trial) | Not mentioned on its pricing page |
| Claimable | $249.00 CAD $249 CAD/year, unlimited receipt scanning | No working free plan (14-day trial, then records are read-only) | Yes: a corporation's GIFI income statement for its T2 |
| Wave | $250.00 CAD Pro at $250 CAD/year, the plan that includes unlimited receipt capture | Free Starter plan; receipt scanning is a paid add-on on it | Not mentioned on its pricing page |
| Xero (with Hubdoc) | $300.00 CAD Starter at its regular $25 CAD/month x 12; Hubdoc included | No free plan (30-day free trial) | Not mentioned on its pricing page |
| Dext | $378.00 CAD 250 documents/month, 5 users, billed annually | No free plan (14-day free trial) | Not mentioned on its pricing page |
| FreshBooks | $504.00 CAD Plus at its regular $42 CAD/month x 12; Lite has no receipt scanning | No free plan (30-day free trial) | Not mentioned on its pricing page |
Regular prices, not intro promotions. Taxes are extra on every row. Competitor names are trademarks of their owners.
Every QuickBooks Online fact here comes from its own website, read on 2026-10-23. Regular prices, not intro promotions. Anything a page did not state is left out.
QuickBooks Online is a trademark of its owner. MapleExpense is not affiliated with it.
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