Bookkeeping Tools for Starting Businesses

Dawn
Oct 16, 2026

Starting a new business? New business owners save time managing the finances by adopting automating tools that handle the payments and records for users, improving accuracy and enabling busy entrepreneurs to spend their time elsewhere. Some of the most helpful tools for managing the finances include those that:

Assist with accounting and payroll

Automating software for accounting, bookkeeping, payments, and payroll help small and starting businesses every day with routine financial management tasks, like issuing payments, recording incoming payments, and processing paychecks. They also add efficiency to the bookkeeping so that account reconciliation and tax preparation are more accurate, streamlined processes later on.

Add custom check printing to other payment methods

Checkeeper offers online check printing that saves time, saves money, and puts a professional, customized business check in your hands in an instant. Checkeeper checks can be updated, changed, and edited on demand, and all checks created are automatically recorded and stored for you, thus eliminating time-wasting and error-producing manual data entry.

Have checks mailed for you

On those occasions when a paper check is the necessary or preferred payment method, Checkeeper can take over all the work. When you are away from your printer—or if you don’t have one—order your checks to be printed and mailed for you. Input or import the needed payment information, select your priority delivery speed, and Checkeeper can have checks printed and out for delivery by the end of the standard business day. Checkeeper also offers batch mailing options that allow an entire batch of checks to be printed and sent back to the office or a specific destination in one bundle via Next-Day Air.

Offer automated recording, searching, and reporting features

Automated recording and cloud-based storage of important payment records are optimal features for small business bookkeeping. The Checkeeper software is online, cloud-based, and mobile-ready, so it goes wherever you do, and all transactions are automatically recorded and stored for you. Each Checkeeper account comes with an online check registry that automatically stores the details of every check created, and the smart check registry is searchable on demand according to any check field a client can recall, including vendor name, amount, date, or check number. Users can also run reports according to any custom time frame when they need a more comprehensive list of payments made within the month, quarter, year, or entire account history.

Convert bills into payments for you

Checkeeper works as a stand-alone service for printing and mailing checks for all types of bill payments, or it can integrate with one of the commonly-used software services for small business bookkeeping. Link Checkeeper to a compatible program, such as Xero or Odoo, right from within the account, and then import unpaid invoices into the Checkeeper platform to have payment checks automatically generated with check fields filled in for you. Payments due to the same vendor are consolidated into a single check payment and sent with an attached invoice table that breaks down the total, allowing for time savings and reductions in data entry, error, and paperwork.

Allow secure sharing with other users

When you work on the go, travel a lot, work sometimes from home, or work with partners, it is vital to have tools that allow real-time sharing and updating, with the least amount of equipment and supplies needed. Checkeeper is one tool that goes wherever you do and requires very few supplies. Use the device and printer you already have, as well as any check stock of choice, or access the Checkeeper account remotely to order checks printed and mailed for you. Multiple users can be authorized, and their authorizations can be limited to only designated features. Reports run through Checkeeper list the authorized user responsible for each check so that account usage can be monitored, and everyone can stay accountable. User permissions can be expanded, limited, or revoked at any time an account holder (super user) decides.