Senta vs. Karbon: What’s the difference

Karbon outperforms Senta

	Karbon	Senta
Integrated email inbox
Collaborate with @mentions and comments
Templated job and task lists
Workflow automation
250+ best practice workflow templates
Client portal
Client reminders and tasks
CRM and client management
Document management
Time tracking and budgets
Invoicing and payments
Customisable reporting dashboards		Limited
GPT-powered AI

Why accounting firms choose Karbon over Senta

A more powerful and modern platform

Karbon and Senta share many similar features: task management, workflow automation, and client management. But Karbon delivers more thoughtful functionality and a superior user experience that meets the demands and expectations of a modern accountancy practice.

Collaboration and visibility at its core

Communication is at the heart of every successful accountancy firm. Karbon’s fully embedded emails, client communication timeline, @mention, and comment features allow teams to seamlessly collaborate with each other and clients in context.

You won’t need to repeatedly chase down the same information or conversations. Knowledge silos and bottlenecks are removed. Everything you need to know is available at your fingertips.

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Abstracted analytics dashboard in Karbon.

Actionable insights

Your practice management platform is your accountancy practice’s central source of client, team and profitability data.

With Karbon’s advanced reporting and analytics tools, you can uncover critical and actionable business insights to make more informed decisions—from team capacity planning to firm-wide profitability, and much more.

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An evolving product

Karbon is evolving rapidly. New features and feature enhancements are released every few weeks and customer feedback shapes the product roadmap. While it’s hard to define what makes the best accounting practice management software, Karbon is leading the way through continual product innovation and exceptional customer experience.

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Experience the Karbon effect.

These findings were obtained through Karbon’s 2022 Firm Usage Survey.

On average, Karbon saves every employee 16.5 hours each week.

3.2 hours

Saved chasing clients

3.9 hours

Saved managing and completing work and tasks

3.2 hours

Saved reading, actioning and searching for email

4.1 hours

Saved with more efficient team collaboration

2.1 hours

Saved automating low-value admin tasks

18% growth

In firm-wide productivity

A hub for it all
The visibility Karbon provides has been such a big win. Managers get a clear bird's-eye view of the work that is done across the business.
Joanna Alpe, Chief Digital Officer, Jeffreys Henry LLP

I think Karbon’s pricing pays for itself
I was really impressed with how much commitment—with or without us signing the agreement—Karbon showed to us as a business, and how confident Karbon was that they were the right solution for us.
Tom Li, Cloud Accounting Advisor, BKL

Karbon is the best-in-class practice management software
The thing I love the most about Karbon is the conversation that it facilitates with clients. It allows us to stand behind the service level agreement and explain to clients how we're going to deliver on our promises. And Karbon gives us that transparency.
Adam Pritchard, Linford Grey Associates

Karbon has 98% positive reviews on G2.com

Frequently Asked Questions

Senta was acquired by IRIS in 2021 and is now part of IRIS Elements.

Unlike Senta, Karbon is 100% independent. Rather than locking you into one, enterprise software provider, Karbon offers the flexibility to pick and choose the tools your practice needs. Karbon is committed to an open ecosystem, connecting your firm to ongoing innovation and product development.

Teams using Karbon save 16.5 hours per employee each week, on average.
Productivity per employee increases by 18%.
9 out of 10 customers say Karbon beats all competitive products for workflow management.

Karbon has three pricing plans: Team, Business and Enterprise.

	Team	Business	Enterprise
Annually	$£29/month, per user	£49/month, per user	Custom pricing
Monthly	£44/month, per user	£59/month, per user	Custom pricing
*Pricing shown in GBP

Senta costs £29+VAT/month, per user on a monthly subscription or £23.2+VAT/month, per user on an annual subscription.

Switching from Senta to Karbon is an easy process. Once you decide to make the move, the Karbon team will work closely with you to move your data, train your team, and create your client work.

Karbon integrates with Gmail, Microsoft Outlook 365, Microsoft Exchange, DropBox, OneDrive, and an ever-growing suite of popular accounting apps including QuickBooks Online, Ignition, GoProposal, and more. You can also connect Karbon to over 5,000 apps through Zapier. To learn more about Karbon’s integration capabilities, visit the integrations library here.