Getting started

Up and running in minutes.

No implementation consultants. No multi-week onboarding. Set up your entire accounting system in one sitting.

01

Create your account

2 minutes

Sign up with a 14-day free trial. Start Essentials with no card; Growth and Enterprise collect a card at checkout. Choose your plan (you can upgrade anytime).

  • Enter your company name and industry
  • Select Essentials ($39/mo), Growth ($149/mo), or Enterprise ($499/mo)
  • Every plan includes a 14-day free trial — Essentials starts with no card required
02

Set up your entities

2 minutes

Add your legal entities. Quoining supports single-entity or multi-entity structures with parent-child relationships.

  • Name each entity (LLC, Corp, LP, Fund, etc.)
  • Set the functional currency for each
  • Define the org chart for multi-entity consolidation
03

Connect your banks

3 minutes

Link bank accounts and credit cards via Plaid for automatic transaction import. Choose how far back to sync.

  • Connect to 12,000+ institutions via Plaid
  • Map each bank account to your chart of accounts
  • Set the sync start date (e.g., beginning of fiscal year)
  • Enable daily automatic sync
04

Configure your chart of accounts

3 minutes

Quoining provides a GAAP-compliant starter template. Customize it for your business or import your existing COA.

  • Enable or disable modules (inventory, crypto, etc.)
  • Add departments for cost center tracking
  • Set up default GL accounts in Settings
  • Import your existing COA from CSV if migrating
05

Import historical data (optional)

15-30 minutes

Bring over your existing data. Quoining supports CSV import for all major record types.

  • Customers, vendors, and stakeholders
  • Invoices, bills, and payments
  • Journal entries and opening balances
  • Fixed assets, inventory items, and loans
  • Budgets, tax rates, and exchange rates
06

Close your first period

Ongoing

Use the 5-phase close checklist to close your first month. SmartGL handles the journal entries automatically.

  • Categorize and post bank transactions
  • Review and approve bills and invoices
  • Run bank reconciliation
  • Generate financial statements
  • AI close analysis detects anomalies and writes the narrative

Migrating

Coming from another system?

From QuickBooks

  • Export your Chart of Accounts as CSV
  • Export Customer and Vendor lists
  • Export open invoices and bills
  • Export journal entries for the current year

From Xero

  • Export Chart of Accounts from Settings
  • Export contacts (customers + vendors)
  • Export aged receivables and payables
  • Export bank transactions as CSV

From Spreadsheets

  • Organize your COA with account numbers, names, and types
  • List customers with contact info and payment terms
  • Prepare opening balances by GL account
  • Format dates as YYYY-MM-DD

See the full migration guides for QuickBooks, Xero, Sage Intacct, and NetSuite.

Ready to get started?

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