AI bookkeeping that saves solopreneurs 10+ hours every week
Solopreneurs waste 10+ hours per week on manual bookkeeping, invoicing, and expense tracking instead of building products and growing revenue.
Beanwise connects to your bank accounts, uses AI to categorize every transaction, scans receipts via photo or email, and lets you create professional invoices in seconds. It delivers a clean dashboard with cash flow, profit margins, and tax readiness so you never spend another weekend reconciling books.
Solopreneurs and small business owners handling their own finances
AI trained exclusively on solopreneur data that learns your unique spending patterns, delivering 95%+ categorization accuracy where generic tools fail.
friendly and supportive
Automatic daily import of all bank and credit card transactions
Smart AI that learns your business and suggests categories with high accuracy
Build, brand, send invoices with Stripe payment links and track status
Mobile photo or email-forward receipts are auto-parsed and entered
Real-time P&L, cash flow charts, and business health score
Store client details, payment history, and past invoices
Set up automatic monthly or quarterly billing
Auto-sort transactions into IRS Schedule C categories
One-click monthly reports for you or your accountant
AI predictions of future balances
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| user_id | uuid | No |
| business_name | text | Yes |
| industry | text | Yes |
| created_at | timestamp | No |
Relationships:
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| profile_id | uuid | No |
| amount | int | No |
| description | text | Yes |
| category | text | Yes |
| tax_category | text | Yes |
| date | timestamp | No |
| is_expense | bool | No |
| source | text | Yes |
Relationships:
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| profile_id | uuid | No |
| client_id | uuid | Yes |
| amount_due | int | No |
| status | text | No |
| due_date | timestamp | Yes |
| stripe_payment_link | text | Yes |
| created_at | timestamp | No |
Relationships:
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| profile_id | uuid | No |
| name | text | No |
| text | Yes | |
| created_at | timestamp | No |
Relationships:
/api/transactionsFetch and filter transactions
/api/transactionsManually add or import transaction
/api/invoicesCreate and send invoice
/api/plaid/linkCreate Plaid link token
/api/ai/categorizeRun AI categorization on new transactions
/api/receipts/uploadProcess receipt image with OCR
/api/reports/generateGenerate PDF financial report
Limited usage
None
None
| Month | Users | Conversion | MRR | ARR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 100 | 10% | $290 | $3,480 |
| Month 6 | 1,000 | 15% | $4,350 | $52,200 |
AI handles your transactions, receipts, invoices, and reports so you can spend your time building and selling.
1. Offer 10 lifetime Pro accounts in r/solopreneur and IndieHackers for detailed feedback. 2. DM 30 solopreneurs on Twitter who recently posted about bookkeeping pain and invite them to a private beta. 3. Run a targeted LinkedIn campaign offering a free financial health audit using the tool.
Strong tax features and bank feeds
Overwhelming UI and enterprise feel
Simpler, faster AI experience built only for one-person businesses
Excellent invoicing
Expensive and lacks deep automation
Superior AI categorization and lower price for core needs
No monthly cost
Very limited automation and reporting
Powerful AI and professional reporting without hidden fees
Proprietary fine-tuned AI models that improve with every solopreneur dataset while keeping data private, creating a compounding accuracy advantage.
Open banking APIs are now mature, small efficient LLMs enable affordable categorization, and the number of solopreneurs has exploded since 2020.
Financial data security and compliance
Achieve SOC 2 compliance in first 90 days, use Supabase Row Level Security, and work with privacy counsel
Users wary of connecting banks
Offer robust manual upload path first and showcase security badges and testimonials
High API costs from Plaid and OpenAI
Cache aggressively, set usage budgets, and optimize prompts early
Success: 25% conversion to waitlist and 60% say they would pay $29/mo
Success: Average 8 hours saved per week reported and 70% retention after 30 days
Success: 150 signups in first 14 days with 12% conversion to paid
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