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Prices last checked 5 October 2026

Last checked 5 October 2026

Pilot: Pricing, Features & Alternatives (2026)

Bookkeeping, tax, and CFO services for startups, mixing software and people.

Overview

Pilot provides bookkeeping, tax, and advisory services for startups and small businesses, combining software with US-based finance staff. The homepage says it is trusted by 3,500+ companies and states that Pilot is not a public accounting firm.

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Pricing

Pricing from
$99/month
Price model
Subscription
Free tier
No
Trial
No

Essentials is $99/month for up to $100,000 in monthly expenses: cash-basis bookkeeping from bank and credit cards, a year-end tax package, and in-app AI answers. Core is shown as a higher tier with a US-based bookkeeper, but the dollar amount rendered as $0 on the page and is not recorded here. Published tax starts are $1,000+/year for single-member LLCs, $2,000+/year for partnerships and S-corps, and $2,450+/year for C-corps. CFO plans shown are $1,750/month, $3,150/month, and $5,250/month. COO Starter is a $750 one-time setup and COO Essentials is $850/month. Stock administration is $399/hour, free for qualifying pre-seed founders. R&D tax credit work is 20% of the credit received. Last checked 5 October 2026.

Features

  • It can carry a stretch of the work, then wait. A person still approves anything that leaves the building.
  • Integrations: QuickBooks, Stripe Atlas, Mercury, Carta, Pulley, Slack.
  • Not sold as one named foundation model on the pages we opened.

Autonomy: Semi-autonomous. Team size: Small team, Mid-market.

Pros

  • Published starting price: $99/month.
  • Connects to QuickBooks, Stripe Atlas, Mercury, Carta.
  • Startups that want monthly books plus optional tax, CFO, or COO support.

Cons

  • No free tier and no trial listed.
  • We did not open a trust report for this product. Read the vendor's current security page before you send customer, candidate, or client data.

Who it is for

Startups that want monthly books plus optional tax, CFO, or COO support.

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