burnwiser.com

What It Is

Burnwiser is a subscription-cost and real P&L tracking tool built for founders and small software teams. It is not positioned as accounting or tax software. Instead, it brings PDF invoices, billing emails, and Stripe/FastSpring revenue into one dashboard, helping users understand monthly spending, revenue, and profit for each product.

Core Features and Integrations

The core of the product is automatic invoice parsing: after you upload a PDF or forward a billing email, the system extracts the vendor, amount, currency, date, and billing period, and can automatically merge duplicate receipts. On the revenue side, it supports syncing with Stripe and FastSpring, with project-level views for revenue, expenses, profit, 12-month trends, vendor breakdowns, category views, and three-month averages. The Studio plan also supports read-only Gmail access to automatically fetch invoice emails. Renewal reminders, more payment-platform integrations, and smarter subscription detection are still on the roadmap.

Pricing and Security

Pricing is straightforward: Free is permanently free and includes 1 project, 50 invoices per month, 12 months of history, Stripe/FastSpring syncing, and automatic parsing. Studio costs €19/month or €190/year, offering unlimited projects, unlimited invoices, Gmail fetching, and unlimited history. Payments are processed through Stripe; prices are in euros and exclude applicable VAT. The privacy disclosures are fairly comprehensive: data is stored in DigitalOcean’s Amsterdam region, transfers are encrypted with TLS, connection credentials are encrypted at rest, and the company states that it does not sell data or use it to train general-purpose AI models. GDPR rights are also listed.

Pros and Cons

The main advantages are its low setup friction, no need to connect a bank account, and no requirement to migrate from an existing accounting system. The free plan is practical enough for solo founders running a single project, and project-level P&L is especially valuable for multi-product SaaS businesses. The limitations are also clear: it does not handle taxes, bookkeeping, payroll, or bank transactions; team collaboration, role permissions, and an open API are not disclosed; current revenue integrations are limited; and renewal reminders have not yet been delivered.

Who It’s For and Access from China

Burnwiser is a good fit for indie developers, SaaS founders, and small studios that want to identify duplicate subscriptions, unused software spending, and product-level profitability. It is not suitable for companies that need a full general ledger, tax filing, audits, or complex permission and approval workflows. The main text does not provide information on access from mainland China, and because it depends on Google login, Gmail, and Stripe, actual usability may be affected by local network and payment conditions. Comparable alternatives include Wave, FreshBooks, QuickBooks, and TrackMySubs; in China, local finance or subscription-management tools may also be worth considering.