QuickBooks Online vs Xero
How QuickBooks Online and Xero compare on the Shopify App Store: rating, review count, pricing, the Built for Shopify badge, and where each one ranks in the store's organic search results. Every number is the App Store's own and is never edited.
Updated September 8, 2026 · App Store dataQuickBooks Online vs Xero at a glance
As of September 8, 2026, QuickBooks Online is rated 4.7 stars from 3,303 reviews and Xero is rated 4.2 stars from 39 reviews on the Shopify App Store.
- Rating: QuickBooks Online has the higher rating, 4.7 stars against 4.2.
- Reviews: QuickBooks Online has more reviews, 3,303 against 39.
- Pricing: Both list "Free to install".
| Fact |
QuickBooks Online
|
Xero
|
|---|---|---|
| Tagline | Sync your retail and B2B sales activity to QuickBooks | Sync daily sales to Xero for streamlined ecommerce accounting. |
| Rating | ★ 4.7 | ★ 4.2 |
| Reviews | 3,303 | 39 |
| Pricing | Free to install | Free to install |
| Built for Shopify | No badge | No badge |
| Data as of | September 8, 2026 | September 8, 2026 |
Ratings, review counts, pricing labels and badges are read from each app's Shopify App Store search result card. Rankings are the store's organic results for the searches Rankbase tracks; sponsored results are excluded.
Where each app ranks in App Store search
| App Store search |
QuickBooks Online
|
Xero
|
|---|---|---|
| Both apps rank · 2 searches | ||
| Accounting | #1 | #2 |
| Account | #6 | #8 |
| Only QuickBooks Online ranks · 19 searches | ||
| Finance | #1 | not in top 10 |
| Quick Books | #1 | not in top 10 |
| Quickbook | #1 | not in top 10 |
| Quickbooks | #1 | not in top 10 |
| Quickbooks Connector | #1 | not in top 10 |
| Quickbooks Online | #1 | not in top 10 |
| Exact Online | #2 | not in top 10 |
| Online Store Chat | #2 | not in top 10 |
| Flo | #3 | not in top 10 |
| Quickink | #3 | not in top 10 |
| Bookkeep | #5 | not in top 10 |
| Intuitive Shipping | #5 | not in top 10 |
| Billing | #7 | not in top 10 |
| Orlen | #7 | not in top 10 |
| Orlen Paczka | #9 | not in top 10 |
| Sales Tax | #9 | not in top 10 |
| Categories | #10 | not in top 10 |
| Category | #10 | not in top 10 |
| Fordeer | #10 | not in top 10 |
| Only Xero ranks · 10 searches | ||
| Xero | not in top 10 | #1 |
| Adress Hero | not in top 10 | #3 |
| Payment Hero | not in top 10 | #3 |
| Upsell Hero | not in top 10 | #3 |
| Variant Hero | not in top 10 | #3 |
| Buchhaltung | not in top 10 | #6 |
| Discount Hero | not in top 10 | #6 |
| Wishlist Hero | not in top 10 | #7 |
| Section Hero | not in top 10 | #9 |
| Section Heroes | not in top 10 | #10 |
In the App Store's organic search results, QuickBooks Online ranks in the top 10 for 21 of the 3,620 searches we track and Xero for 12. They share 2 searches and QuickBooks Online ranks higher on all of them.
Frequently asked questions
Is QuickBooks Online or Xero rated higher on the Shopify App Store?
QuickBooks Online has the higher rating, 4.7 stars against 4.2. QuickBooks Online has more reviews, 3,303 against 39.
Which has more reviews, QuickBooks Online or Xero?
QuickBooks Online has more reviews, 3,303 against 39.
Which ranks higher in Shopify App Store search, QuickBooks Online or Xero?
In the App Store's organic search results, QuickBooks Online ranks in the top 10 for 21 of the 3,620 searches we track and Xero for 12. They share 2 searches and QuickBooks Online ranks higher on all of them.
How is this comparison made?
Rankbase records the organic results merchants see when they search the Shopify App Store for 3,620 popular keywords, refreshed daily for published rankings and at least weekly for the rest. Each app's rating, review count, pricing label and Built for Shopify badge are taken from its App Store search result card, so they are exactly what merchants see; the date next to each app is the last time it appeared in any tracked top 10. Sponsored results are excluded, and nothing on this page is edited by hand, including for Rankbase's own apps.
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Rankbase paired these two apps on September 8, 2026, when both ranked in the top 3 for "accounting". The page stays as long as either app keeps ranking or the comparison keeps being read, and every number on it is refreshed from the App Store.
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