Why Our Members Switched
Amadae vs Heard
Amadae is best for
- Creators and solo businesses with multi-stream 1099 income
- Owners who want banking, invoicing, books, and taxes in one platform
- People who want their personal money handled alongside the business
Heard is best for
- Therapists in private practice who want a firm fluent in practice finances
- Practice owners happy keeping banking and invoicing in separate tools
The verdict
Heard and Amadae agree on the thesis: a specialist who knows your kind of income beats a generalist. The difference is which specialty. Heard is built for therapists, insurance payouts, private pay, practice expenses, and if you run a therapy practice, that focus is exactly the point. Amadae is built by creators for creators and solo businesses: brand deals, platform payouts, sponsorships, multi-stream 1099 income, with banking, invoicing, and an Intelligent Assistant in the same platform. Pick the firm whose specialty is your income. If you are a therapist, Heard's focus fits. If you are a creator or solopreneur, that firm is Amadae.
Bookkeeping and tax for therapists · Updated 2026-09-29
Heard pricing vs Amadae
Amadae
All plans 100% deductible
- LLC plan from $249/month: monthly bookkeeping, quarterly estimates, business and personal returns, real accountants
- S corp plan from $349/month: adds payroll, reasonable salary and the S corp return
- A free financial review comes first, so you know what you would save before paying
Heard
- Monthly subscription covering bookkeeping, tax filing, and quarterly estimates
- S corp support offered; check current plans and rates on joinheard.com
Heard's plans and rates change; confirm current pricing on joinheard.com. Amadae Accounting is quoted after a free review.
Feature comparison
| Amadae | Heard | |
|---|---|---|
| Automated bookkeeping on its own ledger | Bookkeeping done by their team, built around therapy practices | |
| Business and personal tax filing | Included with Amadae Accounting | Business and personal returns included |
| Quarterly estimated taxes | Calculated and scheduled for you | Quarterly estimates included |
| S-corp formation and election | S corp support included | |
| Business banking and cards | Not offered, you keep your own bank | |
| Invoicing and payments | ||
| Intelligent Assistant (Mozart) | Included in every module | |
| Personal finance and forecasting |
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Pros and cons
Amadae
Pros
- Built by creators: brand deals, sponsorships, and platform payouts modeled natively
- Banking, cards, invoicing, and payments feed the books automatically
- Mozart, the Intelligent Assistant, works across the whole business
- Personal finance and forecasting included alongside the business
Cons
- Not specialized in therapy-practice finances the way Heard is
- You get your exact price on a call, not from a list
Heard
Pros
- Deep focus on therapists: the team sees practices like yours daily
- Books, taxes, estimates, and S corp support in one subscription
- Content and guidance written for private practice finances
Cons
- Built for one profession; a poor fit if you are not a therapist
- Banking, invoicing, and payments live in separate tools
- No personal finance layer beyond the practice
What Heard does well
Heard picked one profession and built for it. Therapists in private practice deal with a particular financial shape, insurance reimbursements, private pay, superbills, licensure and continuing education costs, and Heard's bookkeeping, tax filing, and S corp guidance are tuned to exactly that. For its audience, the focus is the product.
The same thesis, a different specialty
Amadae is built on the same belief: your accountant should already know how your money works. Amadae's specialty is creators and solo businesses, income that arrives as brand deals on 60-day terms, platform payouts from three sources, sponsorships, affiliate revenue, and digital products. The platform models that natively, and the accountants work it every day because the founders earn it themselves.
The structural difference is the platform. Heard keeps books in its service; your banking and invoicing live elsewhere. Amadae's banking, cards, invoicing, and payments are native, so transactions post straight to the ledger, and Mozart, the Intelligent Assistant, answers questions across all of it. Personal finance and forecasting ride along, because for a solo owner the business and the household are the same money.
How to choose
This one is genuinely simple: match the specialty to your income. Running a therapy practice, wanting a firm that speaks insurance payouts and practice expenses: Heard. Earning creator or solopreneur income, wanting the whole stack, banking, books, taxes, strategy, in one place: Amadae, and the free financial review will price your exact situation.
What you get with Amadae
One flat monthly price. Real accountants who know how creators get paid.
- Automated bookkeeping on its own ledger
- Business and personal tax filing
- Quarterly estimated taxes, calculated and scheduled
- S-corp formation and election
- Business banking and cards, built in
- Intelligent Assistant (Mozart) included in every module
Free 30-minute review. Transparent pricing.
Plans from
$249/mo
If you make $40K - $69K. Flat, no hourly bills.
- Monthly profit and loss reports
- Tax set-aside management
- Expense categorization
- Real-time financial dashboard
- Business bank account connections
- Individual tax return included*
Common questions
Heard vs Amadae FAQ
Is Heard only for therapists?+
That is its focus: bookkeeping and tax built around private-practice therapy finances. If your income is creator or general solopreneur income, a firm specialized in that shape, like Amadae, will fit better.
Do Heard and Amadae offer the same services?+
The core overlaps: monthly bookkeeping, quarterly estimates, business and personal returns, and S corp support. Amadae adds native banking, invoicing, payroll, an Intelligent Assistant, and a personal finance layer in the same platform.
I am a therapist who also has creator income. Which fits?+
Whichever income is the center of gravity. If the practice dominates, Heard's specialty earns its keep. If the creator business is the main event, or you want both handled in one platform with banking built in, book Amadae's free review and bring both income streams to the call.
How does pricing compare?+
Both are monthly subscriptions. Heard publishes plans on joinheard.com. Amadae's LLC plan starts at $249 per month and the S corp plan at $349, with a free financial review first so you see the savings before paying.
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