Outmin vs Manual Bookkeeping

Autonomous bookkeeping: a league of its own
What you’re really comparing
Accounting software (Xero, QuickBooks, Sage)
Automation tools (Dext, Hubdoc, AutoEntry)
Bookkeeping staff
Work gets done without people doing it.
Rex™ collects, processes, reconciles, and closes - continuously, autonomously, at scale.
Why are practices switching to Outmin?
Manual month-end
Multi-day close marathons
Discovering gaps during close
Balance hunting expeditions
"Almost done" status updates
Surprise unmatched transactions
Manual period-end checklists
With Rex Close
Close when ready, not when desperate
Gaps flagged continuously
Balances validated constantly
See everything that’s blocking close
Unmatched activity caught immediately
Automated validation check
Manual bookkeeping:
Junior staff code transactions manually
Partners review bookkeeping work
Month-end reconciliation takes days
Document chasing eats hours weekly
VAT prep requires hours of data compilation
Outmin
Rex codes transactions autonomously
Partners work from finished books
Books stay reconciled continuously
Documents flow in automatically
VAT workings arrive ready for review
Manual bookkeeping:
Quality depends on staff experience
Manual work introduces errors
Inconsistency across clients
Issues discovered at month-end or year-end
Reconciliation backlogs create risk
With Rex Close
Quality consistent across all clients
Autonomous processing eliminates manual errors
Standardised workflows portfolio-wide
Issues flagged immediately
Continuous reconciliation eliminates backlogs
Manual bookkeeping:
Client software (Xero + Dext): €500-900/year
Bookkeeping staff salaries: €30k-50k/person
Training and management overhead
Capacity constraints limit revenue
Thin margins on bookkeeping services
Outmin
Platform + Rex: Usage-based pricing
Zero bookkeeping staff costs
No training or management overhead
Unlimited capacity for growth
60%+ margins on bookkeeping reported
Traditional vs. autonomous
Capability
Manual bookkeeping
What practices gain by switching
Stop hiring for bookkeeping
Get partners out of delivery
Happier clients, better service
Eliminate month-end chaos
Scale without hiring constraints
Deliver consistently at scale
But wait, I still have questions…
Xero and QuickBooks are accounting software – they still need someone to do the bookkeeping. Outmin does the bookkeeping work autonomously. Rex™ collects data, processes transactions, and reconciles everything continuously. You get ready books, not software that speeds up manual work.
Absolutely. Upload a receipt from your phone and we handle everything. You never need to code, reconcile, file, or chase documents.
Your bookkeeping work massively reduces. Practices redeploy staff to advisory and compliance. SMEs don’t need internal bookkeeping roles.
Enterprise-grade encryption, controlled access, and audit trails across every entry.
Not at all. Outmin creates clean books. Accountants use those books for compliance, reporting, advisory, and planning.
Your Outmin team. Practice View shows you what’s happening, and we handle the exceptions.
A simple platform fee per client plus usage for Rex™. Clean, predictable, and scalable. See the full breakdown on our Pricing page.
Yes. We reconcile merchant payouts, fees, refunds, FX, partials — all automatically.
Financial data flows continuously. Bank feeds, supplier invoices, payouts, payroll — always current.
Rex™ flags them, and our expert accountants resolve them. You stay informed, not involved.
Yes. Practices have full oversight through Practice View. Business clients see simple daily clarity in Business View.
Outmin delivers reconciled ledgers, supporting schedules, and full source trails. Year-end becomes faster and cleaner.
Yes. We support multi-entity, multi-currency, and higher-volume environments. If you’re unsure about a client, we’ll check.
Yes. Practices scale client capacity without hiring. SMEs scale operations without bookkeeping bottlenecks.
No. Our onboarding process handles the heavy lifting. SME clients continue business as usual.
Stop overpaying for underperformance

