Roxby vs QuickBooks Online
Why Airbnb hosts outgrow QuickBooks Online.
QuickBooks is built for standard retail and services. Reconciling short-term rental payouts requires expensive sync plugins, manual class tagging, and hours of spreadsheet workarounds.
QBO Plus ($90/mo) plus required sync connectors ($30–$50/mo) vs Roxby all-in.
Side-by-side comparison
Roxby vs QuickBooks Online comparison matrix.
See how purpose-built short-term rental accounting compares against generic alternatives.
| Capability | Roxby | QuickBooks Online | Why it matters for hosts |
|---|---|---|---|
| OTA Payout Decomposition | Breakdown of available gross booking rent, cleaning fee, and platform commission components from supported statements | Lump-sum bank deposit recorded as generic sales income; requires manual journal entry | Net bank deposits can differ from gross 1099-K records; supported workpapers show source coverage and unresolved differences. |
| Multi-Door Unit Economics | Property-level P&L and Balance Sheet across your authorized portfolio | Requires QBO Plus tier for Class/Location tracking; complex multi-account setup | Review property-level operating results without manual filtering. |
| Guided Monthly Close | Structured monthly close with bank-reconciliation status and a versioned Close Receipt | Generic bank reconciliation with no STR-specific error detection or receipt provenance | Records the close version and routes authorized corrections through reopening and a revised close. |
| Tax Preparation & Schedule E | Accountant-approved rental category mappings for review (Lines 5, 7, 8, 14, 19) | Generic standard chart of accounts requires manual reclassification by your CPA | Provides source-linked workpapers and disclosed exceptions for accountant review. |
| Third-Party Sync Plugins | None needed. Supported Plaid bank feeds and official Airbnb/Vrbo statement file imports included | Requires external connectors like A2X or Bnbtally at $30 to $50 extra per month | Source health and unresolved differences remain visible for review. |
Key architectural differences
The hidden costs of generic tools.
The 1099-K vs Bank Deposit Discrepancy
Roxby imports supported official Airbnb and Vrbo payout statements and supports reconciliation of available guest-payment, host-fee, and bank-settlement records in source-linked workpapers for review.
QuickBooks records only the net bank deposit. At tax time, your 1099-K reports gross revenues, leaving an unexplained discrepancy that triggers IRS audits.
Purpose-Built for 1 to 10 Doors
Roxby tailors receipt allocation and mortgage-component review workflows to self-managing rental owners without enterprise trust-accounting overhead.
QBO is built for inventory, invoicing, and standard retail, burying vacation rental operations under irrelevant enterprise features.
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