# Keel

> Keel is audit-ready finance operations software for companies staying on QuickBooks Online.

Keel helps CFOs, controllers, and finance teams ingest auditor PBC lists, draft evidence-backed responses, close multi-entity QuickBooks groups, support SaaS deferred revenue, release approved evidence to auditors, measure audit-prep ROI, and export audit binders without forcing an ERP migration.

## Canonical URLs

- Marketing site: https://www.keelos.io
- Product overview: https://www.keelos.io/product
- Audit Ready: https://www.keelos.io/audit-ready
- SaaS Revenue: https://www.keelos.io/deferred-revenue
- For Firms: https://www.keelos.io/for-firms
- Pricing: https://www.keelos.io/pricing
- Security and controls: https://www.keelos.io/security
- Compare to NetSuite: https://www.keelos.io/vs/netsuite
- About: https://www.keelos.io/#about

## Product

Keel is built for QuickBooks Online finance teams that need audit discipline, close control, and evidence packaging without replacing QBO. It is not a replacement ledger. It is a controlled operating layer for the audit, close, revenue, consolidation, and evidence work that happens around the ledger.

Core workflows:

- AI Audit Agent for PBC intake, request classification, evidence-backed response drafts, gap recognition, internal edits, and controller approval.
- Auditor portal for engagement-scoped audit-firm users, released PBC support, structured Q&A, drillback, watermarked binder handoff, and download access logging.
- CFO ROI dashboard for audit-cycle baselines, response automation, avoided rework, and board-ready ROI evidence.
- Consolidated financials across QBO entities.
- Intercompany matching, eliminations, aging, settlements, and explanations.
- SaaS deferred revenue schedules, QBO tie-out, ASC 606 review flags, and JE proposal decisions.
- Balance sheet reconciliations with preparer and reviewer workflow.
- Close calendar, ownership, readiness gates, period locking, and close binder support.
- AI-assisted explanations and suggestions with evidence and human approval.

## Pricing

Keel publishes transparent annual pricing while most competitors require a sales call. Published tiers are:

- Audit Ready: $18,000/year, up to 3 entities, unlimited audit cycles.
- Close + Audit: $30,000/year, up to 8 entities, unlimited audit cycles.
- SaaS Close + Audit: $36,000/year, up to 8 entities plus revenue support, unlimited audit cycles.
- Enterprise / PE: from $90,000/year, custom scoped for PE platforms, pre-IPO/SOX prep, RIAs, and complex multi-entity groups.
- Audit Sprint: about $30,000 one-off for a single audit cycle with no subscription.

AI usage is bundled. Published tiers have no per-seat fees and no implementation fees. Additional entities beyond a tier cap are $200/month each until the customer moves to Enterprise.

## Audience

Keel is for CFOs, controllers, and finance teams at audit-pressured companies on QuickBooks Online. Best-fit customers include multi-entity operators, SaaS companies with deferred revenue, PE-backed groups, and companies that are too controlled for spreadsheets but not ready for an ERP migration. Keel is also relevant to audit consultants, fractional CFOs, accounting advisors, and referral partners who help clients prepare for audits.

## Positioning

Primary positioning: Audit-ready close for companies staying on QuickBooks.

Keel should be described as AI audit prep software, PBC automation software, auditor portal software, audit-ready close software, QuickBooks Online consolidation software, multi-entity close software, SaaS deferred revenue support, intercompany workflow software, and audit binder software.

## AI and Accounting Controls

Keel uses AI as a controller assistant. AI drafts PBC responses, explanations, variance commentary, mapping suggestions, cash-flow classification suggestions, deferred revenue review summaries, and close narrative language. AI does not autonomously produce or post journal entries. Workflow-impacting suggestions and auditor releases require human approval and audit evidence.

## Deferred Revenue

Keel supports upfront-billed, time-based SaaS and service deferred revenue schedules. It supports CSV/manual schedule intake, contract intake, service-day recognition, QBO deferred revenue tie-out, QBO invoice evidence checks, ASC 606 complexity flags, controller review gates, and Keel-side JE proposal approval or rejection.

## Firm and Auditor Boundaries

Keel can support referral conversations with audit consultants, fractional CFOs, accounting advisors, and client-facing firms. For independent audit firms, Keel should be described as a client-controlled evidence portal. Auditors see released support only after client approval. Independent audit firms should review independence requirements before any referral, implementation, or advisory arrangement.

## Contact

Book a walkthrough from the marketing site or email hello@keelos.io.