Your Customers Want Accounting Integration. Yesterday.How many deals did your sales team lose last quarter because a prospect asked “Do you integrate with QuickBooks?” and the answer was “not yet”? Your SaaS product needs to sync invoices, payments, and financial data with QuickBooks, Xero, and NetSuite. Each platform has its own API, authentication flow, rate limits, and undocumented quirks. Building each integration in-house means pulling your engineering team off your core product for months.
Unified APIs Sound Great Until You See the BillMerge, Codat, and Rutter all charge recurring fees per user, per connection, or per transaction. As your customer base grows, so does your bill. At scale, these costs can reach hundreds of thousands of dollars per year. Worse: you do not own the integration layer. If Merge changes their pricing, deprecates a feature, or shuts down an endpoint, you are at their mercy.
Generic Data Models Do Not Handle Real AccountingUnified API providers map every accounting platform to one generic data model. In practice, that means lowest-common-denominator accounting. Chart of accounts structures vary by platform, industry, and country. Tax rules differ by jurisdiction. Multi-currency handling has platform-specific requirements. Your customers’ accountants will find the gaps.
One API, Every PlatformSatva builds a custom integration layer that connects your SaaS product to QuickBooks Online, QuickBooks Desktop, Xero, Sage, NetSuite, Business Central, MYOB, and more through a single API endpoint. Your engineering team writes one set of API calls. Adding a new accounting platform means extending the layer we already built, not rebuilding from scratch.
Accounting Logic Built InYour integration does not just move data. It understands accounting. Our team includes a qualified Chartered Accountant who validates the logic behind every integration. Chart of accounts mapping respects account types and hierarchies. Multi-currency handling matches each platform’s methodology. Tax calculations follow jurisdiction-specific rules.
You Own It. No Per-User Fees.Unlike Merge, Codat, or Rutter, the integration layer Satva builds is yours. You own the code, the infrastructure, and the data flow. One-time development cost. No recurring per-user charges. No connection fees. No transaction cuts. Your margins improve as your customer base grows.
Ship to App MarketplacesWant to reach millions of potential customers through the QuickBooks App Store or Xero App Marketplace? We build integrations that meet Intuit’s and Xero’s marketplace requirements from day one. We handle the certification process, the security reviews, and the technical requirements. You get listed where your customers are already looking.
Satva Custom BuildOne-time development investment. Fully custom to your data model and workflows. Chartered Accountant validates all logic. Complete edge case coverage across 100+ projects. You own the code and infrastructure. 8-16 weeks for first platform, 2-4 weeks per additional. Annual cost at scale: zero you already own it.
Unified APIs (Merge, Codat, Rutter)Recurring per-user, per-connection, or per-transaction fees that grow with your customer base. Limited to generic data models. No accounting expertise generic data mapping only. Partial edge case coverage. Vendor-owned you rent access. Live in days but with limited scope. Annual cost at scale: significant and ever-increasing.
In-House DevelopmentFull-time engineer salaries at senior market rates. Full control but you build everything from scratch. Only works if you hire accounting-savvy engineers. Edge case coverage depends on your team’s accounting API experience. 3-6 months per platform minimum.