Nonari vs Wave, feature by feature.
How to move from Wave to Nonari.
Realistic timeline — most teams are running a parallel close within two weeks. Numbers below are based on what other Nonari customers actually took, not optimistic vendor estimates.
Export Wave data
Wave → Settings → Data Export. Wave exports customers, vendors, products, transactions, journal entries as CSV. Total time: 20 minutes.
Import into Nonari
CSV import wizard reads Wave column names. Trial balance comes over as opening balance. Customers, vendors, products land in their original buckets.
Add the things Wave was missing
Multi-branch, inventory, AI bookkeeper, multi-currency on lower tiers, regional e-invoicing where available. ~30 minutes to configure all.
Stop using Wave
No parallel close needed for most teams — Wave's feature set is a subset of Nonari's. The moment your imported trial balance reconciles, you are running.
The features Wave does not have.
The honest part.
No software wins on everything. If any of these matter more than what Nonari does well, stay with Wave — we will not pretend otherwise.
Truly free invoicing forever
Wave's core invoicing + bookkeeping is free with no usage cap. Nonari's free tier caps at 100 invoices/month. If you do under 100 invoices/month and need nothing else, Wave wins on price.
US/Canada payroll add-on
Wave has integrated US + Canada payroll (paid module). Nonari does not yet have full integrated payroll for these jurisdictions. If you need US payroll, Wave + Wave Payroll is still better.
Frictionless receipt scanning
Wave's receipts app + email-to-Wave inbox is one of the smoothest receipt workflows in SMB accounting. Nonari's AI bookkeeper covers similar ground but Wave's mobile receipts UX is genuinely good.
Migration questions, answered.
I am a freelancer with under 100 invoices a year. Why would I leave Wave?
You should not. Wave's free tier is genuinely good for solo freelancers with no inventory, no multi-currency, no multi-branch needs. Come back to us when you hit one of those walls.
Will I lose my Wave history?
No. The CSV export contains everything — customers, vendors, transactions, journal entries. Nonari's import handles Wave's format. Trial balance reconciles to the penny.
I run Wave Payroll for my US team. Can Nonari replace it?
Not yet for US/Canada payroll. We have an Employees + Payslips module that handles other jurisdictions (PK, UK, India patterns), but full US payroll-tax filing is not in our scope today. If US payroll is critical, keep Wave for payroll and use Nonari for everything else.
How does Wave's receipt scanning compare to your AI bookkeeper?
Wave Receipts is purpose-built for one thing — getting a receipt into the system. It is great at that. Our AI bookkeeper is broader — it reads invoices, receipts, bank statement lines, and emails, then drafts journal entries with full categorisation. For raw receipt-to-line-item, Wave is faster. For full bookkeeping automation, ours is broader.
What if I need a free tier with inventory?
That is exactly the gap Wave does not fill. Nonari's free tier includes inventory tracking (WAC, basic), multi-currency, and multi-branch. If you are a side-hustle product seller this is genuinely useful at PKR 0.
Wave Pro is $16/mo. Why is Nonari's Starter PKR 4,500/mo (~$16) too?
Comparable price for paid tiers. The difference is what you get for $16: Wave Pro adds invoicing+payroll polish on a single-business single-currency engine. Our Starter gives you multi-currency, 3 users, AI bookkeeper basics, FBR, Shopify integration — a fundamentally bigger feature surface.
Outgrown Wave? Free gets bigger.
Nonari\'s free tier covers the things Wave gates behind Pro: multi-currency, multi-user, inventory. Import your Wave CSV, see if the new shape fits.