Looking for a Keeper Alternative for QBO Cleanup? Start Here.

If you're searching for a Keeper alternative, the first thing worth knowing is that Keeper rebranded to Double in October 2025. Same team, same platform, new name at doublehq.com. So the real question is whether Double fits the job you're trying to do. For recurring monthly close work, it probably does. For one-off QBO cleanup scoping, it's built for something very similar but not the same.

What Double is built for

Double is a month-end close and practice management platform. It connects to QBO or Xero, runs close tasks month after month, supports a client portal, and surfaces coding inconsistencies during the close cycle. The pricing is per client per month, which lines up with recurring engagements.

That works when the client is staying. It works less well when the engagement is short.

Where a cleanup-only project gets awkward

A cleanup project has a different shape. Someone sends a messy QBO file. You need to diagnose it, price it, quote it, and decide whether to take the engagement before you're ever connected as an accountant user. A monthly close platform assumes most of those steps are already behind you.

A few things that come up when trying to use a close platform for cleanup scoping:

• Per-client pricing adds cost to short engagements that won't convert to retainer
• Direct QBO connection can be friction before a prospect has signed
• There's no output aimed at the prospect conversation, like a health score or a branded proposal PDF
• Hour estimates for a one-off cleanup aren't the same as task templates for a recurring close

None of that is a knock on Double. It's a fit problem, not a quality problem.

What works better for cleanup scoping

LedgerClean is built around the cleanup-scoping step specifically. A prospect exports up to 10 standard QBO reports (Trial Balance, Chart of Accounts, Transaction List, P&L, Balance Sheet, General Ledger, A/R Aging, A/P Aging, Bank Feed For Review, Reconciliation Summary). LedgerClean runs eight detectors, returns a health score and a prioritized issue list, estimates hours by category, and generates a client-facing PDF proposal with firm branding. Flat monthly pricing, no per-client fee.

It's not a replacement for Double on recurring work. It's the step that comes before recurring work, or the whole tool if you're cleanup-only.

When to use which

Double fits: firms with a steady book of retainer clients, teams who need a client portal and KPI reporting, bookkeepers who want coding review inside the close cycle.

LedgerClean fits: freelance bookkeepers who quote fixed-price cleanup work, firms that sell cleanup-then-retainer packages, anyone who needs a defensible hour estimate and a branded proposal before the engagement letter.

Using both is reasonable if you do both. Diagnose and price the cleanup in LedgerClean, move the client into Double once the engagement becomes recurring. There's a side-by-side comparison page if you want the feature-by-feature view.

Try the cleanup diagnostic

Upload a real QBO export and you'll see the health score and issue list in about a minute. Fix procedures and the cleanup checklist follow in a few minutes after that. Start a 14-day free trial of Solo or Firm, full access, no credit card. Run a free diagnostic.