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Their recent acquisition by Starling Bank means Ember will no longer provide accounting services, and their bookkeeping platform will be exclusively available to Starling customers only.
So it’s understandable that lots of existing Ember users are wondering what happens next, and what their options are. We’ve written this article to answer some of the most frequently asked questions, and explain how Pandle measures up as a replacement for Ember.
Until now, Ember have provided accounting services to business clients through their own online platform. This will change when they join the Starling group.
Their accounting services will stop from 26th September 2025, and the platform will continue to be available as tax and bookkeeping software. You will still be able to use other banks, but now you’ll need to connect a Starling account to Ember too.
Ember will still be available as bookkeeping software, but you’ll need to shop around for a new accountant if you want to continue receiving this type of support.
Like Ember, Pandle is online accounting software. We offer lots of the same features as other bookkeeping software providers, but for a much lower price.
So the tools you already use in Ember for things like invoicing clients, managing expenses, and entering transactions using bank feeds are all available in Pandle too. Along with lots of other timesaving features which Ember don’t yet offer!
£5
Per month
Free
For Starling customers
Ember’s bookkeeping tools will be free for Starling customers, so anyone with a subscription will move to a free plan after 26th September 2025. Pandle is also available for free, with the same level of features and tools as Ember.
If you want to automate more of your day-to-day bookkeeping jobs, like tracking your journeys and automatically converting them into mileage claims, you can upgrade to Pandle Pro for £5 per month.
There are other software providers who offer features like this. The difference is that Pandle is priced much more competitively, so it’s a realistic alternative for smaller businesses.
Pandle Pro is billed monthly so you won’t be tied into a contract, and you won’t lose access to your data if you do pause your subscription. That would just be really annoying.
Yes! Pandle is fully HMRC compliant for Making Tax Digital (MTD), so users can submit their VAT returns through our software. We’ll be extending compliance as MTD rolls out for Income Tax returns too. We’re here to help now, and in the future. That wasn’t meant to sound as sinister as it did.
Switching to Pandle is very easy. We made it that way on purpose.
This easy to follow guide explains the changeover process. If you come across any issues, you can always chat to our support team. They’re very nice.
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