Nouz vs the tools
you already use.
nouz is a daily profit and loss tracker — it answers one question your accountant, your POS and your spreadsheet leave open: did today actually pay? Here's an honest look at where each tool fits, and where nouz fits next to it.
nouz vs QuickBooks
QuickBooks is built for bookkeeping, invoicing and tax. It tells you what last month looked like, after the reconcile. nouz tells you what today looked like, before you lock up — and hands your accountant cleaner numbers.
Read the full comparison Accounting softwarenouz vs Xero
Xero is a full accounting ledger for your bookkeeper. Powerful, and weeks behind the day you're actually trading. nouz is the daily layer on top — today's revenue, costs and EBIT, settled tonight.
Read the full comparison Spreadsheetnouz vs Excel / Google Sheets
A spreadsheet can do almost anything — until the Tuesday you stop updating it. nouz is the furnished version: fixed-cost slicing, VAT and card fees already wired in, rollups computing themselves. Live tonight, not next weekend.
Read the full comparison POS reportsnouz vs Lightspeed
Lightspeed reports show what rang through the till — gross sales, by product, by hour. They don't net out food cost, wages and a slice of rent. nouz turns that gross into tonight's actual profit.
Read the full comparison POS dashboardnouz vs Square
The Square dashboard is great at revenue and payments. It stops at the top line. nouz takes your Square total, subtracts the real costs, and shows the one number Square never will — what you actually kept.
Read the full comparison Category overviewnouz vs Accounting software (in general)
Every accounting tool is built for compliance — filing, ledgers, year-end. None is built for the question you ask at 9pm. Here's where a daily P&L tool fits next to whatever your accountant already uses.
Read the full comparison E-commerce analyticsnouz vs Shopify reports
Shopify's analytics cover orders, sessions and gross sales. They don't reconcile fees, refunds, shipping and ad spend into a true profit number. nouz does — one honest figure per day for your store.
Read the full comparisonChoose nouz when…
- You want today's profit today — not last month's, next month.
- You're the owner-operator, not a bookkeeper, and you want one number a day.
- You want a 60-second close-out, not a chart of accounts.
- You already have an accountant and just need to see the day clearly.
Reach for the other tool when…
- You need to file VAT or your year-end return — that's your accountant + Xero/QuickBooks.
- You need full double-entry bookkeeping or invoicing.
- You need inventory, payments or staff rostering — that's your POS.
- You want nouz to replace any of the above — it won't. It runs alongside them.
One job, done well — from €19/mo.
Monthly billing. No setup fee. Cancel anytime. Your first daily P&L lands tonight.
Start tracking today's profitCommon questions
Does nouz replace my accountant?
No — and it's not trying to. Your accountant files your books and your tax. nouz fills the six-week silence between their reports, so you know today whether today paid. They'll thank you for the cleaner monthly data.
Does nouz replace QuickBooks or Xero?
Not for compliance. If you need a ledger, invoicing and a VAT return, keep your accounting software. nouz sits alongside it as the daily decision layer — today's profit, not last month's filing.
Do I need to connect my POS?
No. At close-out you type tonight's gross from your Z-report or POS dashboard — ten seconds. No connector to set up, nothing to break when your POS updates. Works with any till.
Is nouz cheaper than the alternatives?
nouz starts at €19/mo, billed monthly, cancel anytime — it does one job (today's profit) and does it well. Accounting suites and POS platforms do bigger jobs at bigger prices. Most owners run nouz next to one of them, not instead of it.