CassKai vs EBP: cloud-native, multi-standard, for France and Africa

EBP is a French management-software vendor founded in 1984, one of the historic players in the French very-small and small-business market. Its range covers EBP Comptabilite (accounting), EBP Gestion Commerciale (quotes, invoices, orders, stock), EBP Paie (payroll) and integrated suites (Activite, PRO, Ligne PME editions). EBP offers its solutions both as an installed licence and as a cloud (SaaS) subscription accessible from a browser, with the cloud mode now favoured for new customers and data hosted in France. The functional depth of the EBP suite and its anchoring in the French accounting ecosystem (chartered accountants, resellers, trainers) are genuine strengths.

Observed limitations of the EBP model for a multi-country player in 2026:

• Desktop legacy: a large share of the EBP installed base is still on installed licences. The online versions are progressing fast, but an end-to-end cloud-native experience is not the product's origin.
• France scope: EBP is built around the French PCG, French VAT, DSN payroll filing and URSSAF / DGFiP obligations. That is a strength in France, but an OHADA-zone or IFRS subsidiary (Cote d'Ivoire, Senegal, Cameroon, etc.) has to use another tool.
• SYSCOHADA, IFRS, SCF: not natively covered. No OHADA chart of accounts or DSF filing, no IFRS balance sheet, no Algerian SCF.
• Mobile Money: no native integration with M-Pesa, MTN MoMo, Wave, Orange Money or other African providers.
• Modular pricing: invoicing, accounting, payroll and commercial management are often billed separately per module and per edition, which can complicate total-cost calculation depending on scope.
• AI: automation is improving, but an embedded conversational AI assistant on every plan is not the historic core of the offering.

CassKai is built as a multi-standard cloud SaaS (PCG, SYSCOHADA, IFRS, SCF) with cross-border coverage of France + 33 African countries. We embed French e-invoicing (PPF / approved platforms, Factur-X, UBL 2.1 and CII formats) and UEMOA, Mobile Money, a GPT-4o AI assistant on every plan, and a cash-oriented approach (DSO, working capital, cash-flow forecasting). The promise is not to displace EBP on the pure French market, where EBP remains mature and well established, but to be the single platform for entrepreneurs and groups straddling France and West Africa.

CassKai is published by Noutche Conseil, a chartered accounting and financial advisory firm focused on Francophone West Africa.

Migrating from EBP to CassKai typically happens in 4 steps over 4 to 8 weeks for an SME of 5 to 50 employees:

1. Step 1 - EBP export (week 1): from EBP Comptabilite, export the general ledger, trial balance, chart of accounts, journals, customer / supplier sub-ledgers and the FEC (Fichier des Ecritures Comptables, the DGFiP standardised accounting-entries file). The FEC is an excellent entry point because it is structured and exhaustive.
2. Step 2 - Account mapping via CassKai's migration tool (weeks 2-3): CassKai's import wizard accepts the FEC and EBP CSV exports, and proposes automatic mapping to the target chart of accounts (PCG to stay in France, SYSCOHADA if you have an OHADA subsidiary, IFRS for consolidation). You validate account mappings case by case.
3. Step 3 - 1-month parallel run (weeks 4-6): for 1 month, you post operations into BOTH systems in parallel (CassKai + EBP). At month-end, you compare the trial balance, income statement and balance sheet. If figures match (within rounding tolerances), you are ready for cutover.
4. Step 4 - Cutover (weeks 6-8): on the chosen cut-off date (typically the start of a fiscal year to simplify VAT and the tax bundle), you stop using EBP and go 100% on CassKai. You keep the FEC and EBP archives for the legal retention period (6 years in France under the tax-procedures code, 10 years for accounting records under the commercial code).

If you need help with mapping or migration, our support team can assist you free of charge for 30 days.