CassKai vs QuickBooks: the French-speaking and African alternative after QBO France shutdown

QuickBooks is one of the most widely used online accounting software in the world, published by Intuit. It is an excellent product, particularly well suited to Anglo-Saxon SMEs (US, UK, Canada, Australia). Its strengths: polished UX, deep automation, very wide third-party app ecosystem, numerous bank integrations.

But an important factual point for French speakers: QuickBooks Online France has been unavailable since 31 December 2023. Intuit stopped new subscriptions in early 2023 and fully shut down the France service at the end of 2023. French-speaking users who want to stay on QuickBooks must now subscribe to the international version (US or UK), which has several limitations for the French-African context:

• English interface (with some partial translations depending on versions)
• Anglo-Saxon chart of accounts (US GAAP / UK GAAP), no native French PCG or SYSCOHADA
• Tax setup for the US/UK market (sales tax, UK VAT), not French VAT or UEMOA VAT
• No native production of the French FEC, French tax return, or OHADA DSF
• Main currency USD or GBP — multi-currency exists but requires manual setup for XOF/EUR

CassKai is built specifically to fill this gap: French interface, French and OHADA taxation natively, PCG or SYSCOHADA chart of accounts depending on your company, native handling of XOF, XAF, DZD and EUR with the fixed XOF/EUR parity (655.957) built into the FX engine. For French-African entrepreneurs currently on QuickBooks for lack of a better local option, CassKai is the natural alternative.

Migrating from QuickBooks Online to CassKai is a classic export-import operation. Here are the steps:

1. Export your QuickBooks data: from your QBO account (US or UK), export the general ledger, customer invoices, supplier bills, chart of accounts, contact list (customers and suppliers), bank transactions. QBO supports CSV/Excel exports.
2. Choose the target chart of accounts: French PCG if you stay in France, SYSCOHADA if you operate in OHADA, or IFRS/SCF depending on your case.
3. Import into CassKai: the import wizard accepts QBO files and proposes automatic mapping from English accounts to the target chart of accounts. You validate the mappings.
4. Restate opening balances at the cut-off date: banks, receivables, payables, fixed assets, equity.
5. Reconfigure VAT: switch from sales tax / UK VAT to French VAT or UEMOA VAT depending on your case.
6. Reconnect your banks: import your bank statements (CSV, OFX, QIF, PDF with OCR) into CassKai for automated reconciliation. Open Banking aggregation via Bridge API is being integrated (expected 2026).
7. Configure e-invoicing: France (PPF/Factur-X) if you bill B2B France, or UEMOA/Algeria e-invoicing if you operate in Francophone Africa.
8. Keep QuickBooks archives for years closed under QBO, retained for the legal duration (10 years).