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Karbon

Karbon is a cloud practice management platform for accounting firms helping firms connect teams, clients, work, email, documents, billing, reporting, integrations, and AI-enabled automation in one operating system for practice visibility, efficiency, and client service.

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Karbon Company Details

Headquarters

San Francisco, CA

Year Founded

2014

Number of Employees

Upper Mid-Size (201-500 Employees)

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Karbon Product Description

Karbon Practice Management is a cloud practice management platform that helps accounting firms manage work, clients, communication, documents, billing, reporting, integrations, and AI-assisted automation in one connected operating system. It is built for firms that want more visibility across client work, fewer disconnected tools, and a more scalable way to coordinate service delivery across teams, offices, and remote staff.

– Workflow and project management tools help firms assign work, build templates, schedule recurring jobs, monitor status, track priorities, manage tasks, and standardize repeatable processes. This gives partners and operations leaders clearer control over who is doing what, when work is due, and where bottlenecks are forming.

– Email management and team collaboration bring client conversations into the same place as work, tasks, notes, comments, mentions, timelines, and client records. Instead of relying on individual inboxes or side-channel updates, teams can collaborate around the work itself and preserve context for reviewers, managers, and client service teams.

– Client management and client portal capabilities help firms centralize contact records, client timelines, client requests, file uploads, comments, reminders, engagement letters, approvals, and service delivery interactions. This supports a more consistent client experience while reducing manual chasing and improving accountability.

– Document management, eSignature, billing, payments, time tracking, budgets, and reporting extend Karbon beyond task management into the broader operating rhythm of the firm. Firms can connect work delivery to budgets, invoices, collections, payment processing, productivity analysis, and practice insights without forcing staff to jump between as many standalone systems.

– Karbon’s ecosystem integrations and API help connect the platform with accounting, tax, document, productivity, communication, CRM, reporting, and automation tools. Integrations with Microsoft, Google, Xero, QuickBooks, ProConnect, Dext, Slack, Zapier, OneDrive, SharePoint, Teams, and other systems allow firms to keep preferred applications while improving workflow visibility and data movement.

– Karbon’s AI capabilities add another layer for firms looking to automate routine work. Kai and AI Agents are positioned to understand firm data, communication history, jobs, checklists, and client timelines, then support tasks such as summarization, reminders, drafting, workflow monitoring, bottleneck detection, and repeatable process execution with human guardrails.

Karbon fits accounting firms of all sizes that want to modernize practice operations, but it is especially compelling for growing firms, multi-office firms, PE-backed platforms, and teams with increasing complexity across clients, service lines, staff capacity, workflow automation, and client experience.

Firm Fit

All Firm Sizes

Buyer Personas

Practice Manager, Operations Leader, Managing Partner

Pricing Model

Per User / Per Seat

Support Channel(s)

Phone, Email, Live Chat, 24/7 Full Service, Community Forums

Product Launch Year

2015

Starting Price

$59/month per user, paid annually

Key Integrations with Karbon
  • Microsoft 365
  • Google Workspace
  • Intuit QuickBooks
  • Intuit ProConnect
  • Intuit Mailchimp
  • Xero
  • Gusto
  • Dext
  • Dropbox
  • Slack
  • Hubspot
  • Pipedrive
  • StanfordTax
  • Cognito Forms
  • Float
  • Zapier
  • MCP / API Dev Center
  • 100+ integrations available

Karbon Company & Product Media

Karbon + HD Growth Partners

How HD Growth Partners saved 5,800 hours.

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How CRC is providing meaningful client interactions.

Karbon + BWCO CPAs

Putting clients first and humanizing the experience.

What Karbon Clients Say

“Karbon is the vehicle that allows us to deliver what we need… This is a technology that will revolutionize your business. Take it seriously.”
Tim Petrey

HD Growth Partners

“Our firm has grown because of our reputation for communication and responsiveness. Karbon helps us provide that. We’re able to focus on the meaningful relationships and stand out against the crowd.”
Gary Wood

Compere Robinette CPAs

“We had been looking for the right platform for our team, for our clients, for ourselves and we feel like now that we have Karbon, we are in great hands and are looking forward to the future.”
Marisol Orozco

BWCO CPAs

Karbon Answers & Perspectives

What type of firm is Karbon best aligned with?

Karbon is built for accounting firms of all sizes, with plans and positioning for small firms, mid-sized firms, large firms, enterprise firms, bookkeeping teams, tax practices, and PE-backed or acquisitive firms. 

No. Workflow is central, but Karbon also covers email management, team collaboration, client management, client portal, document management, e-signatures, time, budgets, billing, payments, reporting, integrations, and AI-assisted work. 

Karbon publishes per-user pricing with Team at $59/month per user when paid annually, Business at $89/month per user when paid annually, and Enterprise on custom pricing.

Firms should review workflow templates, email practices, client request processes, integration needs, reporting expectations, billing workflows, document storage, permission requirements, and change management across teams.

Karbon brings client requests, document sharing, portal workflows, reminders, approvals, engagement letters, and client communication into connected workflows so clients and staff have clearer status and fewer scattered handoffs. 

Karbon’s AI direction includes Kai and AI Agents that work from firm data, communication history, workflows, jobs, and client timelines to support repetitive tasks, summaries, reminders, drafting, and workflow monitoring. 

Common evaluation points include Microsoft 365, Google, Xero, QuickBooks Online Accountant, ProConnect, Dext, Slack, Zapier, document systems, CRM tools, and Karbon’s API for custom workflows.

Yes. Karbon offers implementation services ranging from free group onboarding to guided implementation packages, plus help resources, live training, academy content, and community resources. 

Karbon is strongest when a firm needs one operating layer for visibility, accountability, team collaboration, workflow automation, client service consistency, reporting, and scalable processes across a growing practice.

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