Futureproof vs A2X
A2X gets your payouts into QuickBooks. Futureproof replaces the QuickBooks behind it.
For brands running A2X, QuickBooks and a bookkeeper, the books often run behind, cost of goods is a number you can't trust until year end, and the questions wait on you. Futureproof keeps your brand's books current in one place, with margin by product and channel, cash in view before the next purchase order, and a human financial specialist reviewing the month with you.
A2XGets your payouts into QuickBooks
FutureproofOne ledger that replaces your accounting software
A2X posts your payouts well. The questions still wait on you.
Many brands on A2X run it beside QuickBooks and a bookkeeper. Three things CEOs notice as the business grows.
You are the bottleneck
A2X handles the payouts. Supplier bills, wholesale invoices and every question about the numbers still land on you or your bookkeeper, and each answer waits for someone to get to it.
Last month's profit arrives late
You see what last month made weeks after it ends, and the cost of goods behind it is a number nobody trusts.
The next order is a guess
Whether you can afford the next purchase order comes down to the bank balance and a feeling, because there is no forward view of cash to check it against.
One tool in a stack, or the stack itself. Nine jobs, side by side.
What each side does, in its own terms. A2X statements describe their own published product.
| Futureproof | A2X | |
|---|---|---|
| Margin by product and channel | From the same books as your P&L. | SKU, channel and customer profitability on A2X Clarity. |
| Cash forecast | Thirteen weeks of cash ahead, kept current. | Not on A2X's product pages. |
| Supplier bills | Bills captured, and what is due laid out for you to pay. | Not on A2X's product pages. |
| Wholesale invoices and collections | Invoices drafted, overdue ones followed up. | Not on A2X's product pages. |
| Channel payouts | Amazon and eBay payouts broken into sales, refunds and fees that add up to the deposit, and Shopify payouts matched to theirs. | A summary entry per payout that reconciles to the deposit, with an audit trail on A2X Subledger. |
| Cost of goods sold | Cost of goods against what each product sold. | COGS posted to QuickBooks or Xero, matched to revenue. |
| Where your books live | One ledger that replaces your accounting software. | Posts to QuickBooks Online, Xero, Sage or NetSuite. |
| Sales channels | Amazon, Shopify and eBay. | Amazon, Shopify, eBay and other channels. |
| People who review the books | A monthly review call with a human financial specialist, included. | A directory of certified ecommerce accountants and bookkeepers. |
A2X statements checked 2026-11-11 on a2xaccounting.com, including their integrations and pricing pages.
Bring QuickBooks with you. Switch at a month or year end.
Leaving A2X and QuickBooks together sounds like a project. It is a connection and a history import, live in weeks, not months.
Connect your channels and bank
Amazon, Shopify and eBay connect in the same sitting as your bank accounts and cards, so payouts, fees and supplier bills land in one set of books.
Bring your QuickBooks history
Your QuickBooks history comes across, so prior months open beside this one and the comparison to last year survives the move.
Your first month's books, reviewed with you
Your financial specialist goes through your first month with you on the monthly call.
Sometimes the stack is right. Here is when.
A2X has served ecommerce sellers and their accountants since 2014. If these describe your brand, keep it.
- You are happy on QuickBooks
- If QuickBooks is where you want the books to stay, A2X is built to feed it, and moving the ledger gains you little.
- Your bookkeeper has it handled
- If yours keeps the books current and answers your questions, that is worth keeping, and A2X makes the payout part of their month faster.
- Your accountant runs the stack
- A2X is built to work with ecommerce accountants. If yours set up the stack and runs it well, it is doing its job.
- Payouts are the only gap
- If all you need is clean payout entries in your accounting software, A2X does that job, and Futureproof is more than you need.
What brands ask about leaving A2X.
For a brand that wants the books and the finance work around them in one place, the alternative is Futureproof: one ledger that replaces your accounting software, with payouts, cost of goods, supplier bills, wholesale invoices, the close, a cash forecast and margin together, and a human financial specialist reviewing the month with you. If you only need payouts posted cleanly to QuickBooks, A2X does that job well.
Yes, for brands that sell on Amazon, Shopify and eBay. Futureproof keeps the books itself, so payouts land in one ledger instead of passing through a separate tool into accounting software, and your QuickBooks history comes across when you move. If you want to stay on QuickBooks, or most of your sales run through other channels, A2X is the better fit.
Yes. Your bookkeeper or fractional CFO runs your books in Futureproof instead of QuickBooks. Payouts are broken out, supplier bills are captured and laid out for you to pay, and wholesale invoices are drafted for you to send. A human financial specialist reviews the month with you on a monthly call, and your CPA keeps filing your taxes from the closed months.
Amazon and eBay payouts are split into their lines, such as sales, refunds and fees, and those lines add up to the deposit that reached your bank. Shopify payouts are matched to theirs. Every line keeps its source, so the figures on your P&L trace back to the payouts behind them.
A2X sells a plan per sales channel, and QuickBooks and your bookkeeper are paid for separately. A Futureproof plan covers the books and the finance work around them, with a monthly review call with a human financial specialist included. Paid plans start at $300 per month.
Your CPA keeps filing your taxes. They work from closed months and standard statements in Futureproof, on an accrual or a cash basis, instead of from QuickBooks entries built out of A2X summaries.
The whole month in one place
Books, bills and cash together. Reviewed with you every month.
The demo walks through the whole platform, and the call covers how your brand runs the month today.