As small business owners, we wear a lot of hats. Marketer, boss, creative director, janitor, project manager, accountant – and a lot of those hats are mighty uncomfortable.

For me, it's the numbers thing.

I just can't wrap my head around daily accounting. Around bookkeeping. Around tracking expenses and receipts and mileage and all of those nitty-gritty-day-to-day annoyances that make tax season so much fun. It makes my head spin.

In an effort to keep my costs low and my accountability high, I've tried quite a few different small business accounting products over the past year. Quickbooks is just, well, too robust for me. I use it, but only because I own it. I'm looking for something better.

is an online accounting management program that makes bookkeeping simple. I was completely sold by their subhead: "save time and frustration, stop trying to learn Quickbooks." Um, did someone get inside my head?

Luckily, they have a 30-day free trial of one of their higher-tier memberships, so I got on board.

Things I really liked about LessAccounting:

This article appears in Feb 17-23, 2010.