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Economico vs Basis

Basis and Economico both prove that AI agents can do real accounting work — but they sell to opposite ends of the market. Basis gives accounting firms AI teammates that execute CAS, tax, audit, and advisory workflows so accountants become reviewers. Economico gives a founder's own agent the tools to run their business's books directly. If you're an accounting firm scaling capacity, that's Basis. If you're a founder with no firm and no finance hire, that's Economico.

At a glance

	Economico	Basis
Buyer	Founder with no finance hire	Accounting firm partners & practice leaders
Whose agent does the work	The founder's own agent	Basis's agents, for firm accountants
Is itself the business's general ledger	✅	no — executes work across firm tools
CAS / tax / audit / advisory firm workflows	❌	✅
Full money loop for one business (invoices, AP, credits, scenarios)	✅	❌
Output model	Idempotent money workflows on your ledger	Finished work for an accountant to review
Native stablecoin settlement	✅	❌
Built for	New SaaS/consulting operating their own books	Firms expanding capacity across many clients

Choose Basis if…

Basis is the right call if you're an accounting firm that wants AI agents to execute client work — CAS, tax, audit, advisory — end to end, so your accountants review instead of do. Basis runs those agents on its own infrastructure — nothing for the firm to build or operate — a genuinely strong answer to the accounting-labor shortage. It's a different product for a different buyer: Basis sells turnkey agent capacity to firms, not a finance function to founders.

Choose Economico if…

Choose Economico if you're the founder, not the firm — you want your own agent to run your business's books, not to give an accounting practice more leverage. Economico exposes scoped ledger tools your agent calls to run the whole money loop — invoices, bills, credits, scenarios, reports — on a real double-entry ledger — the agent you already use, adapting to the business you already have — with idempotent money workflows and no finance hire.

Frequently asked questions

Is Basis a competitor to Economico?

Only in mindshare. Basis sells AI accounting capacity to firms; Economico gives a founder's own agent a finance function. Different buyers, different jobs — both show agents can do accounting work.

Can I use Basis as a founder?

Basis is built for accounting firms and their review workflows, not for a founder running their own books. For that, Economico is the fit.

Does Economico replace my accountant?

It keeps accountant-grade books your agent operates day to day; many founders still bring in an accountant (or a firm, perhaps one using Basis) for tax and review. The books are yours either way.

What does "idempotent money workflows" mean?

Send-invoice, record-payment, and void-invoice can be safely retried by an agent without double-posting — important when an agent, not a human, is calling the tools.

How do I connect Economico to my agent?

Point an MCP-capable host at economi.co/mcp or install the @economico/cli. The setup guide is at economi.co/skill.md.