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Clear Books

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Agent-Ready SaaS Index · clearbooks.co.uk · scored 2026-05-09 · rubric v2.0
Score 46 / 100
Accounting
Free tier
Self-serve checkout

Clear Books scores 46/100 on xpay's Agent-Ready Index v2: partial pricing visibility; self-serve checkout is available.

See Clear Books pricing summaryLive pricing page
Pricing
Clear Books pricing
As of 2026-05-09 · www.clearbooks.co.uk/pricing/
Sole Trader Free
Free
MTD Income Tax
Quarterly updates
Record income and expenses
Unlimited users
Sole Trader
$5/mo
flat
Bill and receipt scanning
Automated transaction recording
Invoice creation
Sole Trader + VAT
$15/mo
flat
MTD VAT reporting
Flat‑rate scheme
Domestic Reverse Charge
Property Free
Free
MTD Income Tax
Record income for one property
Unlimited users
Property
$5/mo
flat
Profitability tracking
Bill scanning
Automated bank feeds
Small
$16/mo
or $8/mo billed annually
Bank feed with automated matching
Invoice creation
Full reporting suite
Integrations and API
Medium
$34/mo
or $17/mo billed annually
MTD VAT submissions
Purchase order approvals
CIS reporting
Unlimited budgets
Large
$44/mo
or $22/mo billed annually
Project accounting
Multi‑currency
Employee expense claims
Fixed assets
Score breakdown · rubric v2.0
How Clear Books scores on the agent-ready dimensions

Public pricing visibility

15 / 15

Self-serve checkout

15 / 15

Public API + docs

0 / 20

Usage-based / metered pricing

0 / 20

Free entry path

4 / 7

No sales call required

7 / 7

Card / wallet / x402 payment

5 / 6

Machine-readable bonus (MCP / OpenAPI)

0 / 10

Total
46 / 100
Effective pricing
What it actually costs at typical scale
1 user on Small plan (monthly billing)
$16/mo
· No VAT added· No add‑ons
Confidence: high
Agent purchase verdict
Can an autonomous agent transact here?
Agent-ready
LLM score: 60/100

Can create account

Yes

Can enter payment method

Yes

Can upgrade plan

Yes

Can buy more usage

No

Can cancel online

Yes

Payment methods

card

Human approval recommended

No

Pricing transparency

full

Purchase motion

self_serve

Demo required

No

Quote required

No

Annual commit required

No

Auto-renewal mentioned

Yes

Cancellation policy visible

Yes

Refund policy visible

No

Invoice payment available

No

Purchase orders supported

No

MSA required

No

DPA available

No

Security review required

No

Trial

30 days (no card)

Annual discount

10% off

Enterprise signals
Trust & compliance

SSO / SAML

Unknown

RBAC

Unknown

Audit logs

Unknown

Data residency

UK

Competitive intel
Positioning & ecosystem
Headline

“Clear Books suits all business types including sole traders, limited companies and partnerships”

Buyer persona

smb
mid market

Integrations mentioned
API
Value claims
30‑day free trial
Agent purchase simulation
Six-step check: can an agent actually buy from Clear Books?
✓

Discover price

◐

Select a plan

✗

Pay per task

✗

Avoid a sales call

◐

API docs without auth

✗

Estimate cost upfront

Analysis
Pros and cons for AI agents
Observational summary written by xpay from the signals captured on 2026-05-06. Not a review of the product — only of its current pricing posture for agent buyers.
✓ For an AI agent
  • Pricing is publicly visible on an indexable page — agents can read tiers without scraping past auth.
  • A free tier exists, lowering the bar for an agent builder to prototype before committing budget.
◐ Opportunities for the provider
  • No per-unit price was advertised, so an agent has no way to estimate the cost of a single task.
  • All advertised tiers route to a sales contact form; an agent cannot complete a purchase autonomously.
  • API documentation is gated or absent; an agent cannot inspect the integration surface without authentication.
  • PPU requires account creation and an issued API key; a fully unauthenticated agent purchase is not yet supported.
  • No /.well-known/ai-pricing.json or equivalent machine-readable pricing manifest is published — agents must rely on HTML scraping.
One-line fix
How Clear Books could lift its score

Add a per-unit price (e.g. $X / 1K calls) to the pricing page so an agent can compute its own cost before committing.

pricing_visible

true

headline_phrasing

Pricing — Clear Books suits all business types including sole traders, limited companies and partnerships. It's easy to choose the right solution.

tier_count

3

lowest_paid_entry_usd

null

free_tier

true

free_tier_terms

null

per_unit_price

null

annual_required

false

self_serve_paid_tiers

3

sales_only_tiers

0

public_api_docs_url

null

api_docs_auth_walled

null

ai_pricing_json_present

false

agents_txt_present

false

anonymous_purchase_path

false

per_unit_classification

null

usage_headline_present

false

custom_tier_present

false

agent_friendly

{"ai_pricing_json":false,"agents_txt":false,"llms_txt":false,"sitemap_xml":true,"mcp_server_card":false,"agent_skills_index":false,"x402_supported":false}

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CTAs (39): Making Tax Digital · Accounting · Tax · Pricing · Support · Accountants · Try for free · Log in · Get Started · Free forever · Learn more · Instant Bank Payments
Making Tax Digital Accounting Tax Pricing Support Accountants Try for free Log in Making Tax Digital Accounting Tax Pricing Support Accountants Log in Get Started Pricing Clear Books suits all business types including sole traders, limited companies and partnerships. It's easy to choose the right solution. Sole traders Landlords All organisation types Sole Trader Free FREE HMRC recognised Self-service The MTD plan for self employed with basic needs MTD Income Tax Quarterly updates MTD Income Tax Year End tax return filing Record income and expenses Basic reports Works for CIS subcontractors No transaction limits Invite your accountant Support guides and community forum Upgrade to a paid plan at any time Email support Telephone support Post on user community Free forever Learn more Optional extra Instant Bank Payments: Accelerate your payments with ease by offering Instant Bank Payments Sole Trader £5 plus VAT per month HMRC recognised Phone and email support The MTD plan for self employed who want to save time Everything in Free, and more: Bill and receipt scanning from photos and PDFs Automated transaction recording from bank feeds Flag transactions as personal or for business Invoice creation and email Customise invoices Prepare and send quotes Business reporting, including balance sheet Customer and supplier overview Unlimited users Accountant tools, including journals, lock date ranges, and audit log Email support Telephone support Post on user community Sign up Learn mor…
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Agent-Ready Spec
Clear Books
Partially Agent-Ready

46

/ 100 (rubric v2.0)
Category

Accounting

Pricing model

Not advertised

Tier count

3

Free tier

Yes

Lowest paid entry

Sales-led

Self-serve / sales-only tiers

3 / 0

Public API docs

Auth-walled

Anonymous purchase path

No

Machine-readable pricing

Not published

Last refreshed

2026-05-09

Pricing intelligenceInsights extracted from www.clearbooks.co.uk/pricing/
Pricing model

Tier-based subscription

Agent-purchase verdict
Agent-ready
60/100 · v2.1
Cheapest entry

Sole Trader Free

Actions
Open live pricing page
Verdict reflects Partially Agent-Ready status under rubric v2.0. Source observed at https://www.clearbooks.co.uk/pricing/.
Agent-friendly features1 of 7 present
Discovery files and protocols
Side-channel signals — informational, not part of the score. Each protocol is independent; adoption signals the publisher is thinking about agent buyers.

ai-pricing.json

agents.txt

llms.txt

sitemap.xml

MCP Server Card

Agent Skills

x402 / MPP

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