Felix vs Bench

Bench paired you with human bookkeepers for a few hundred dollars a month — until it shut down and its customers were left racing to get their own financial records out. Felix is the opposite architecture: your books live in a format you hold and can verify yourself, at any moment, for a fraction of the price. A bookkeeping service should never be able to take your books with it.

Bench's risk was concentration — your books lived with them. Felix's books are yours, portable, and self-proving.

Bench's collapse was a wake-up call: never let your books live somewhere you can't verify or retrieve them. Felix is done-for-you bookkeeping you actually hold.

Felix's tax figures are estimates — not tax advice and not a filed return. Confirm with a qualified tax professional before filing.

Felix books US-dollar accounts at US banks and prepares US federal and state taxes. It isn't available for businesses in Canada, Mexico or other countries yet.

Felix vs Bench, feature by feature

  • Where your books live: Felix — With you — complete, self-verifying export included in your plan, checkable at /verify. Bench — With the provider.
  • If the company disappears: Felix — Export the complete, self-verifying books whenever you want — and a raw backup of your own data is always free. Bench — Bench customers had to scramble to retrieve theirs.
  • Turnaround: Felix — Live — books update as statements come in. Bench — Monthly, after a human catches up.
  • Verify the numbers yourself: Felix — Drop the export at /verify: integrity + balance + figures re-derive. Bench — Trust the bookkeeper.
  • Back taxes / catch-up years: Felix — 2016–2026, each year under that year's law. Bench — Catch-up offered at added cost.
  • Price: Felix — $29–39/mo. Bench — Historically ~$299+/mo.