Cashora — Petty Cash Ledger Software (PHP + MySQL, Self-Hosted) vs. renting SaaS
Self-hosted petty cash ledger software for the cash box you already keep: an imprest float, categorised disbursements, and a balance that proves out at month-end.
How this category is priced
Pleo [1]
Essential GBP 45/month billed monthly (GBP 39/month billed yearly), 3 users included, GBP 11 per additional user per month; Starter GBP 9.50/month on yearly billing; Business "From GBP 249 per month"
Priced in pounds, so NO monthly cents are stored and no dollar saving is ever computed from this row - converting it would invent a number the vendor never published. Pleo replaces the cash box with company cards on a subscription; Cashora keeps the cash box and gives you the ledger that proves it at month-end, bought once.
We can't print a fair per-month figure for this category — the vendors we checked publish no prices. What we can say: Cashora — Petty Cash Ledger Software (PHP + MySQL, Self-Hosted) is $59.00 once, runs on your own server, and never invoices you again.
Why owning beats renting here
- One payment. No per-month, per-seat, or per-location fees — the license is perpetual.
- Your data stays on your server. Customer records never live in someone else's cloud.
- No plan ceilings. Records, users, and usage are limited by your hosting, not a pricing tier.
- It keeps working if the vendor doesn't. Self-hosted software can't be sunset out from under you.
Fair trade-offs: you host it, you back it up, and updates are yours to apply — see the product page for honest limitations.
Sources
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Pleo — price checked 2026-08-31 —
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“'£45' ... '£39 per month' ... '3 users' ... '£11/additional user per month' ... 'From £249 per month'”
Competitor prices change — always confirm on the linked page. We only print figures we could verify on the date shown.